tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24725437.post116244431045260330..comments2023-03-26T04:24:14.228-07:00Comments on MrJumbo Gets a Blog: Seid Umschlungen, Millionen!mrjumbohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00564375101442753257noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24725437.post-1162501349062676732006-11-02T13:02:00.000-08:002006-11-02T13:02:00.000-08:00Check out Doris Lessing's novel "Mara and Dann" fo...Check out Doris Lessing's novel "Mara and Dann" for a vision of a post-technological world. A functioning solar cell plays an important role in the book, and the characters all worry that it will break down and nobody will be able to fix it.Andrew Shieldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02804655739574694901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24725437.post-1162490908695108242006-11-02T10:08:00.000-08:002006-11-02T10:08:00.000-08:00Yeah, all that'll be left is two old not-dead-yet ...Yeah, all that'll be left is two old not-dead-yet white guys, sitting on old computer boxes arguing about Godot. But will we be missing anything important?mrjumbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00564375101442753257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24725437.post-1162466424998014872006-11-02T03:20:00.000-08:002006-11-02T03:20:00.000-08:00Nothing beside remains. Round the decayOf that col...Nothing beside remains. Round the decay<BR/>Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare,<BR/>The lone and level sands stretch far away.<BR/><BR/>Once the contemporary global energy system collapses, nothing at all will remain, except for the "colossal wreck" of piles of useless plastic, once used as computers.<BR/><BR/>A.Andrew Shieldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02804655739574694901noreply@blogger.com