Friday, July 04, 2003
Almost Interesting: I was checking out the WINE MS-Windows emulator for Linux, and tripped across the most interesting thing...check out this "why WINE?" page, particularly the part under the heading "Large homogeneous populations are a risk to society."
Another aspect is that such large homogeneous populations are dangerous to society. The irish learnt this the hard way when their potato crop was destroyed by a fungus, causing the 1845 "Potato Famine" and killing more than a million people (about 10% of the population). In a large homogeneous population, all individuals share the same vulnerabilities. Find one vulnerability and you can annihilate the whole population. Since then, we, as a society, have learnt our lesson. Or have we?
Man, I wonder if we're still talking about just software at this point...
Another aspect is that such large homogeneous populations are dangerous to society. The irish learnt this the hard way when their potato crop was destroyed by a fungus, causing the 1845 "Potato Famine" and killing more than a million people (about 10% of the population). In a large homogeneous population, all individuals share the same vulnerabilities. Find one vulnerability and you can annihilate the whole population. Since then, we, as a society, have learnt our lesson. Or have we?
Man, I wonder if we're still talking about just software at this point...
|| Eric 4:35 AM#
