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color vs aroma
By:Nick Schade
Date: 2/17/1999, 9:55 am
In Response To: Re: In other words... (Don Beale)

> ...You see green, he sees red. Until he sees a different shade of red or
> you see a different shade of green there is not much to discuss.

Probably in one world colors matter and in the other all that counts is aroma.

> I find these threads fascinating. In every advancement, there is always
> the "tried and true" and the "new and different".
> Sometimes the news becomes tried and true, usually it flops. That doesn't
> make one better than the other, just different. The way I look at this, we
> are not building airplanes here. To most of us, a 20 or 30 percent weight
> difference is not that significant. To some applications it is. Both
> viewpoints are equally valid solutions to the same problem in my eyes,
> applicable to different goals.

If someone feels characteristic X is important, chance are their solution will be much "better" in characteristic X than someone who is designing for characteristic Y. As long as the two people disagree on which characteristics are important, there is no point in discussing how to create the "best" item.

Messages In This Thread

RE: Let me try to be nice.
Bruce H. -- 2/15/1999, 7:35 pm
Different Worlds
Nick Schade -- 2/16/1999, 3:22 pm
Re: In other words...
Don Beale -- 2/17/1999, 1:15 am
color vs aroma
Nick Schade -- 2/17/1999, 9:55 am