[clue-talk] Why X? [long, with provocative questions]

[Angelo Bertolli]

> A very sound principle. It seems, though, that like many good 
> principles it gets corrupted in practice. One of the folk-wisdom 
> versions of this notion that I've heard is that "performance doesn't 
> matter any more." Which is probably true for major corporations that 
> can solve problems by throwing hardware at them. Less true, and maybe 
> untrue for--yes, home users--but also small businesses, students, 
> non-profit organizations, anyone on a tight budget.
>
And besides, it doesn't feel good to be wasteful.  Just because we have 
high transfer speeds and high storage space doesn't mean we should fill 
it up with TIFF files when JPG is better.