NEWS FLASH:
       
       SiMpLe MaChInEs (gopher://jgw.mdns.org) is taking a possibly
       permanent hiatus from Gopherspace.  The server, through
       several hardware/software incarnations, had been running
       almost continuously since 2003.  Though the content varied
       over the years, the phlog, a term first coined by the
       gophermiester, persisted almost from the start.  Probably
       the most popular info retrieved was notes and materials
       from a Common Lisp class conducted at SDF.org.  Instructions
       for setting up the native NetBSD SASL for Postfix was also
       quite popular.
       
       Although the latest server had a fairly light energy
       footprint, having the device on 24/7 seemed increasingly
       irresponsible given the low traffic and the fact that much
       of the power comes from burning fossil fuels, the extraction
       and burning of which are responsible for much of the climate
       change and ocean acidification.  If humans are to have any
       sort of future on this planet we need to get serious about
       reducing our consumption of non-renewable resources, reduce
       pollution of the environment, and frankly, reduce our
       numbers significantly.
       
       Want to know about the issues and what our likely significantly
       less-consumptive future might look like?
       
        http://ourrenewablefuture.org/
       
        video for the reading-impaired:
       
        https://youtu.be/LcraVuQbQUI
       
       Maybe we can pull it off but to be honest, some days I have
       little faith that humans are up to the task of saving
       themselves. If we had started transitioning 15-20 years
       ago it would have been a hard but not herculean task; now
       it's a very tough nut to crack.
       
       Good luck humanity,
       
       simple (primate)
       
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