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This thread is an invitation to break the TOS, from the start - though I do believe that it isn't the OP's intention.

 
 
Sorry about this.  Exactly right.  My intention was not, "to open a door, for people to break the TOS."  My intention was to make, "a silly joke thread."  I believe this thread to be in tune with my prior behavior, however I feel my OP was taken totally out of context.
 
How many times in the Coffeehouse do we copy threads, that already exist on the forum?  
 
http://forum.cakewalk.com/A-comment-on-the-future-of-Sonar-and-especially-X3-m2842689.aspx
 
I could have just as easily titled this thread, "A comment on the future of Yul Brenner, especially my Fair Lady."
 
"Your dead.  The musical sucked.  And your socks stink."
 
IMHO, this thread has been taken way too seriously, and I take full responsibility for it.  At my age I should have known that people have many different feelings about society.
 
My upbringing was a very hard and negative one.  I've spent many years, trying to rebuild my mindset to a more positive point of view.  Sometimes I blow off steam, and it is an insight into the negative behavior that my parents instilled in me from beginning years.  
 
Do not to make any mistake here, that I am being quite serious right now.  If I say, "the world is doomed," its a truth, and feeling.  However, it may not be the most correct truth, and or feeling.  Unlike computers, human beings understand many different types of truth.  As doomed  as the world may seem at times, there is actually a lot of positive stuff going on here.
 
During the last 11 years, I have rebuilt myself from an absolutely scattered street wreck, to somebody who works for himself, has nice sized knowledge of music, martial arts, yoga, and marketing.  As of very late, I have been spending a lot of time here, teaching myself computer science...  http://safaribooksonline.com
 
I am not going to promote any sort of religion or way of spirituality thinking, but I will say this:  If you ever find yourself, in a gutter in Los Angeles, shaking, shivering, scared, alone, confused, and nearly dead..  If you can find something that guides you back from such a dark place, you most likely found some sort of light.
 
In closing:  I did not mean for this thread to be a serious discussion on anything left, right, center.  I believe all people have a right to follow their choice of spirituality, as well as to not follow any.  As doomed as the world may seem at times, the truth may be more gray than black or white.  If you can read between the lines, maybe you can get an insight into how I see myself; I consider myself to be a spiritual creature.
 
My OP was taken out of context.  I won't be making such confusing jokes again.
 
 
Peace.

I don't think Yul has much of a future...
(Unless he gets repaired I guess.)
 

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hey sharke,
where do i get these ideas-from the movies-of course!
i did say it was hopefully science fiction and it was a bit tongue in cheek but seriously-people like Paul R Erlich stand by the thesis that the human population is too large and is a direct threat to human survival and the planet.
even the old guard,Lord Rees,Royal Astronomer said"this is the first century in history when the biggest threat to humanity is from humanity itself."
as for
" I'm tired of all the pessimism and the Chicken-Lickenism."
i call it pragramatic realism but admire your optimism regarding technology as the saviour of mankind,considering most will argue that industrialisation,technology and consumerism are the culprits who enabled us to properly plunder and foul this utopia.
but that`s the good thing about opinions-they are all valid.
cheers 

 
 And the reason why I'm optimistic about the future is because I know that there was never such a thing as "Utopia" on earth. It was always a harsh, cruel place in which the vast majority of living creatures lived desperate lives of fear and subsistence. From day one it's been "dog eat dog" and while that is still very much evident in the human race, it's decidedly less so. Things never get better overnight, but science and technology have made our lives immeasurably greater and continue to do so at a slow and steady pace. Anyone who thinks they would quite like to go back to pre-industrial times has never really sat down and thought about how much harder (and crueler) life was back then. 

drewfx1

Linear PhaseMy intention was to make, "a silly joke thread."  I believe this thread to be in tune with my prior behavior, however I feel my OP was taken totally out of context.
  
My OP was taken out of context.  I won't be making such confusing jokes again.
 

 
Wait.
 
You mean some of the replies here were serious?

Only the non-religious ones.
 

Mr Beagle,
 Use the "share" link provided by YouTube. I know, it doesn't seem like it should matter... but it does.
 
 e.g. http://youtu.be/8VZC5vFVJJY
 

A comment of the future of Earth. Especially Planet Earth
 
 

Linear Phase
Its doomed.  It has become so polluted by evil industry, evil government, and the greed of man.  There is mercury in the food supply, and cesium in the air.  Its awash in violence, and lust.
 
Leave!!  Get a on a spaceship and travel far away into another galaxy.  The planet is dying.

Well if people want to be serious about this...
I don't agree with you as I understand it.
The planet is not doomed by any of the reasons you mentioned.
 
 
 
 
Had we not be genitically flawed alien decendants that probably would have been clear from
the start.
And since Steve isn't around....it is not "its" it is "it's" as in " It is doomed" or "It is awash".
;)
 
 

:-)

" And the reason why I'm optimistic about the future is because I know that there was never such a thing as "Utopia" on earth.
hey sharke-you are dead right-"Utopia" was coined by Thomas More in 1516 as the name of a fictional island but the common perception is that of a "perfect"world.
"It was always a harsh, cruel place in which the vast majority of living creatures lived desperate lives of fear and subsistence."
coming from someone who lives in NYC that statement is understandable.
i worked in NY for a year in `91 and it only confirmed to me that this is not how we were meant to exist.
"fear and subsistence"-once again you are right-we are a violent species but most of us are not unless threatened.
and what`s wrong with subsistence-growing your own food,harvesting power and water,recycling or re-using your waste-that is my life-it`s not rocket science and sustained us til the industrial revolution sent us flocking to the cities for a "better" life.
the current green revolution with it`s mantra of transport miles,organic ,freerange ,free trade,ethical,grass fed blah,blah,is all a throwback to a previous perceived utopia.
i was born into a "utopian" society in the 50`s in rural australia where the only rule was to be home before dark and still remember the procession of horsedrawn carts coming down the road-milkman,butcher,baker etc full of local organic produce so if the house cow went dry or rabbits got the vegies we would survive.
we got electricity when i was 2,sewage and a car when i was 5 and tv when i was 10 but you could argue we needed none of it. 
i`ve since travelled the world and especially in asia have found little pockets of utopia where the residents lived anything but "desparate lives of fear and subsistenance" and the more isolated they were from science and technology the happier they seemed.
read the early explorers-Cook in the pacific-Burton in Tibet etc-they all found their version of utopia,apparently.
there is no doubt science and technology have increased life expectancy and especially infant mortality but at what cost?
both my wifes parents are in their 90`s,hospitalised and supported artificially,have had enough and are desperate to end their lives but science will not let them.
i have friends whose children were kept alive form birth by science but whose quality of life is questionable.
your argument that science and technology will save us is questionable as they are arguably what got us into this mess in the first place.
but then,i am a relic-a dissilusioned old hippie with dirt under my fingernails and callouses on my hands and am off to pick an eggplant and some brussel sprouts for dinner in my own little utopia.
not bragging or showing off-it took most of my life to get to this point and all i`m saying is that,to me,we have altered the physical world to such a state that no amount of R & D will ever heal it and when the so called convergence of computer science happens i doubt artificial intelligence will give a fig about us frail,mortal humans............
cheers
 
 
   
 
 
 

I'm reading "The Doom That Came To Sarnath" by H.P.Lovecraft...does that count?

Kinda....