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simplicity - YellowPete - 9th February 2009
if there was something that could be done because it was simple, would it not already have been done?
therefore, complex issues to be resolved are the complex ones to explain and discuss.
that is why things generally take so long to either take effect, or get changed in the first place.
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Mike
simplicity - troll - 9th February 2009
Hodder once argued that "complex issues require a complex language". My counter- proposal to this is that after reading Hodders work, I feel that he is describing simple concepts but filling entire books in the process. As a display of grammatical virility, Hodders work succeeds. In the race to get to the point before the entire audience dies of old age, jumps in front of the 8.45 to Victoria or dissolves into a sobbing inconsolable mass-he fails miserably. There are plenty of superb theoreticians who are more than capable of driving concepts home using one or two nails. Clear, concise and unambiguous. Hodder (and others of the same stamp) don`t impress the majority of their reading audience. Word ballet is unbelievably crass, pompous, exclusive and well, frankly...testicles. Complex symantics have a nasty habit of applying brakes on happliy runaway trains and bog issues down in completely irrelevant goo.
Many solutions are indeed simple in themselves. Unfortunately, when we saturate ourselves in mulch, it really is hard to see the wood for the trees.:face-thinks:
..knowledge without action is insanity and action without knowledge is vanity..(imam ghazali,ayyuhal-walad)
simplicity - YellowPete - 9th February 2009
I don't mind being disagreed with, but I would like to point out, the legacy of a 1 in 5 redundancy across the industry, may well prefer the situations gravity, not leaving those of us who remain, without any form of industry backbone for support, and leave us purely with the remnants' own backs to the wall (with someone shouting 'Fire!').
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Mike
simplicity - BAJR Host - 9th February 2009
When I started in archaeology there was c. 1000 archaeologists.. come the ppg it jumped to a whopping 2500 then it climbed to 6500 (though I am sure the figures could be questioned)
the simple fact is there are too many of us for the jobs.
?When a sinister person means to be your enemy, they always start by trying to become your friend.?
William Blake
simplicity - YellowPete - 10th February 2009
You're right there are too many, but there are so many of us who care not to leave those behind without something they can use when the dust has cleared.
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Mike
simplicity - BAJR Host - 10th February 2009
very true.. but when the dust clears we better be ready.
?When a sinister person means to be your enemy, they always start by trying to become your friend.?
William Blake