29 Jan
2006
29 Jan
'06
8:25 p.m.
der Mouse wrote:
Shunning the new in favor of the old and reliable is generally
considered curmudgeonly.
I thought that was only shunning the new *because it's new*. Hmm,
dictionary.com says "cur?mudg?eon [...] An ill-tempered person full of
resentment and stubborn notions.".
Well, I suppose if you drop the ill temper and resentment, and consider
the notion that you should use the old-and-reliable *because* it's
reliable "stubborn", you can make that fit. :-)
Ahh, but Mouse, anyone in The Tech Biz who clings to stubborn
notions** is bound to become ill-tempered and filled with resentment
very quickly.
Doc
** Especially such notions as "It should perform as advertised" or "It
should be user-serviceable, or maybe even just serviceable"
>[PNG]
[c]ertainly [has] lots more features [than GIF], which in
>actually a reason to avoid it, at least to me. [...]
Man, and I thought _I_ was a curmudgeon! :-)
What's curmudgeonly about that?