RE: Not knowing

["jt" <jt@xxxxxx>]

I quote this in it's entirety, because it bears repeating (imnsho)...!

Took out the "rant", because I don't see it that way...!!



| [mailto:midrange-l-admin@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Leif Svalgaard
| Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 9:05 AM
| To: midrange-l@midrange.com
| Subject: Not knowing
|
|
| 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.
|

|
| 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.
|