[21443] in North American Network Operators' Group
Fruitless Endeavors
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mark R. Lindsey)
Sat Nov 14 21:50:28 1998
From: mark@vielle.datasys.net (Mark R. Lindsey)
Date: Sat, 14 Nov 1998 21:15:05 -0500
Reply-To: mark@vielle.datasys.net (Mark R. Lindsey)
To: Paul Vixie <paul@vix.com>, nanog@merit.edu
Cc: cvaughan@surfsouth.com
: > It's unfortunate that someone with such a long history and undoubtedly a
: > wealth of experience chooses to spend their time in these fruitless
: > endeavors rather than using that energy for something useful.
The greatest danger to good computer science
research today may be excessive relevance . . .
[C]ommercial pressure . . . will divert the
attention of the best thinkers from real
innovation to exploitation of the current fad,
from prospecting to mining a known lode
-- Dennis Ritchie
Communications of the ACM, August, 1984
One way to reveal the real problems that need to be solved is to exacerbate
them the conditions that cause them. Bad ideas and wasted time have a valid
place in this business.
