Headphones out to line out

[Rich Grise]

On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 09:55:57 -0700, JeffM wrote:
....

tiding a creative type over until he can complete his next work
--not an excuse to be perpetually lazy and unproductive

Hey! Who needs an "excuse" to be lazy and unproductive?

You _have_ discerned that the lazy man's way is better, haven't you?
Accomplish the same goal with minimum expenditure of resources.

Laziness is the mother of invention!

Cheers!
Rich

 

[JeffM]

...tiding a creative type over until he can complete his next work
--not an excuse to be perpetually lazy and unproductive
JeffM

You _have_ discerned that the lazy man's way is better, haven't you?
Accomplish the same goal with minimum expenditure of resources.
Laziness is the mother of invention!
Rich Grise

We agree up to the point where I said "unproductive".
I'm thinking of the 1-hit wonders
who want to coast on that their entire lives.
--That's not what copyright was meant to be.

 

[Fred Abse]

On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 19:14:58 +0000, Rich Grise wrote:

Laziness is the mother of invention!

Most of Man's inventions have been time-saving. Then came Usenet

--
"Electricity is of two kinds, positive and negative. The difference
is, I presume, that one comes a little more expensive, but is more
durable; the other is a cheaper thing, but the moths get into it."
(Stephen Leacock)

 

[JeffM]

Laziness is the mother of invention!
Rich Grise

Most of Man's inventions have been time-saving. Then came Usenet
Fred Abse

Are you aware that you have the X-No-Archive bit set?

If you are aware, is there a logic to it?

 

[keith]

On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 18:51:54 +0100, Fred Abse wrote:

On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 19:14:58 +0000, Rich Grise wrote:

Laziness is the mother of invention!

Most of Man's inventions have been time-saving. Then came Usenet

Television? It's even doubtful that the computer has saved time. It
certainly has allowed government to record (and thus tax) more of your
life though.

--
Keth

 

[Fred Abse]

On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 13:39:33 -0700, JeffM wrote:

Are you aware that you have the X-No-Archive bit set?

Yes.

If you are aware, is there a logic to it?

Yes

--
"Electricity is of two kinds, positive and negative. The difference
is, I presume, that one comes a little more expensive, but is more
durable; the other is a cheaper thing, but the moths get into it."
(Stephen Leacock)