On Mon, 5 Jul 2004 13:40:54 -0700 "Ivan Jouikov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
> ... > > A tool is a tool. Rather than declare that a tool is worse than useless, > > it probably would be more effective to explain why you couldn't use it > > this time. It's a little easier that way to talk about what can be done, > > what tools could be used instead, where you might still profitably use > > the recalcitrant tool. > > Ok, so you're saying that if my task is to dig a hole, Is your task to dig a hole? There are many kinds of holes -- wide holes, narrow holes, holes that go sidewise, holes that go straight down, holes that you fill with cement and build houses on, holes that you run subway trains through, ... > and there's a tool whose documentation says "used for digging holes > efficiently and easy", it automatically means that it's good for that > task? When I was a kid, I liked to dig holes with a hammer, just because I had my Dad's hammer but no wood and no nails. I dug some pretty good holes, but my Dad made me clean the hammer up and oil it so it wouldn't rust. I'd hate to dig a foundation with a post-hole shovel. I'd hate to dig a foundation in caliche with anything. But if I had to dig a foundation in caliche, I'd want either a pick or a jackhammer. (Dynamite's too hard to control.) I would not want to dig in the flower bed with a jackhammer. > You ever thought that good ideas don't necessarily mean good > results? Naw, you're putting me on! Good ideas ALWAYS get good results. At least, if you shovel enough manure into the fields. > What if that tool is a vacuum cleaner? How would you dig a > hole with a vacuum cleaner? I think I may have started out the door to do just that one day when I was a kid. I think my mother was glad she stopped me. You ever dig a hole with a water hose? Now, professional hole-diggers actually do use (very large) water hoses and vacuum cleaners. That is, some sludge belts use a wet vacuum system to keep the sludge belts clear. (Maybe I should've been a civil engineer.) > I mean that's what its documentation says... Then, if the documentation is not lying, it must not be the same kind of vacuum cleaner you'd use in the house. > The point is, some tools are just no good. Don't you just hate tools like that? > ... -- Joel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
