Oh, I completely agree. Though if you do want a challenge you can go way overboard with it!
It sort of reminds of something from Douglas Adams' "Last Chance To See". One of the endangered animals he visited incubates it's eggs by creating a great pile of crap (leaves, etc) and, as I recall, counts on the decomposition heat generated to incubate the eggs. After it builds it's mound, the bird has to constantly monitor the heat and add and remove material from the pile to keep the temp. just right. Adams pointed out that it would have been FAR easier if the bird had just sat on the eggs to keep them warm. Of course Adams then proceeded to write a very complicated hypercard stack to simulate how the whole heating system worked, calculating mass to heat, with lots of bells and whistles, and a nice user interface. He used it twice. He then realized that it would have taken him about five minutes to satisfy his curiousity about the process using the calculator desk accessory instead. Theres a lesson there. If something is worth doing, then it's worth overdoing! >----- ------- Original Message ------- ----- >From: Stephen Quinn Barncard >Sent: Wed, 9 Jul 2003 13:46:39 > >I would suggest, gentlemen, that unless one has a >lot of time on >one's hands and needs the challenge, that using >RunRev to make >content management software for one site would be >not a very good use >of that time when there are numerous packages >written in Perl or PHP >(such as pMachine) that already do that. > >sqb > > >>Hi James, >> >>>I have a book coming out, on July 30, on the >military >>>antiwar-movement which emerged >>>during the Vietnam War. I am currently thinking >about a website to >>>accompany the book. >>>The site will include approximately 500 images >and I would like to >>>make it searchable by content. >>> >>>At the moment I am playing with three >possibilities: >>> >>>1. to build a filemaker database and link to it >with a web portal. >>> >>>2. to build it with revolution and deploy the >stack online and >>>build a front page that would do the same thing. >The latter appeals >>>to me because it would enhance my programming >skills >>> >>>3. To use html. >>> >>>Please advise me on what I should do >> >>well, you might not be surprised that most, if not >all users of this list >>will recommend option 2 ;-) >> >> >>Klaus Major >_______________________________________________ >use-revolution mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolu >tion _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
