| Re: New IDL 7.0 Project Problem [message #57947 is a reply to message #57824] |
Fri, 04 January 2008 13:14   |
David Fanning
Messages: 11724
Registered: August 2001
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Paul van Delst writes:
> My theory -- for I too am trending towards old-codgerlyness -- is that
> our brains are evolutionarily hard-wired to deal with only a certain
> amount of complexity. In this day and age, the rate of increase of said
> complexity in relation to the amount of actual *useful* information is
> just too big a number for our minds to grok.
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> Sort of like our own private 2nd law of thermodynamics as we become
> increasingly isolated systems.... um, er... I mean, people.
I hear you. What you are saying is I'm already full of
crap, I don't need any more. Is that right? ;-)
BTW, that Paradox of Choice book you recommended was
an interesting one. I found myself lecturing the Inta-Juice
manager the other day, explaining why if he had 10 choices
instead of the 200 or so he had on the menu he would get
more of the over-30 crowd into his store. Why the hell
would I want "wheat-germ" in a strawberry shake!?
Cheers,
David
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David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")
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