Unhappy? That's rich . . .
There are psychological reasons for this. Material possessions are vulnerable to the “hedonic treadmill”, says Montier, whereas experiences are not. In other words, we quickly get used to new things and they become part of our norm. “We might get a new fast car and at first be out washing it every weekend but six months later we have become accustomed to it, the kids have scuffed up the seats in the back and the boot is full of dog hairs, ” he says. “This is hedonic adaptation at work . . . material possessions are likely to be assimilated relatively fast.”
Unhappy? That's rich . . . - Times Online
Posted January 31, 2006 10:40 AM
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still unhappy?
why not start thinking about FABRIC doing things at the client-side (ajax??)
cheers
makerjoe
makerjoe, January 31, 2006 6:52 PM
No, not unhappy at all. I'm poor as hell and loving it. Really!
Fabric is designed specifically for querying and indexing CouchDb, like SQL is specially designed for relational databases. Its meant to be simple simple simple. Javascript I think already serves the client side scripting purpose pretty well.
Damien, January 31, 2006 7:03 PM
The boot of the car is the trunk, right? When that hedonistic treadmill makes you start locking your dog in your trunk, yeah, I guess something is definitely a bit off.
David Boudreau, February 1, 2006 12:03 AM
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