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- From: boyd@prl.dec.com (Boyd Roberts)
- Subject: Re: The Lam philosophy (was Re: JJJ...)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.215333.13864@prl.dec.com>
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- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 21:53:33 GMT
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- In article <dyfl.724902954@phobos>, dyfl@kbs.citri.edu.au (Daniel Lam) writes:
- >
- > Well you have to keep them alive and fit enough to render useful
- > services.
- >
-
- You just don't get it, do you man?
-
- Slaves are _expendable_ -- you don't care how fit they are.
- Once one has served its purpose you get another one. That's
- how it works.
-
- How can you be so ignorant of history. Look at the industrial
- revolution -- the people got screwed.
-
- When the market worth of people approaches zero you can do
- whatever the damn hell you like when _you_ have the money.
-
- While we're talking about market worth, what d'yer reckon
- the market worth of your own 20 years is?
-
-
- Boyd Roberts boyd@prl.dec.com
-
- ``When the going gets wierd, the weird turn pro...''
-