Comments on: Dear Dave: Kill Yourself http://eyeonwiner.org/archives/2009/dear-dave-kill-yourself Keeping an eye on Dave Winer Thu, 23 Sep 2010 16:45:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Bullshit Mancuso http://eyeonwiner.org/archives/2009/dear-dave-kill-yourself/comment-page-1#comment-1722 Bullshit Mancuso Wed, 18 Feb 2009 01:42:28 +0000 http://eyeonwiner.org/?p=443#comment-1722 <p>Maybe, but the argument there are "too many people" always seems to mean sacrifices for others, never the person making the argument.</p> <p>I know there weren't too many people the day before I was born. How about you?</p> Maybe, but the argument there are “too many people” always seems to mean sacrifices for others, never the person making the argument.

I know there weren’t too many people the day before I was born. How about you?

]]> By: EyeOnWiner http://eyeonwiner.org/archives/2009/dear-dave-kill-yourself/comment-page-1#comment-1721 EyeOnWiner Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:32:26 +0000 http://eyeonwiner.org/?p=443#comment-1721 <p>Aww, does it offend your sensibilities?</p> <p>Give me a break. I think this is the only reasonable reaction to the cacophony of people screeching that there are too many people on the planet. If you're serious about it, get serious about the solution.</p> Aww, does it offend your sensibilities?

Give me a break. I think this is the only reasonable reaction to the cacophony of people screeching that there are too many people on the planet. If you’re serious about it, get serious about the solution.

]]> By: John Newsjunk http://eyeonwiner.org/archives/2009/dear-dave-kill-yourself/comment-page-1#comment-1720 John Newsjunk Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:23:56 +0000 http://eyeonwiner.org/?p=443#comment-1720 <p>This post goes too far.</p> This post goes too far.

]]> By: Bullshit Mancuso http://eyeonwiner.org/archives/2009/dear-dave-kill-yourself/comment-page-1#comment-1719 Bullshit Mancuso Mon, 16 Feb 2009 22:41:11 +0000 http://eyeonwiner.org/?p=443#comment-1719 <p>"The planet can’t sustain what we have now without destroying the climate, yet we haven't done anything to limit growth."</p> <p>This lament about wasted resources is hilarious coming from Winer.</p> <p>He wrote a screensaver that sucked down 450GB a month of bandwidth intended for always-on high definition TVs. All of his code runs on a platform that requires always-on web servers, even when they're on client computers. He buys an endless procession of tech gadgets -- reaching a point where he has to solicit advice from readers on what new to crave, since he's already bought everything he can think of.</p> “The planet can’t sustain what we have now without destroying the climate, yet we haven’t done anything to limit growth.”

This lament about wasted resources is hilarious coming from Winer.

He wrote a screensaver that sucked down 450GB a month of bandwidth intended for always-on high definition TVs. All of his code runs on a platform that requires always-on web servers, even when they’re on client computers. He buys an endless procession of tech gadgets — reaching a point where he has to solicit advice from readers on what new to crave, since he’s already bought everything he can think of.

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