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)
DIR Phlog