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Re: The Rise of Worse is Better

• From: David Sheets <kosmo.zb@gmail.com>
• To: Len Bullard <Len.Bullard@ses-i.com>
• Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 06:52:19 -0700

On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 6:26 AM, Len Bullard <Len.Bullard@ses-i.com> wrote:
> One half-assed hypertext-wrapped drawing at a time with a liberal policy
> for the number of passengers who die until you sell enough jetliners to
> fix the bugs.

Nice genome.

> You're still dead.

Cogito ergo sum.

> len
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Sheets [mailto:kosmo.zb@gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2012 8:20 AM
> To: Len Bullard
> Cc: Costello, Roger L.; xml-dev@lists.xml.org
> Subject: Re:  The Rise of Worse is Better
>
> On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 6:05 AM, Len Bullard <Len.Bullard@ses-i.com>
> wrote:
>> The fail that matters is the one that put an Air France crew and
>> passengers on the bottom of the Atlantic because fly by wire, frozen
>> pitot tubes and a badly trained cabin crew accepted half-measures.
> Pick
>> your scale for worse.  They are still dead.
>
> The scale that matters is the one that put a hyperlinked document
> system on your desktop computer because text-based protocols, fluid
> data models, and a liberal input policy condone half-measures.
> We are still alive.
>
> How do I evolve a jetliner?
>
> David
>
>> len
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: David Sheets [mailto:kosmo.zb@gmail.com]
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2012 7:58 AM
>> To: Len Bullard
>> Cc: Costello, Roger L.; xml-dev@lists.xml.org
>> Subject: Re:  The Rise of Worse is Better
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 5:48 AM, Len Bullard <Len.Bullard@ses-i.com>
>> wrote:
>>> Would you really want to fly in a jetliner built with that
> philosophy?
>>
>> Are you building a jetliner or an air travel industry? Different fails
>> for different scales?
>>
>> David
>>

• References:
  • The Rise of Worse is Better
    • From: "Costello, Roger L." <costello@mitre.org>
  • RE: The Rise of Worse is Better
    • From: "Len Bullard" <Len.Bullard@ses-i.com>
  • Re: The Rise of Worse is Better
    • From: David Sheets <kosmo.zb@gmail.com>
  • RE: The Rise of Worse is Better
    • From: "Len Bullard" <Len.Bullard@ses-i.com>
  • Re: The Rise of Worse is Better
    • From: David Sheets <kosmo.zb@gmail.com>
  • RE: The Rise of Worse is Better
    • From: "Len Bullard" <Len.Bullard@ses-i.com>