[kde-linux] Unpopulated Control-Center window

Anne Wilson cannewilson at googlemail.com
Wed Dec 2 20:36:55 UTC 2009


On Wednesday 02 December 2009 19:49:55 david wrote:
> Esben Mose Hansen wrote:
> > On Wednesday 02 December 2009 10:18:16 david wrote:
> >>> Change for the sake of change and novelty. Even Microsoft tries to
> >>> maintain consistency.
> >>
> >> "Change for the sake of change is the motto of the cancer cell." -
> >> Edward Abbey
> >
> > I suppose you eat the same meal every day? ;) (And the bit about cancer
> > cells is wrong.. cancer cells doesn't change any more than any other
> > cell, they just reproduce unchecked).
> 
> Normal cells don't reproduce unchecked. Cancer cells reproduce unchecked
> because they have changed.
> 
> > It is one of the sad facts of life that a change, no matter how good or
> > beneficial, will be perceived as detrimental to a surprisingly large
> > number of people.
> 
> It's also a fact of life that not all change is beneficial. (And those
> who originated the change have a vested interest in seeing the change as
> beneficial, whether or not it is.) Look at how beneficial to Microsoft
> were the wonderful changes from Windows XP to Windows Vista! ;-)
> 
All of which has no place on a kde-user list.  Please take your arguments off-
list and spare the rest of us.

Anne
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