FreeLists / arachne / [arachne] Re: User-friendliness or lack thereof in Arachne

["Peter Lawrence" <peterl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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On Wed, 01 Feb 2006 11:11:34 +1030, Greg Mayman wrote:

> Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club!

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> It's a bit like owning a car. Most people don't want to know what goes
> on under the bonnet (hood for you Usans) so car has to go to the
> service centre regularly, or when bits fall off, for oil changes,
> repairs and safety checks.

Henry Ford was once asked why he didn't have some gadget or other in his
cars. He replied, "If you don't put one in, it can't break and it can't
fall off".

That philosophy will take you a long way, but it won't take you in
certain directions. A Trabant had a two stroke engine that didn't need
oil changes and panelling that didn't need professional panel beating,
but not everybody swears by it. PML.
GST+NPT=JOBS

I.e., a Goods and Services Tax (or almost any other broad based production 
tax), with a Negative Payroll Tax, promotes employme
t. 

See http://member.netlink.com.au/~peterl/publicns.html#AFRLET2 and the other 
items on that page for some reasons why. 

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