On 14/01/10 18:52, Dave Land wrote:
[...]
Funny how people get so personally invested in what text editor, browser
or operating system they use. Dis carpenters snipe at each other for
their choice to use Riyobi-vs-Dewalt-vs-Milwaukee power tools? Or
before that, SK-vs-Wright-vs-Cooper? Or before that, did cave men argue
the merits of flint-vs-chert-vs-schist?
Dave
I think they did, and with good reason: when it comes to make good sharp
cutting tools out of stone, flint really stands out, because, like glass
(but you can hardly find glass native in nature) its structure is
amorphous rather than crystalline (which means you can cut sharp curved
flakes away from it in any direction and not be limited by fewer crystal
planes than there are fingers on one hand).
And you forgot carpets from Baghdad vs. Isfahan, or Toledo steel vs.
whatever the local blacksmith was making. ;-)
Best regards,
Tony.
--
During a grouse hunt in North Carolina two intrepid sportsmen
were blasting away at a clump of trees near a stone wall. Suddenly a
red-faced country squire popped his head over the wall and shouted,
"Hey, you almost hit my wife."
"Did I?" cried the hunter, aghast. "Terribly sorry. Have a
shot at mine, over there."
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