Comments on: Worse is better http://www.lackhead.org/2007/06/worse-is-better/ The irascible ramblings of some guy named Chad Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:27:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: lackhead http://www.lackhead.org/2007/06/worse-is-better/#comment-143 lackhead Sat, 30 Jun 2007 01:26:14 +0000 http://www.lackhead.org/2007/06/worse-is-better/#comment-143 One thing this makes me think of, is the New Jersey school of design leads to inevitable regression in quality standards. Think of this working over time; the New Jersey approach leads to a design, that while inferior, does pervade the market (ala Windows). The ubiquitousness of this design affects the standard of the day, and the next generation is going to have a higher goal to shoot for. In other words, the next-gen designers will have been conditioned to expect worse, and as such, both the MIT and New Jersey schools of design will be calibrated to a lower standard. Repeat this over generations and it leads you to the inevitable heat-death of the universe. The current generation of computer geeks have grown up with Windows, and know little about how much better the world can be. We need <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYecfV3ubP8" rel="nofollow">that hottie in athletic shorts to run down the hallway to throw her hammer in the face of mediocrity!</A> -c One thing this makes me think of, is the New Jersey school of design leads to inevitable regression in quality standards. Think of this working over time; the New Jersey approach leads to a design, that while inferior, does pervade the market (ala Windows). The ubiquitousness of this design affects the standard of the day, and the next generation is going to have a higher goal to shoot for. In other words, the next-gen designers will have been conditioned to expect worse, and as such, both the MIT and New Jersey schools of design will be calibrated to a lower standard. Repeat this over generations and it leads you to the inevitable heat-death of the universe.

The current generation of computer geeks have grown up with Windows, and know little about how much better the world can be. We need that hottie in athletic shorts to run down the hallway to throw her hammer in the face of mediocrity!

-c

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