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On Tue, 16 Jan 2007 11:06:31 GMT, you wrote:
> When I made my first 3005-letters, I made them a compromise between accuracy
> and
> visibility. It was more important that the letters were readable in as small
> scale as possible than that they were true to the originals. Do you find this
> philosophy shocking? ;) That was in the days when LDraw was meant to produce
> readable instructions. Today, I don't know what's become of LDraw. A playground
> for perfectionists, where nothing or very little passes, maybe?
"A playground for perfectionists"
Excellent summary of what I am trying to say. Most of us are not
perfectionists even if we would like to be, and we don't have time to
be perfectionists. But we do want useable parts.
There is a step below perfection that is "good enough". If L-Draw
continues to strive for perfection at the expense of all else, it will
be perfect at doing what it does, but what it does will be very little
- too little to be useful.
-Matt :)
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Phone: 509-773-5724
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In lugnet.cad.dat.parts, Matthew J. Chiles <mattchiles@gorge.net> wrote:
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> On Tue, 16 Jan 2007 11:06:31 GMT, you wrote:
>
> > When I made my first 3005-letters, I made them a compromise between accuracy
> > and
> > visibility. It was more important that the letters were readable in as small
> > scale as possible than that they were true to the originals. Do you find this
> > philosophy shocking? ;) That was in the days when LDraw was meant to produce
> > readable instructions. Today, I don't know what's become of LDraw. A playground
> > for perfectionists, where nothing or very little passes, maybe?
>
> "A playground for perfectionists"
>
> Excellent summary of what I am trying to say. Most of us are not
> perfectionists even if we would like to be, and we don't have time to
> be perfectionists. But we do want useable parts.
>
> There is a step below perfection that is "good enough". If L-Draw
> continues to strive for perfection at the expense of all else, it will
> be perfect at doing what it does, but what it does will be very little
> - too little to be useful.
You're right MAtt,
"Only the best is good enough" but "la surqualité est de la non-qualité"
(overquality is non-quality) and "le mieux est l'ennemi du bien" (better is
enemy of good).
Didier
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