Re: sad but true, Linux sucks, a bit

[Chris Bannister <cbannister@slingshot.co.nz>]

On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 04:47:24AM -0500, Jeff Bauer wrote:
> 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.

That is why quality means: "Whatever the persom perceives it to be."

IOW, two pasengers on the same airline given exactly the same treatment
will percieve the quality of the service in completely different ways.
One could think it was lousy, while the other could think it was great!

Great book BTW! In that case you may be interested in:
Lila: An Inquiry Into Morals, also by Robert M. Pirsig

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"If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people
who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the 
oppressing." --- Malcolm X