Re: [Tango-L] Tango Police
Anton Stanley wrote: [I] don't fear the concept of Tango Police. I do. I like formal specifications for computer languages, but tango isn't one of them. -- Alexis Cousein [EMAIL PROTECTED] Senior Systems Engineer/Solutions Architect SGI/Silicon Graphics -- If I have seen further, it is by standing on reference manuals ___ Tango-L mailing list Tango-L@mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
Re: [Tango-L] Tango Police
Anton Stanley wrote: The wonderful thing about tango is that there is no official organization to define what tango is So I guess if you agree with the above, Tango can be the sum of everyone's opinion. It all depends on the meaning you ascribe to organisation. A social group can be self-organised and ruled by peer pressure, but in my book that's not official organisation. -- Alexis Cousein [EMAIL PROTECTED] Senior Systems Engineer/Solutions Architect SGI/Silicon Graphics -- If I have seen further, it is by standing on reference manuals ___ Tango-L mailing list Tango-L@mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
Re: [Tango-L] Tango Police
I have been described as anarchistic/chaotic by nature. Yet it's in perpetual conflict with the obvious benefits of order. Take as an example your field within computers Alexis; I can't begin to imagine the chaos if languages like Cobol, Fortran, Pascal, PHP, Java etc. had developed independently in differing pockets around the world, with colloquial interpretations and variations based on local peer group pressure. You would also know that strict guidelines don't inhibit creativity, but actually creates a climate of greater creativity. So I for one who has worked within the real world constraints of creative boundaries like yourself Alexis, don't fear the concept of Tango Police. Provided they have fairly attractive credentials in that field and don't wear jackboots. Anton ___ Tango-L mailing list Tango-L@mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
[Tango-L] Tango Police
The wonderful thing about tango is that there is no official organization to define what tango is, with tango police penalizing someone when they see them doing in-authentic tango. Of course this doesn't keep those with an officious mindset from setting up their own tastes as the One True Authentic tango. So it was refreshing to read Astrid's comment about milonga, who simply gave an example and said this is what she likes. The exact quote is - THIS is a milonga... ;) My kind of milonga, anyway... Larry de Los Angeles Click to get a free auto insurance quotes from top companies. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2131/fc/Ioyw6iifSLoQaMcnI80mG33St7f8Tm91CiGNa6hekOXp5FbsUITE3I/ ___ Tango-L mailing list Tango-L@mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
Re: [Tango-L] Tango Police
The wonderful thing about tango is that there is no official organization to define what tango is So I guess if you agree with the above, Tango can be the sum of everyone's opinion. Or the opinion of anyone. Or that no one knows what Tango is. Or more bluntly, Tango is nothing or everything. I sure love Tango. Maybe just for the diversity of meaningless opinion. Mine included. Anton ___ Tango-L mailing list Tango-L@mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
