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Re: Greek Symbols in Plot Annotations [message #69271]

Tue, 12 January 2010 08:30

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

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Paul van Delst writes:

> Crikey, Dave, don't be so hard on yourself. You're making me feel bad. I posted my
> comments to the newsgroup rather than private email because a) my "reply-all" didn't seem
> to give me a valid email for your post and b) I figured your ego could take it. :o)

My ego is fine. :-)

I like ideas that are so incredibly simple, but useful,
that you slap yourself on the forehead and think, "Crikey,
why didn't I think of that!" I've actually had, in a lifetime
of programming, a couple of those kind of ideas. It always
amazes me.

And what also amazes me is how quickly someone else can see
immediately how that great, simple idea can be improved upon.
And it is usually the first person you show it to!

But (at least for me), even simple ideas don't occur
full-blown and complete. They are organic. You are
working on one small thing, and all of a sudden you see
a larger connection, a more general approach, the bigger
picture, as it were. And the idea is just THERE.

But, unfortuately, it is there with all the baggage of the
past two hours work. So the program grows from that, and
not always in the best possible way. It is just something
I have noticed, that's all. And it spills a little bit
of wind out of your sails when it does. I wasn't really
complaining (heck, this is what make programming worth
doing!) so much as I was making what I hoped was a wry
observation. :-)

Cheers,

David

--
David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
Sepore ma de ni thue. ("Perhaps thos speakest truth.")

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		Re: Greek Symbols in Plot Annotations By: David Fanning on Tue, 12 January 2010 08:30
		Re: Greek Symbols in Plot Annotations By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Tue, 12 January 2010 07:17
		Re: Greek Symbols in Plot Annotations By: David Fanning on Mon, 11 January 2010 15:32
		Re: Greek Symbols in Plot Annotations By: David Fanning on Mon, 11 January 2010 15:14
		Re: Greek Symbols in Plot Annotations By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Mon, 11 January 2010 15:02
		Re: Greek Symbols in Plot Annotations By: David Fanning on Mon, 11 January 2010 05:44
		Re: Greek Symbols in Plot Annotations By: wlandsman on Mon, 11 January 2010 05:26
		Re: Greek Symbols in Plot Annotations By: cgguido on Sun, 10 January 2010 12:15

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