NEWS FLASH: | |
SiMpLe MaChInEs (gopher://jgw.mdns.org) is taking a possibly | |
permanent hiatus from Gopherspace. The server, through | |
several hardware/software incarnations, had been running | |
almost continuously since 2003. Though the content varied | |
over the years, the phlog, a term first coined by the | |
gophermiester, persisted almost from the start. Probably | |
the most popular info retrieved was notes and materials | |
from a Common Lisp class conducted at SDF.org. Instructions | |
for setting up the native NetBSD SASL for Postfix was also | |
quite popular. | |
Although the latest server had a fairly light energy | |
footprint, having the device on 24/7 seemed increasingly | |
irresponsible given the low traffic and the fact that much | |
of the power comes from burning fossil fuels, the extraction | |
and burning of which are responsible for much of the climate | |
change and ocean acidification. If humans are to have any | |
sort of future on this planet we need to get serious about | |
reducing our consumption of non-renewable resources, reduce | |
pollution of the environment, and frankly, reduce our | |
numbers significantly. | |
Want to know about the issues and what our likely significantly | |
less-consumptive future might look like? | |
http://ourrenewablefuture.org/ | |
video for the reading-impaired: | |
https://youtu.be/LcraVuQbQUI | |
Maybe we can pull it off but to be honest, some days I have | |
little faith that humans are up to the task of saving | |
themselves. If we had started transitioning 15-20 years | |
ago it would have been a hard but not herculean task; now | |
it's a very tough nut to crack. | |
Good luck humanity, | |
simple (primate) | |
Phlog |