From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <40BA2345.5060007@chunder.com> Date: Mon, 31 May 2004 04:09:09 +1000 From: Bruce Ellis User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.6 (Windows/20040502) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] acme: some thoughts about design References: <81132473206F3A46A72BD6116E1A06AEAD0457@black.aprote.com><20040529165834.GA16038@mithrandi.za.net><018b01c445cf$17086730$347e7d50@SOMA> <20040529235635.GA20444@mithrandi.za.net> <025c01c445d8$f5fe4230$347e7d50@SOMA> In-Reply-To: <025c01c445d8$f5fe4230$347e7d50@SOMA> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Topicbox-Message-UUID: 8dba22e2-eacd-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 if you can't organize your data store then you probably can't find a clean towel either. the "drop it all on the floor and expect the floor to be your friend" is delusional. and i still can't find the remote control. just use the right tool for the job. i didn't use "diff" to compare the '96 and the '98. http://www.pikeswines.com.au (nice fish) and there is no need to clean a vacuum. brucee boyd, rounin wrote: >>The problem is, if I want to associate a file with, say, "computers" and >>"vaccuum cleaners", how do I layout my filesystem? > > organisation? smarts? > > reverting to a serach engine is excessive. > > oh, i can't find my remote control ... hmm, better find it with a search engine.