Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!news.nk.ca!rocksolid2!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: D Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: The joy of actual numbers, was Democracy Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2024 21:54:29 +0100 Organization: i2pn2 (i2pn.org) Message-ID: <509e19e4-391f-ea83-da76-a9bd1a77f670@example.net> References: <38b4c4eb-2ab5-df94-0baa-c2d7fcdda60d@example.net> <7c5edef0-d4ec-a8fc-3f70-8ffa2a2b1df0@example.net> <2132040480.752628420.877076.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org> <4974b722-5ebd-8006-d604-059d844ad410@example.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="1574631"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="w/4CleFT0XZ6XfSuRJzIySLIA6ECskkHxKUAYDZM66M"; In-Reply-To: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 Xref: csiph.com alt.folklore.computers:228746 comp.os.linux.misc:60787 On Fri, 8 Nov 2024, rbowman wrote: > On Fri, 8 Nov 2024 15:35:34 +0100, D wrote: > >> I've learned nothing travelling which I couldn't have learned at home >> with the help of the internet, good books and documentaries. > > "A man must generally get away some hundreds or thousands of miles from > home before he can be said to begin his travels. Why not begin his travels > at home? Would he have to go far or look very closely to discover > novelties? The traveler who, in this sense, pursues his travels at home, > has the advantage at any rate of a long residence in the country to make > his observations correct and profitable. Now the American goes to England, > while the Englishman comes to America, in order to describe the country." > > Henry David Thoreau > > Amen! Henry sounds like a very wise man! =)