[Sigia-l] Simplicity

[Skot Nelson]

On Mar-12-2007, at 04:32 , Davezilla wrote:

> Our exam
> consisted of one question: "Describe how to tie your shoes." Hard
> enough in to do simply in your native tongue!

I had a political science professor who trumped that with this for an  
exam question:

"1914. Discuss."

In any case, simplicity is a noble goal (see my .sig) but Donna's  
comment about simplicity/simpler makes the point solidly. There is no  
one definition of "simple."
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