Re: Stupid module and pregexp questions

[Thien-Thi Nguyen]

   From: "Tom Lord <address@hidden>
   Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 18:05:22 -0800 (PST)

   access to fundamental truths about the nature of the universe (the
   platonic universe of ideals, no less) -- even things so trivial
   they've been written down many, many times -- is a class-based
   privelege.

this is why only the trickster class has any hope of Making Things
Better.  unfortunately, lots of those types descended into the banality
that is marketing, and forgot about the future that bears down on not
only them but also their purported targets.  the result is that access
is less the gating factor than simple constriction of desire into very
limited/limiting slices of progress.  a floating cgi smiley buzzsawing
numeric slave symbolism still has the potential to convey the truths
underlying machine capability boundaries, but only once the humans
consuming such an image become comfortable w/ their own limitations.

da vinci and pacioli did not vie against each other; that balance is yet
to be regained.  in the meantime, what is the practiced "freedom"?  what
is practiced "peace"?  what is the practiced "strength"?

thi