From: ara.t.howard@...
Date: 2006-02-14T23:52:23+09:00
Subject: Re: rubyforge-0.1.1

On Tue, 14 Feb 2006, Timothy Goddard wrote:

> Cool, thanks for the script. I'm just starting a project on rubyforge, so
> this may be very useful indeed.

glad to hear it.  share and share alike.

> Incidentally, the quote in your signature is just a way of stating the
> Fallacy of Prior Investment. To value something by the investment already
> made ignores the majority of the equation (i.e. potential future returns).
> It is unfortunately a common trap for the human mind to fall into. The
> saying is not nearly as wise as it sounds.


i'm not sure that's what he meant.  i think it's more along the lines of: if
you are rich and powerful but you missed out on your childs youth working so
hard to get there, are you really successful?

kind regards.

-a

-- 
judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.
- h.h. the 14th dali lama