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Re: sad but true, Linux sucks, a bit



On 01/18/2014 03:12 AM, Chris Bannister wrote:
On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 06:00:53PM +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
On Fri, 2014-01-17 at 14:38 +0100, Denis Witt wrote:
Or think about machines in mills, sorting out single grains of poor
quality while they are falling down like a waterfall into the
millstone granting a better flour quality than you can with dozens of
human workers doing the same.
I mentioned that there are some tasks computers are good for ;), but
many things only can be done by humans.
What is quality? Quality means different things to different people. The
supermarket would discard the average apple while the so called
"organic" store would see it as just another healthy apple!

In Robert Pirsig's classic, "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance," an assignment was given a college class to define quality, which caused a great deal of consternation amongst the students. This was one of the best parts of the book and worth the read for patient and inquiring readers.

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