On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 9:24 AM, David G. Mackay <mackay_d@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Wed, 2008-10-29 at 08:51 -0400, seth vidal wrote: >> There's no one working in computing today ANYWHERE who is doing >> revolutionary work. I'd argue there is no such thing as revolutionary >> work AT ALL. Stop looking for it where it is not. > > What about quantum computing? A fundamental paradigm shift seems like > it ought to count. > quantum computing is more like going back to analog computing from the 1940's. In the end, it will be masked by a lot of stuff that makes it seem like its digital because cultures are change averse... thats a reason why cultures exist.. to help preserve memory over a constantly changing universe. When you arbitrarily change something 'fundamental' to a culture you get a reaction in the opposite way.. the reaction is usually dis appropriately stronger than the original change because people are wired to maintain culture for survival. The important thing is that individuals usually do not hold the same things to be fundamental as other individuals. Changing the TTY affects some people who work there a lot more than those who never use it.. but it might also affect someone who has it in the root of their soul: "If my computer is fucked-up, CNTRL-ALT-F1 to try and get it back." Changing a bed-rock principle that is pretty much in every chapter 1 linux book is a BIG deal and not something that can be washed over with a couple of emails. Most of the wars during the Reformation were started over smaller things. Does this mean the change can't happen? No it just means that you need to be aware that you need to build a cultural consensus. -- Stephen J Smoogen. -- BSD/GNU/Linux How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world. = Shakespeare. "The Merchant of Venice" -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
