Monday, February 19th, 2007, 11:05 pm
More Water, Less Land
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Season of the playful penguins from Oyonale
Dead penguins, dead polar bears, larger oceans, and houses under water. Is this the future?
The world’s largest tropical glacier is in danger of disappearing within five years, according to international researchers meeting this week in San Francisco.
Take action and reduce waste. Every little helps.
Let us borrow this story and translate its impact to aspects of software development. In programming, greater reuse of code translates into fewer ‘seats’. Dependently, programmers require waste. Without waste and reproduction there is better utilisation of code replication capabilities. And then there’s commercial software that thrives in waste, leading to a morbid & spontaneous spasm in Mother Nature. Let’s work for Earth, not against it.
