From: "Hal E. Fulton" <hal9000@...>
Date: 2001-09-17T05:02:15+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:21270] Re: alternate Download-Site of IOWA?

----- Original Message -----
From: Todd Gillespie <toddg@mail.ma.utexas.edu>
To: ruby-talk ML <ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2001 1:06 PM
Subject: [ruby-talk:21269] Re: alternate Download-Site of IOWA?


> I used to carefully design sites.  Now I just throw out whatever I have on
> my mind, and the angry feedback evolves a redesign faster than anything
> else I can come up with.

Now *there's* a design philosophy. Reminds me of the "worse is better"
school of thought (can't remember who came up with that). Or maybe
even like a cathedral/bazaar situation, where frustrated complaining
users drive the design... :)

>
> "If one studies too zealously, one easily loses his pants." -- A. Einstein
>

A very quotable quote. Is it genuine, and what is the context and
meaning?

Hal