Autocoding >Re: "Introduction to Ethics",

[Dan Kegel]

Christopher Browne wrote:
> 
> "Timothy Rue" <threeseas at earthlink.net> writes:
> > On 23-Jan-02 17:51:51 ---name removed until ok'd for newgroups -- wrote:
> > >"Timothy Rue" <threeseas at earthlink.net> writes:
> 
> > >> I know enough to know that I know more than I need to know, to
> > >> know the project I presented is a valid one.
> 
> > >Autocoding is a nice dream, but it's a little like world peace.
> > >It's not just a matter of saying "here's a great idea, do this".
> 
> [Vast array of wishful thinking omitted.]
> 
> The way that free software projects succeed is when people release
> actual software that _works_.  It doesn't forcibly have to work
> _well_; it doesn't have to be as fully featured as it might, someday,
> become.
> 
> In contrast, it is blatantly obvious that projects that merely involve
> people waving their hands, "visualizing whirled peas," never amount to
> _anything_.
> ...
> People may be polite, in the beginning; if you are persistent in
> wasting their time on your pipe dream, they will get less polite as
> they tell you to go away.

Indeed.  Timothy Rue appears to have reached that point about two
years ago, if you check old usenet posts.  Timothy - either deliver
working code, or go away.

- Dan