Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: alt.comp.os.windows-11,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Microsoft Is Abandoning Windows 11 SE Date: 27 Aug 2025 03:58:24 GMT Lines: 44 Message-ID: References: <106mke5$1di32$1@dont-email.me> <107gvbi$3lqmd$4@dont-email.me> <107j4le$5ipa$1@dont-email.me> <107jb12$6imt$5@dont-email.me> <107o8dl$1btq6$1@dont-email.me> <107pok7$1k377$26@dont-email.me> <107rasm$20k71$18@dont-email.me> <107s89h$279li$1@dont-email.me> <107vld7$365u2$2@dont-email.me> <1089n6r$1i3kj$1@dont-email.me> <108gml7$370bv$1@dont-email.me> <108gs8a$37vnt$1@dont-email.me> <108jv0b$3ur1e$3@dont-email.me> <108l6v6$97gg$6@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net LGGv9dTS92GhEmfy1ajiCwZMjZhW/9DqrWbRnxHN+9t/E8nuH0 Cancel-Lock: sha1:GDcvc9E8YT6X5LuLvN/blQP6dkQ= sha256:lcfJBp/ofLfuMz6/3MxJBsEdon5pxtmDuz2z3Hmzf8Y= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com alt.comp.os.windows-11:23030 comp.os.linux.misc:72369 On Tue, 26 Aug 2025 21:55:02 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > On 26/08/2025 21:11, rbowman wrote: >> On Tue, 26 Aug 2025 10:32:59 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote: >> >>> On 25/08/2025 20:08, rbowman wrote: >>>> On Sun, 24 Aug 2025 22:27:36 -0700, Bobbie Sellers wrote: >>>> >>>>> The capitalist system is a good system in the hands of ethical >>>> people >>>>> but when the need for profit outpaces social responsibility then we >>>>> need regulation of many aspects of capitalism. Without it we have >>>>> rampant pollution and ooisonous emmissions into the atmosphere, in >>>>> the water and soil. >>>> >>>> Eternal growth and 'progress' are hard wired into capitalism. >>> >>> No, they are wired into post war consumerism. And 'Libral' sociology. >> >> Most of that goes back to the Enlightenment. Condorcet wrote the book >> and got honorable mention by Malthus. Every time a new rabbit is pulled >> out of the hat it's proclaimed 'See! Mathus was wrong!. I don't think >> there are many more bunnies in the bottom of the had. >> >> > Ah yes. Cornucopianism > > Somehow, somewhere, there is always MoreToCome™ Ehrlich lost his bet but the price of a handful of metals seemed artificial to me. He also did not see the Green Revolution saving India's bacon. In the long run the dependence on chemical fertilizers and intense irrigation may be a problem plus India's population didn't stabilize after narrowly avoiding famine. It has almost tripled. https://www.macrotrends.net/global-metrics/countries/ind/india/population More people! More consumers! More profit! I tend to agree with Pentti Linkola.