On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 2:23 PM, Anand Balachandran Pillai < abpil...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 12:51 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves <law...@au-kbc.org > >wrote: > > > On Friday 25 June 2010 12:37:25 Saju Pillai wrote: > > > I am allergic to any design tool more complex than pen & paper > > > > > > > well, we seemed have almost reached a consensus - now all we need to > decide > > is > > the pros and cons of pen versus pencil. > > > > I support pencil because, > > 1. It can be sharpened The sharpened pencil lead is more dangerous than the smaller rounded ballpoint tip. > 2. It doesn't cause those splotches in your hand and dress like a pen > Sharpeners leave behind large amounts of thin fine wood shavings. 3. There is only one colour to choose - so no confusion between blue > and black etc. > Clearly you haven't drawn Yogi bear cartoons using color pencils > 4. It is the simplest contraption in the world which consists of just > two parts and no moving ones. > Cannot be used without a complex and potentially dangerous sharpener > 5. It has space-age glamour since the Russian cosmonauts used it > to write during their space flights. > The tips can break in 0-g and get into sensitive equipment -- heard this excellent explanation in the 3-Idiots movie. -srp > > > > > > -- > > Regards > > Kenneth Gonsalves > > Senior Associate > > NRC-FOSS at AU-KBC > > _______________________________________________ > > BangPypers mailing list > > BangPypers@python.org > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers > > > > > > -- > --Anand > _______________________________________________ > BangPypers mailing list > BangPypers@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers > -- Idea Device Automation Technologies www.ideadevice.com +91 9945196516 _______________________________________________ BangPypers mailing list BangPypers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers