"Bill Palmer" wrote in message
om...
(snipped clarification)

Indeed I meant no slur with my loose terminology such as "crummy". Really
all I meant to say was that the changes you talked about didn't seem to
amount to much loss of utility to society from the volume, when it passes
out of your hands. It still seems that way to me. The discussion had
veered away from monetary value (though even there, if you somehow did
reduce your own wealth, why should we care) and towards preservation of
cultural artifacts.

- Todd T.