[Upd-discuss] Re: [ox-en] The MetaSphinx's Riddle

[Adam Moran]

Sat, 30 Jul 2005 16:06:36 +0200 (CEST) Stefan Merten wrote:

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> Hi Adam!
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> Yesterday ptop wrote:
>> Recap
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> Would it be possible to send your poetry to some Free Poetry mailing
> list instead of here? Would be great.
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> 						Thanx
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> 						Stefan

I put the next part here for those interested:

Reflections in a Crystal Cave
https://lists.aktivix.org/pipermail/project-fallujah/2005-August/000097.html

I wished for it to be in the public domain.

Mon, 24 Apr 2006 09:12:09 +0200 (CEST) Stefan Merten wrote:

>> I'd say:
>> 
>>   Commodity exchange and its corollary private property are the most
>>   effective means of creating material scarcity as well as material
>>   wealth. The project of a non-commodity society can rest only on the
>>   possibility of keeping up the production of material wealth while
>>   destroying the need for creation of material scarcity.
>> 
>>> It is interesting to note that certain "modern" economists had
>>> announced the failure of the P2P at its outset because its operation
>>> does not comply with the elementary rules of "economic rationality",
>>> founded on individual selfishness. They announced learnedly that
>>> everyone would be ready to take, but that nobody would be ready to
>>> give, to make the effort to put something at the disposal of the
>>> others. Some recognized thereafter their error and the need to
>>> "reconsider" the theory. At least, they recognize that there is
>>> something new. The old but effective argument against the very idea
>>> of a truly communist society - "human selfishness" - has been
>>> shaken, not just on ethical grounds but in practice.
>> 
>> I agree wholeheartedly and think this practically and on a large scale
>> basis overcoming of bourgeoise logic can not be overestimated.
>> 
>> AFAICS a couple of file sharing systems require the user to publish
>> stuff - at least what s/he downloaded herself. In a way this is more
>> of an exchange that simple file sharing. Can someone give us an update
>> about the current practices? I think it is important to think about
>> this. I have some ideas on this but since I'm not practicing file
>> sharing I'd like to hear about the practice first.


Code Monkey Like Fritos
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/04/23/159227

I went to York recently, and parked at the side of the river Foss.

Between there and the Ouse, I found copies of the same tracks I'd found 
there a life time ago. Here's one by Be Bop Delux that rocks:

http://www.testers.mkdoc.com/2006/april/blackfish/ships-in-the-night.ogg