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Posted by Els on 03/06/06 18:27
Dylan Parry wrote:
> Pondering the eternal question of "Hobnobs or Rich Tea?", Els finally
> proclaimed:
>
>> Sorry, missed the 'allowed in court' bit in the above discussion.
>> I thought Barbara just used a valuable analogy to explain her opinion
>> on the logic of the box model.
>
> Yes, but in that analogy the logic of the box model was explained as
> knowing the width of the item and then being told that padding is in
> addition, so that the shipping company would know how much space to
> allocate.
>
> In the IE5 "broken" model, as in shipping, the dimensions of the "cargo"
> are specified including the packaging.
Actually, I was thinking that when I first read the analogy :-)
> The shipping company isn't
> expected to be told that they have an item measuring 1x1x1 feet with six
> inches of padding around it. The expect to be told that the box is
> 2x2x2. The logic is flawed, or at least it is if you give an irrelevant
> analogy that can be used to sway someone to both sides of the argument
> ;)
So, it's not really a bad analogy, just applied to a bad fact (broken
box model) :-)
I can see Barbara's reasoning though, as in width is of the object
inside the packaging (which really only is 1 x 1 x 1 foot), and
padding and packaging are added to know how much room it needs on a
cargo ship. Maybe the analogy should contain the order you place at
the packaging company: "1 x packaging for item of 1 x 1 x 1 feet to go
on cargo ship, preferably with room for 6 inches of padding" ;-)
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