Not knowing

["Leif Svalgaard" <leif@xxxxxxxx>]

From: <vhamberg@attbi.com>>
> Smaller objects
> may use smaller extents, I believe.
>
> NTFS is supposed to have less
> trouble with this, IIRC.

> And the EXT2FS of Linux (is
> that still used?) is supposed to be pretty good here,

This post from Vern struck me. It latches on to
a lament from Joe Pluta about how so much happens
somehow without anybody really knowing what is going
on.

<rant>

Knowledge of how our systems and tools work
are IMNSHO fundamental to our work. We should
do things because we know precisely why and how,
and not because we believe or somebody said
"try this, it might work".

A counterargument might be that "our systems have
become so complex that it is impossible to know
how they work", but that is exactly the problem.

We should refuse to use complex things, we should
strive for simplification in everything.

</rant>