Obsolescent Programmers

[Bradford DeLong]

>Yep.  Well, I dont know if you have ever played
>"Civilization" (I used to play it about 8 years ago)
>but there are situations in the game where if
>the people are not allowed a certain standard of
>living, they rise up and make a revolution.  However,
>there was no socialist or communist society in
>"Civilization" (or at least I dont think there was).
>Anyway, I have never been into games too much, but I
>was addicted to that one for a while.
>
>Thomas

Yes there was: a grim, low-productivity state the only advantage of 
which was that one could project military power at great distances 
from one's bases.

Brad DeLong