Semi-transparent box on desktop

Gene Heskett gene.heskett at verizon.net
Wed Mar 19 00:47:31 UTC 2008


On Tuesday 18 March 2008, Ed Greshko wrote:
>> Right you are but its been around so long that i take it for granted. I
>> don't remember being impressed the first time i used it. It made sense
>> that it should work that way and i've taken it for granted(a bad habit,
>> taking things for granted) ever since.
>
>Yes, as indicated above, bad habit.
>
>While you are taking things for granted you should also take for granted
>that the things you take for granted are probably not the same things that
>others take for granted for the body of knowledge you have accumulated is
>likely not the same body of knowledge that others have accumulated no matter
>how obvious it would appear to you.
>
>Oh, and just to be clear, the word "you" above is plural.  :-)

As in the Walt Kelly version of plural, he is us.

-- 
Cheers, Gene
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