On Dec 4, 2007, at 6:34 PM, William Chops Westfield wrote: > powered stuff, and so on.) In the long term it may still be possible > to save the planet. (Going back to the audiophile analogy, I think In the long-term, the planet won't need saving. The real phrase we should be using is "save the species - humans". We'll just cause ourselves to go extinct and the planet will live on, in some new way. The "planet" doesn't need saving. We're just saving ourselves. -- Nate Duehr nate@natetech.com -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist