Jay Miner on Computers & Society

[AmigaEd]

I've carried Jay's words on my sig for several years. Those few words for some reason have always struck me in a haunting and truthful kind of way.
 
I'm not even sure anymore where I first heard that recording of Jay, but I do know that the video is (or was at one time) distributed with one of the versions of Amiga Forever.
 
I will say that I don't agree with everything that Jay speaks of in that recording, but that's not really important.
 
What seems important is that Jay was insightful and caring enough to consider the implications of what (even his) computers and technology could do to society. He clearly took time to consider what things were really important in the grand scheme of things.
 
While I think Jay would be sad to see the divisions between us (Amigans) I think at the same time he would be glad to see that many of us still enjoy his amazing creation or some spin-off of it.
 
Jay, Thanks for all Wonderful Years of Enjoyment and the Great Memories! :angel:
 
Best Regards,
AmigaEd

[AmigaEd]

@smerf, I am up here in the hills near Sayre. Yep, good Ol-WB. Not too far away. Back in the day I used to get down ther quite a bit. Not so much anymore.
 
Seems that WB has develpoed quite a reputation over the last decade or so... Politicians are everywhere, good ones... not so common.
 
I know of one other guy near Binghamton who frequents the establishment here. I'll let him reveal himself if he so desires. May be we could meet up once every two or three years and start up a users group.
 
We could call our users group the...
Greater NYPenn Commodore Amiga Maniacs (GNCAM)
or the...
Northern Tier Omnipotent Amiga Users Group (NTOAUG)
or..
People for Equitable Treatment of Amigas (PETA)
or..
Commodores for Equitable Treatment of People (CETP)
or...
Amigaholics Anonymous (AA)
or...
Sons of the Amiga Revolution (No offense meant to Daughters)
or...
Maniac Amigans Showing Our Numeric Strength (MASONS)
or...
Fraternal Order of Amiga Users Keeping Microcomputing Exciting (FOAUKME)
well... I think that's a good start anyway.

[AmigaEd]

Here we go. Jay vs Bill.
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WQtRI7A064

 
Hmmm... I'm going to have to watch that again.
 
Can't quite put my finger on it, but I'm pretty sure that there is something not quite right with that equation. CO2 = P x S x E x C
 
Vaccines! With the prices pharmacutical companies are charging it would seem that it would be less costly to get weapons manufacturers involved. Having said that I do think that if we could get population down to zero then the CO2 problem would be improved.  Global warming I'm not so sure about. Perhaps, extinguishing the Sun would be the most effective method.
 
I thought about attending a TED conference sometime... but now I'm thinking I'll just go to see a movie instead.

[AmigaEd]

I think we should go with this one:
 
Maniac Amigans Showing Our Numeric Strength
 

Yeah that one does have a nice (and familiar) sound to it.