Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #02438
To: TurtleTek@aol.com, JVernonM@aol.com, richard@solarbotics.com
From: Dennison dennlill@buffnet.net
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 18:56:23 -0400
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Beam genome - waste of time....
hey, I don't think things are that bad. Sure every now and then you get the
odd number of flames because of something you said, but thats typical.
Recently I've been thinking about that hopper bot idea that I shot down a
few days
ago, and realized that with some magnets I've recently procured, it just
might be possible. I don't think things are as mean as you make them sound.
People are supportive and non-suportive. But this is just the internet. We
really don't 'know' anyone here.
Dennison
>>
>> Yes, I think the "old timers" should at least cooperate. I think many
>sound
>> ideas fall by the wayside because they are immediately shot down by
those
>in
>>
>> positions of respect. It has been made clear to me that humankind is
more
>> territorial than tolerant. If an idea is considered an affront to that
>> perceived territory it is doomed to fail even before stated. If it is
>> embraced as a part of that territorial group, it becomes fact. A line
was
>> drawn in the sand long ago in the BEAM hyarchy and those of us out here
>dare
>>
>> not cross it. We can make our toys, worship Tilden, and ask which way a
>> resistor goes in so those in the know can have a chuckle and reaffirm
>their
>> territorial status. Even those that are relatively new can become a
small
>> satellite of that territory as long as they dress in the same attitudes.
A
>> sidestep is suicide. A voicing of opinion or concern is attacked. In
some
>> cases with malice. Beam doesn't need new ideas, it's fine the way it is.
I
>> consider those terms the definition of stagnation. I thought I had an
idea
>to share,
>[a few snips here and there]
>> I was wrong. After talking with Dave, I see that I'm bashing my head
>against
>> the wall here. It will only serve to hurt me further. I think, like many
>> others of bright continence, I am forced to withdraw to my side of the
>play
>> pen. To remain silent and try to find solace in my own solitary
>experiments.
>[snip]
>
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