Wow Ann. I wish I could have said that. It's no fair sending poetry in your email messages; it makes those of us who have muses from Podunk Oklahoma feel bad.
Thanks, Bob. > ----- Original Message ----- >From: Ann Parsons <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: Braillenote List <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2004 09:05:04 -0400 >Subject: [Braillenote] Thoughts on Technology, Who Uses What and Why >Hi all, >Beth, great post, well done! ><smile> I had to chuckle at your reference to Linux. You're right >about Linux. Linux is an OS that can be as simple or as complicated >as you want to make it. I'm getting more and more comfortable with >Windows as I use and teach my students to use it. However, I find >the command line interface of both the BN and Linux to be uncluttered >and elegant in my view. I think it has the same power as the simple >lines of Shaker furniture or a circle. Simple doesn't mean bad or for >simple people, it can mean elegant, and functional and uncluttered, >like a Japanese flower arrangement that has just one or two blooms in >it. >Baroque music is beautiful, but it is fancy, complicated and has many >intricate chordal changes and melodic lines. Sometimes one wants the >simple harmonies of "In the Garden" or "There is a Balm in Gilliad". >These simple tunes can, if the moment is right, bring strong men to >there knees in tears. >So, yes, Beth, I agree, wholeheartedly. It is a matter of choice and >of cost and convenience, as well as some other factors. >Ann P. >-- > Ann K. Parsons >email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >WEB SITE: http://home.eznet.net/~akp >"All that is gold does not glitter. >Not all those who wander are lost." JRRT >___ >To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
