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From: The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: OT ; Re: The joy of FORTRAN
Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2024 10:44:11 +0100
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On 04/10/2024 08:45, rbowman wrote:
> You know, the Romans had some really nifty technological solutions. You
> want to be a realist look at the civilizations that have faded from the
> world and ask yourself if this one is any different. Hubris is a wonderful
> thing when it bites you on the ass.

Following exactly the same pattern, highly complex and structured, with 
leaders fighting over the deckchairs and no one trying to stop the ship 
sinking because they have taken the controls of a vehicle they not only 
did not build but have no idea how to build, or maintain.

Apparently when the Gaulish people were given the option of 40% taxes 
and being kept safe by Rome, or paying the people that Rome was keeping 
them safe from 15%, strangely they opted for barbarian overlords.
Since Roman civilisation hadn't really done the peasants all that much 
good anyway.


-- 
“Some people like to travel by train because it combines the slowness of 
a car with the cramped public exposure of 
an airplane.”

Dennis Miller