"Technology, in common with many other activities, tends toward avoidance of
risks by investors. Uncertainty is ruled out if possible. Capital investment
follows this rule, since people generally prefer the predictable. Few recognize
how destructive this can be, how it imposes severe limits on variability and
thus makes whole populations fatally vulnerable to the shocking ways our
universe can throw the dice."
-- Assessment of Ix, Bene Gesserit Archives (Heretics of Dune)
On behalf of the Parrot team, I'm proud to announce Parrot 4.2.0, also known