From: Dave Winer (dave@userland.com)
Date: Sat Aug 19 2000 - 09:06:17 PDT
Two words: Right on.
Dave
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From: "Gavin Thomas Nicol" <gtn@ebt.com>
To: <FoRK@xent.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2000 8:59 AM
Subject: RE: [HTTPfutures] Dan Connolly on HTTP goofs and musings / Two Way
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> > Yes. The discussion usually goes something like this...
> >
> > Your car makes for a lousy airplane.
> >
> > That's because it isn't supposed to be an airplane.
> >
> > Sure, sure, sure... but I want to fly to Hong Kong.
> >
> > Then build an airplane.
> >
> > But there are so many restrictions associated with airplanes...
> > you need special landing rights... they expect a competent pilot...
> > you can only land in a few places... and everything is so expensive.
> >
> > That's because flying isn't as easy and safe as driving. Why do
> > you think they'll let flying cars get by with fewer
restrictions?
> >
> > But we have so many cars just lying about unused, and everyone
> > has a highway in their backyard, so obviously a car is the right way
> > to travel.
> >
> > That's a byproduct of it being easy and (relatively) safe
> > to drive,
> > not a statement about the universal applicability of cars.
> >
> > But I'm pretty sure that if we add wings here, and a tail over there,
> > and call the driver a pilot, that this is the only way to go.
> >
> > *sigh* ... Fine, then. When you get back from Hong Kong we'll
> > talk about making it part of the standard.
>
> Woof. How many times have I had that *same* conversation in the context of
> XML.
>
> I call it the "xxx as a hammer syndrome": people assume that blinding
> success in one category automatically gurantess success in another.
>
>
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