tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post4694721120088069579..comments2024-03-29T12:38:32.524+00:00Comments on A K Haart: The eye of the priestA K Haarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-12075353590042549312014-09-29T20:05:33.758+01:002014-09-29T20:05:33.758+01:00Demetrius - and so it should. He should also grow ...Demetrius - and so it should. He should also grow the most tasty vegetables.<br /><br />David - you need to crack the whip, name and shame the slackers.A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-36570908778342728722014-09-29T19:23:12.864+01:002014-09-29T19:23:12.864+01:00"a computer network which hands down moral an..."a computer network which hands down moral and legal judgements"<br /><br />Sorry, AK, it's already in existence, er, modesty forbids, and all that, and also it's true that not too many people are obeying my judgments. Perhaps I need a name-change.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-78254641107844873402014-09-29T15:23:44.629+01:002014-09-29T15:23:44.629+01:00Indeed, and better than any modern mobile phone or...Indeed, and better than any modern mobile phone or device. Those with horses were the best. For some reason the presence of a horse endowed the milkman with authority and trustworthiness.Demetriushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17198549581667363991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-50099996398605343372014-09-29T12:09:42.229+01:002014-09-29T12:09:42.229+01:00Demetrius - I bet the milkman was part of the info...Demetrius - I bet the milkman was part of the information highway too.<br /><br />Sam - crikey that's a gloomy prospect. Spot on though. <br /><br />Roger - yes Sam is right, the thing is becoming autonomous.<br /><br />A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-51629623823419613572014-09-29T07:44:52.949+01:002014-09-29T07:44:52.949+01:00Once upon a time many will have feared God or at l...Once upon a time many will have feared God or at least have given the appearance of fearing God. Later rectitude and then respectability held sway. Now only the squeezed middle fears any retribution. You are right about the System, give up hope. I fear Sam is right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-41855872039609456902014-09-28T23:22:26.053+01:002014-09-28T23:22:26.053+01:00I think we are perhaps nearly there already. The ...I think we are perhaps nearly there already. The clever blighters have saved on the computers, though, by training people to do their work. One great big flexible bio-computer, in which the individual parts are self-selecting, self-replicating, and are fuelled by fear of being unplugged from the network.<br /><br />Sam Vegahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05978971199859845931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-18603961771048320732014-09-28T18:04:25.847+01:002014-09-28T18:04:25.847+01:00The newsagent on the corner of our street knew eve...The newsagent on the corner of our street knew everything about everybody. What he did not know, the grocer on the other side did.Demetriushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17198549581667363991noreply@blogger.com