On Sat, October 11, 2008 16:54, Bob Blakely wrote: > Having better or newer pots and pans does nothing make you a better cook. "Better" certainly does; it's easier to not burn things for example with a good pan. "Fancier" doesn't help of course. > Having a better or newer hammer does nothing make you a better carpenter. Having a framing hammer makes it easier to pound in all those nails in framing, though. > Having a better or newer car does not make you a better driver. But it can let me escape from dangerous scenarios I couldn't drive my way out of in a lesser vehicle. (Certainly it can also tempt me *into* those situations in the first place.) > Having a higher or newer degree does not make you wiser. Or smarter. But it probably makes you more educated, which is what a degree might really measure. > Having better or newer brushes does not make you a better artist. > etc., etc. etc. Having worn-out brushes makes you a worse artist. > The better, newer equipment can, however, aid you in turning out, with > prolific fortitude, a much higher volume of sharp, well exposed crap. It's amazing how rarely I see it used for that. (I don't mean it's not mostly crap; I mean the crap is mostly not sharp or well-exposed.) -- David Dyer-Bennet, dd-b@xxxxxxxx; http://dd-b.net/ Snapshots: http://dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/data/ Photos: http://dd-b.net/photography/gallery/ Dragaera: http://dragaera.info
