From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Lucio De Re To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] ... in the Kingdom of Sources Message-ID: <20030911160106.Y2507@cackle.proxima.alt.za> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: ; from rog@vitanuova.com on Thu, Sep 11, 2003 at 02:06:48PM +0100 Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 16:01:07 +0200 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 30d422c2-eacc-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 On Thu, Sep 11, 2003 at 02:06:48PM +0100, rog@vitanuova.com wrote: > > i'm certainly glad that when i accidentally browse a piece of latin-1 > text in plan 9, i get almost all the text, with an occasional error > character thrown in. That's because you have a good image processor inside your skull. And because you haven't had to solve a complex problem created by the occasional error character. I would personally rather solve the problems caused by the application of discipline than those caused by its relaxation. The question does not even arise in a purely technological context, it is sociology (will the horse bolt if I don't close the stable door?) that makes it difficult to decide whether the enforcement of strict discipline is necessary or counterproductive. ++L