Re: [Anygui-devel] Disgruntled would-be user

[Laura C. <la...@st...>]

>I guess this is basically the same as Laura has been saying, but I
>have a similar philosophy about why academia is (and should be) the
>way it is, with lots of people getting payed to play around with their
>ideas, and with little control over what they're actually working
>with. IMO, it has to be this way, because you must cast the net wide
>to get at the gold nuggets (to mix some metaphors).

I think it's more basic as a problem.
in FAQ format, for your amusement:-)

Why is the world still so broken?

    Because creative people still havn't solved the 'how do we
    ensure that we all get decent, reasonable lives' problem.

Slackers!  Why haven't they (we)? :-) :-)

	   Well, in part because they fear failure, and getting 
           mail like you just got.

Constructive critisism is always nice.  But that man just vented his
disappointment and angst on you.  Pity him.  and then bravely go out 
and do it again!

Laura