Re: REST vs the rest and other angels on pinheads

+1

> I realize that most of you are probably engineers, and this may sound
> horrible,
> but I think of what we're doing as horticulture rather than 
> engineering:  We
> have been asked to take on the job of restoring a tangled, overgrown,
> weed-infested garden to some reasonably neat and usable condition.  We 
> can
> identify the species of the various plants, trim the bushes, clean out 
> the
> fountains, lay down new pathways, apply weedkiller in some areas and
> fertilizer in others ... but we can't bulldoze the mess and start over 
> with
> a clean design.

And let's recognize that one person's "weed" may be another's
"established and valued part of the ecosystem".  ;-)

Received on Friday, 20 September 2002 15:29:44 UTC