On Thu, Aug 10, 2006 at 07:58:09PM +0100, Christiaan Briggs wrote:
On 10 Aug 2006, at 7:13 PM, Jay R. Ashworth wrote:
Well, I dunno; I've made a reasonably comfortable living for the last two decades exercising professional judgement about software design, so I suspect my opinions are neither *merely* opinions, nor worthless.
I meant that your opinion doesn't change people's experience. Their experience is what it is. It doesn't matter to me or anyone else that you think our experience is "bullshit." To say such a thing is meaningless and indicates that you live in a self-aggrandising fantasy world. I can't help that.
It may not change their experience. But I certainly think it has something useful to say about the objective interpretation of their experience.
I'm sure lots of people would be pleased if they could commute to work in a NASCAR stock car -- it's faster. But in the real world, there are dozens of reasons why it's not practical.
I make a living believing that not everyone is equipped to have useful opinions on some topics, and whether it squicks you or not -- or you think it makes me a purveyor of self-aggrandizing fantasy or not -- I don't plan to stop any time soon.
Cheers, -- jra