From ... Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!newsfeed1.ulv.nextra.no!nextra.com!uio.no!nntp.uio.no!ifi.uio.no!not-for-mail From: Erik Naggum Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp Subject: Re: some stuff about the 2002 International Lisp Conference in SF Date: 09 Nov 2002 14:07:11 +0000 Organization: Naggum Software, Oslo, Norway Lines: 20 Message-ID: <3245839631070107@naggum.no> References: <_hMy9.1126$Aq5.112540@newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net> <87y984gdto.fsf@noetbook.telent.net> <7x7z9.2779$Aq5.289344@newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: maud.ifi.uio.no 1036850831 24853 129.240.65.209 (9 Nov 2002 14:07:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@ifi.uio.no NNTP-Posting-Date: 9 Nov 2002 14:07:11 GMT Mail-Copies-To: never User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.lisp:46084 * Andre van Meulebrouck | I want to be extremely mainstream : | I'm interested in solutions for the masses. There are two ways to do this. The first is to become indistinguishable from everything else so the masses pick you at random and generally by mistake. The second is to stand out and let the masses come to you. The first option appears to be irrelevant. That must mean you believe you can make the masses come your way. If you believe this, you should realize that it does not matter what the "mainstream" and the masses are /today/, because you can change that. Any position between these two is failure. -- Erik Naggum, Oslo, Norway Act from reason, and failure makes you rethink and study harder. Act from faith, and failure makes you blame someone and push harder. Now showing on CNN: Harry Potter and the Search for Weapons of Mass Destruction