Posted by Harlan Messinger on 01/23/08 21:11

Travis Newbury wrote:
> On Jan 23, 1:43 pm, Harlan Messinger
> <hmessinger.removet...@comcast.net> wrote:
>>> Really not the same thing is it?
>> Why do people respond to analogies this way? Is the point of an analogy
>> beyond them?
>
> Well the analogy has to be relevant. I don't think it was really.
>
> You were saying that people building buildings can't always follow the
> design they want because of catastrophic issues that may result by
> pushing the limits of the current technology. You were comparing that
> to a fixed width site that may not work exaclty the same on a pda or
> cell phone as it does in a browser on a computer. I do not believe
> the two are comparable.

The crux of the analogy is that THE PRETTY PICTURES ARE NOT THE ONLY
IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION. There is THAT clear enough? Good friggin' grief.

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