Olin Lathrop embedinc.com> writes: >=20 > V G wrote: > > And whether or not someone is an "expert" in music is subject to much > > debate. >=20 > If someone like that choses a particular way to solve a problem squarely = in > his field of expertice, the first assumption should be that it's probably= a > good idea. >=20 Very often experts in the field can also get "set" in the way they do thing= s.=20 But, times change, technologies develop etc, and there may be another, bett= er, way to accomplish that thing. I have seen this many times in biotech. Heck= , my whole career is based on doing things that everybody "knew" cannot be done.= =20 But, technologies changed, our understanding changed, we pushed systems to = the extreme and -voila -made something that was not "doable". =20 If people have always did only what experts say, we will still be using sto= ne axes to hunt wild animals. Sergey Dryga http://www.beaglerobotics.com --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .