Re: Perhaps a stupid couple of questions

[Ray E. Harrell]

Victor Milne wrote:

  I heard one programmer discussing it on radio several
 months ago, and he said that often when they find a date field, it's
 difficult to understand how the routine containing it interacts with other
 parts of the program. The work has been automated to some extent by software
 that will search for date fields, but it still has to be checked manually.

What wonderful thought.  Computer programers going through the same
problems that I've had with their creations.  Do you think it might make
them less arrogant?

REH

Re: an empirical observation Re: the end of 'wage slavery'

[Eva Durant]

...
 
 No, I don't think that 19th century Socialism and Communism with its base in out
 of date "scientific" theories is any better.  These may as well base their
 theories on Phrenology for all of the sense they make.   They were all trying to
 find their individuality by killing their Fathers.  ("I'm sure I can write a
 better Bible than that!)
 
...

If this is what you think, you did not understand what
marxism  is all about.


 
 That is the reason that I do my own work and am my own boss.I miss the
 "safety" and am considered irresponsible by some for not having more of an
 inheritance for my offspring,  but it seems you can't have both in this
 society.   Sometimes it's better just to stay out of the way of those "economies
 of scale."
 

not an available option for 99% of the people.

Eva

 REH
 
 

Re: Sustainability-l: Nordhouse on Limits to Growth

[Elizabeth Florescu]

We are pleased to announce that the "Future Studies Methodology" CD-ROM
(version of the 500 pages book,) comprehensive and internationally peer
reviewed handbook on tools and methods for forecasting and analysis of
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Council for the United
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There is more information (Table of contents and short description) about
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"Future Research Methods" sections.

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In addition to specific references for each method, a special bibliography
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This distillation of a half-century of futurist learning will help both the
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