[TML] Personal Armor Noise was Re: Current USAF fleet

[Greg Nokes]

Heck, I just learned something about diamonds! Keep up the tired  
typing ;)

Sent from my iPhone

On May 4, 2008, at 2:01 PM, Knapp <magick.crow at gmail.com> wrote:

>> I think that although you can argue that hand-crafting without focus
>> on time or cost and with utmost attention to quality, aesthetics and
>> so on will produce something better than mass production which lacks
>> those, there are plenty of sorts of mass production that come with
>> quality and aesthetics and most craftsmen aren't truly immune to
>> considerations of time and cost. Thus it isn't at all a clear
>> distinction to me.
>
> This depends on skill and reputation. There are artists out there that
> can make whatever they want and will get extremely well paid for it.
> These are the masters that are well know. They are rare.
> I really think having been involved in some of these markets that the
> true reason that mass production survives is because the average Joe
> can't tell quality from garbage nor do they understand that they might
> even save money if they spend more up front. Diamond ring buying is a
> prime example of the buyers being mostly clueless. They will buy a
> poor cut put large white diamond and mount it in gold. If you want to
> save money buy a yellowish diamond with a perfect cut but the stone
> has some imperfections. No one will see the imperfections and the gold
> makes stones look yellow anyway! Perfect cut will make it shine to
> beat most other stones. This is an example of poor customer knowledge
> not quality over garbage.
>
> Must be late, I am talking in circles and getting nowhere.
>
> -- 
> Douglas E Knapp
> http://sf-journey-creations.wikispot.org/Front_Page
> _______________________________________________
> TML mailing list
> TML at travellercentral.com
> http://lists.travellercentral.com/mailman/listinfo/tml