On 15/12/2009, at 7:10 AM, Bob Beck wrote:

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>> | People are at the core motivated by their own self-interest.  Anyone
>> | who says they aren't is selling something.
>>
>> Yes, they're selling hilarity. It's The Onion, after all.
>
> Yes, but it's funny because it's true.  Even OpenBSD developers are
> motivated by self interest...Ever wonder why the answers on misc@ are
> so taunting or dismissive for people who whine without producing code?

Self interest is probably THE most basic instinct of any creature 
anywhere
  - it's how the species survives.
Kids learn, as they grow, to temper it and become more 'human', but it
remains the root of survival of the species.


paulm