On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 10:55 PM, Philip Rhoades <phil / pricom.com.au> wrote: > We won't have to wait for the Sun to do us in - we are causing our own mass > extinction event (the first time one has been caused by an individual > species as opposed to some other, external, physical phenomena) . . Well look on the bright side, when we're all extinct, then this thread will be dead too. How about everyone who wants to continue this particular discussion find a better place for it? Here's a few suggestions: http://www.environmentalpages.org/ http://discuss.greenoptions.com/ http://www.theenvironmentsite.org/forum/ I'd imaging any of those forums would love to have this conversation- unlike the majority of people here on ruby-talk who would like to talk programming. -- Aaron Turner http://synfin.net/ http://tcpreplay.synfin.net/ - Pcap editing and replay tools for Unix & Windows Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. -- Benjamin Franklin