Richard A Steenbergen wrote: > On Mon, Nov 02, 2009 at 05:19:32AM -0500, Randy Bush wrote: >> i try to use as few tricks, knobs, and clever things as possible and >> still get my job done. i try to be extremely conscious of, and minimal, >> when what i am doing effects or is visible to my neighbors and/or the >> global net. >> >> i try to complicate the internals of my network as little as possible, >> after all, complexity == opex and i value my time, it is a non-renewable >> resource. >> >> i prefer to be seen as an old and lazy minimalist, not a clever person. >> clever was a pejorative where/when i was brought up. > > Translation: > > <randybush> You damn kids! Get off my lawn!
bullshit > But seriously now, the reason we have these squishy things taking up > space between our ears in the first place is so we can come up with new > ideas and better ways to solve our problems. and they need not be cute, clever, or complex. unless we did not get enough strokes as a kid. randy