[rescue] Re: Help IDing Old Drive

[Phil Stracchino]

On Tue, Mar 23, 2004 at 08:06:52AM -0600, Wes Will wrote:
> >   Some newer things are better...but newer things aren't better simply 
> >by virtue of being newer.
> >           -Dave
> 
> I can't find a cite to credit this to, but the concept has been stated as:
> 
> "There are two equivalent fallacies in this universe:
> 'This is old and therefore good.'
> 
>  is just as wrong as 
> 
> 'This is new and therefore better.'"
> --
> Wes Will
> Computer Shaman and Informatics Thaumaturge


Actually, this is John Brunner.  I posted it just the other day.

"There are two types of fools in the world - those who say, 'This is old
 and therefore good', and those who say, 'This is new and therefore
 better'.


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