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I have posted this to comp.std.c++ just in case some of it sinks
into the heads of the people working to finish the C++ standard
after 15 years of trying to design a language to match their compilers.

Also, somone send me a batch of @ signs from Finland, I thought that
I would use some here. They said the key is Alt-.

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In article <3l883s$olc@crl4.crl.com>, dbennett@crl.com says...
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>neutopia@titan.oit.umass.edu (Doctress Neutopia) writes:
>
>>Jim Fleming (jim.fleming@bytes.com) wrote:
>
>>: We are certainly at an important moment in the evolution of the
Internet.
>>: We can not design activities such as educational courses and make
>>: assumptions about whether people have "equal access". They clearly do
>>: not. Hopefully, we can take this into account as we post items to the
>>: net and read other people's postings.
>
>>Making the I-net into a place to create an educated, new world of
>>equality is the struggle we are faced with.  There are all these
>>commercial people who see this place, not as a place to create a
>>communication "lovolution", but one to make lots of money and power
>>with.  Will the spiritual reason for the I-net conquer the ignorance of
>>the plutocracy?
>
>
>Every religion requires a worldly vehicle, otherwise it remains a
>spark in the minds of a few mystics.  I-net is a lever by which we
>move the world. Neu neutopia is a clustering of writers who gather
>to proclaim it, to battle it or bask in the noise.
>
>This cluster is meant to attract attention, to give artists a chance
>to acquire considerable readership.  At some point it is to be dreamed
>that their donated effort will reap them rewards either through the
>existing publishing houses or through some mechanism which allows
>them to tap the pennies of those who tune in.
>
>This does not mean the end of usenet or free entry into the world of
>ideas.  It does suggest the need for some sort of extension that
>allows writers to not only give,  but to take,  to entice us with
>pieces so that we chose to pay for more.  To the corporations,
>usenet is simply a utility they add to the services they provide
>their subscribers.  To those of us who wish to gain a little
>more control, this closest thing to a "truly free press" is a
>seed which can grow into many things.  Blind resistance to
>commercialization will not stop Bill Gates or the phone companies
>(Atlantic Bell bought TCI a while back),  they will have their
>own internets (the phone companies already do thats where we
>get our T1 and T3 lines).  "Commercialization" with all its
>complexities and possible traps is a potential vehicle for people
>like you Doctress Neutopia to begin to earn your bread from the
>medium you so deeply love.
>
>I believe we need to add ways that allow the lone artist and the
>small group a chance to tap into wealth, to form a loose
>collective of power which can challenge and compete with the
>increasingly centralized publishing and media companies.  I
>think many of the next generation of great artists (and perhaps
>more than a few from the last) would take a decent living in
>a free(r) medium rather than a grander one under the constraints
>of New York, LA or London.
>
>In the question of world politics who controls the information
>flows is an important strategic question.  Bluntly it is "them"
>or "us" (us being a rather disparate and divided group which
>must compete with well funded, highly organized entities).  If
>we are able to attract the masses and elites,  then we become
>a player in this world.  To do so we must eventually find some
>way to award those who give, truly give and also organize this
>treasure trove of information to give it its full potential value.
>We may dislike the ways of the world, but only by understanding
>them and employing superior strategy and tactics can we hope
>to change them.  Otherwise we dream in niches dependant on the
>wealth and power of those we oppose.
>
>               - Doctress Chen -
>
>

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