Look outside, don't slip on the ice. Without food and energy for billions of people your computer is nothing. So how do you use your computer as the tool it was invented to be?? Instrumentation, automation, management and control, and Linux is all that remains to do it. Want music, videos, games?? Apple and Microsoft have you covered. A good step in using linux is to figure out what to use it for. Sorry, but agriculture and energy are necessary. Jeff Chapin wrote: > I'm not sure why we are going off about global climate change here, > attacking colleges, or what this has to do with Linux, and free > software. Could we stay on topic, and stop the snide political commentary? > > Looking back, it appears I may have fed the fires, when I replied to the > original message -- I did not realize that Brian had included an off > topic attack on U of M as his 'signature', or that a full third of his > email was actually a trolling signature -- and I mistakenly commented > on it. For that, I am sorry, and would like to see us get back on topic. > > Jeff > > On Fri, Nov 9, 2018 at 8:32 AM Rick Engebretson <eng at pinenet.com > <mailto:eng at pinenet.com>> wrote: > > A little shifty, Izzy. You owe me (us) a Twitter clarification and some > (any) U of M energy expert before a brand new lecture without substance. > > I do plenty of Linux as it pertains to industrial use. But I do plenty > more biomass management given that twice the atmospheric CO2 is growing > twice the biomass in Minnesota. And there is no market for it. > > In fact, the referenced Indian MIT software expert who made his > money in > San Francisco is now putting his money into the technology shared here. > Those California fires are a warning. Both energy and information > technologies combine well, if you had a clue. > > Standard shifty U of M effort to prevent progress. Please provide the > previously referred to tweet. > > Iznogoud wrote: > > Rick, I like that you are thinking that and you offer a theory, > but I think the > > data shows otherwise, especially when it comes to wind energy. I > just heard > > this on the radio two days ago; CEO of Xcel stated numbers on wind > power in MN: > > > https://www.mprnews.org/story/2018/11/07/climate-cast-xcel-electric-cars > > Surprising fact: $1-per-gallon equivalent in price; not sure if > this is after > > subsidies. Also, I spent 15 days in St John (stranded after Irma) > and everyone > > there had multiple 50V/300W solar panels (at $300 cost) that ran > their fridges. > > > > Channeling solar light across large distances sounds like a good > idea to me. > > > > But let's keep this focused on Linux, shall we... > > > > _______________________________________________ > > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org <mailto:tclug-list at mn-linux.org> > > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org <mailto:tclug-list at mn-linux.org> > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > -- > Jeff Chapin > President, CedarLug, retired > President, UNIPC, "I'll get around to it" > President, UNI Scuba Club > Senator, NISG, retired > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >