Client CD

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 01:11:38AM -0400, Fairlight wrote:
> Confusious (Walter Vaughan) say:
> > Goal is to build a CD that is as reliable as a Tandy DT-100 with the
> > ability to surf the web with Opera 9.0, and simple to eat as candy.
> 
> Reliability and the modern definition of "ease of use" are mutually
> exclusive concepts.  The more features you "need" to give someone, the more
> potential fault points you introduce.  Jay would probably say the two are
> orthogonal, I think his exact wording would likely be.

Annoyingly enough, no: they're not orthogonal: they're at opposite ends
of the *same* axis.

> "With great power comes great responsibility," someone once said. 

Wasn't that a Nike ad campaign, aimed at young black guys running out
on their kids?  :-)

Cheers,
-- jra
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