If it were not for the continuing human ability to create "F#$&-ups" we
wouldn't have much of what we have today.
MicroSoft rules the world because of one such. Lexan was an accident.
Moldy bread wasn't supposed to be in the lab. Vulcanized rubber was an
f-u that truly stunk!<G>
My last marriage was a ROYAL F-U but without it I wouldn't have had my
newspaper column, wouldn't be nearly as proficient on a computer,
wouldn't have moved in a timely manner out of California to a town in
Ohio which generates its *own* electricity -- thus avoiding killer
"rolling blackouts."
Those of us who are lucky can look back and find a number of F-U which
have benefited us. Nowadays they talk "out of the box" ... in my day it
was "how can I fix this screw up?" The consequences -- new things that
would not normally be concieved -- are the same.
Stepping down from philosophical soap box ...
l.d.
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On Tue, 08 May 2001 22:04:13 -0400, Glenn McCorkle wrote:
> Ah yes... Perfectly human.
> (considering that the finished "F" scale was achieved through a series
> of several "F#$&-ups") <VBG>
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