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On Sep 11, 2015, at 7:03 PM, Evan Foss (evanfoss AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:

> Sorry but I find the negativity here to be a real turn off.

Most ideas are bad. Edison patented a lot of useless things, including his magnetic ore separator which he also wasted a fortune developing. Einstein was wrong more than half the time. Bad ideas are the cost of good ideas. Without critical review, bad ideas get implemented.

John Doty              Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd.
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