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diana_coman: if I'm to see it as "os for a purpose", then I go full way and it's really
machine-for-a-purpose, from hardware up, everything; basically there
is no universal computer at all in reality, only various degrees of trying to fit an average (at
best) to all sorts of outliers.
a111: Logged on 2014-02-12 18:27 asciilifeform: 'the
best machine is no machine' (herr altschuller)
a111: Logged on 2018-10-25 19:15 asciilifeform: at the risk of repeating ancient thread -- 'the
best machine is no machine', it weighs nuffin, needs
no maintenance. and the
best proggy,
is no proggy at all, if a problem can be solved without writing proggy, it ought to be. erry line of coad can be rightfully pictured as an act of intellectual littering. y'know, like throwing cig butt or bottle on the ground in the park.
a111: Logged on 2018-10-25 19:15 asciilifeform: at the risk of repeating ancient thread -- 'the
best machine is no machine', it weighs nuffin, needs
no maintenance. and the
best proggy,
is no proggy at all, if a problem can be solved without writing proggy, it ought to be. erry line of coad can be rightfully pictured as an act of intellectual littering. y'know, like throwing cig butt or bottle on the ground in the park.