Fans raise cash to help phone phreaker John Draper, aka Cap‘n Crunch
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We're presently in the best market of the history of ever, but I think young engineers should be prudent about recognizing that we too will eventually be old some day. Make sure you've got a plan for it.
If he doesn't know who started it, how do we know the money will actually get to him?
Would anyone have to have a fundraiser in any other "1st world" country for medical problems?
But hey let's go spend billions on more wars, bomb the billions in equipment we bought for Iraq and then buy more equipment to replace it for Iraq.
ps. it is funny how people forget Steve Jobs started out committing felonies without ever getting prosecuted
pps. apparently what he really needs is a fundraiser to publish a book he has been working on, including a chapter on Woz
"Politics is the art of the possible." — Otto von Bismarck (attributed)
When one side is opposing a plan it originated, how can anyone make progress?
> But hey let's go spend billions on more wars, bomb the billions in equipment we bought for Iraq and then buy more equipment to replace it for Iraq.
This is only relevant if you have to placate deficit hawks who don't put a priority on medical spending.
To quote:
The real grievance of the worker is the insecurity of his existence; he is not sure that he will always have work, he is not sure that he will always be healthy, and he foresees that he will one day be old and unfit to work. If he falls into poverty, even if only through a prolonged illness, he is then completely helpless, left to his own devices, and society does not currently recognize any real obligation towards him beyond the usual help for the poor, even if he has been working all the time ever so faithfully and diligently. The usual help for the poor, however, leaves a lot to be desired, especially in large cities, where it is very much worse than in the country.The real grievance of the worker is the insecurity of his existence; he is not sure that he will always have work, he is not sure that he will always be healthy, and he foresees that he will one day be old and unfit to work. If he falls into poverty, even if only through a prolonged illness, he is then completely helpless, left to his own devices, and society does not currently recognize any real obligation towards him beyond the usual help for the poor, even if he has been working all the time ever so faithfully and diligently. The usual help for the poor, however, leaves a lot to be desired, especially in large cities, where it is very much worse than in the country.
Not sure why, but glad the Ars page is now on.
Maybe I'm mistaken, either way, it is good to see people coming to his aid.