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Message #03020



To: "Wilf Rigter" Wilf.Rigter@powertech.bc.ca,
From: "Nigel Joyce" nigel.joyce@qr.com.au
Date: Thu, 6 May 1999 14:31:22 +1000
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Perhaps of some interest to serious BEAMers...


I agree, look at MS Office products as a parallel, they are getting so
complex that they are becoming harder to use. Ever tried to type a quick
letter without a bunch of Bulls**t popping up asking if you want help doing
it?

Blue Skies
---Buzz---

> Personally I lean towards:
>
> "I have frequently observed a linear increase in functionality emerge from
a
> linear reduction in complexity"
>
> enjoy
>
> Wilf Rigter mailto:wilf.rigter@powertech.bc.ca
> tel: (604)590-7493
> fax: (604)590-3411
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Tom Edwards [SMTP:edwards9@hotmail.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 1999 9:02 PM
> > To: beam@corp.sgi.com
> > Subject: Perhaps of some interest to serious BEAMers...
> >
> > The process of completely overhauling the BEAM Heretics site has begun,
so
> >
> > much of its 7 Mb of material will be unavailable for a while. In the
mean
> >
> > time, I've entered an article that might be of interest to all. Go to
the
> >
> > URL:
> >
> > http://www.serve.com/heretics
> >
> > and follow the path:
> >
> > BEAM Heretics: Contributors: Mark Tilden:
> > Notes from a talk given on November 20th, 1998 at Los Alamos
> >
> >
> >
> > Tom
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________________________
> > Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com


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