The Don Maslin Software Archive

Sun May 15 20:27:15 CDT 2005

>>>> Collect and accumulate are synonyms. 

Uhhhh.... Wrong.

Collect means to explicity "gather".

Accumulate means to passively not dispose of.

-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org]
On Behalf Of Scott Stevens
Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2005 9:23 PM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: The Don Maslin Software Archive

On Sun, 15 May 2005 14:55:00 -0700 (PDT) Vintage Computer Festival
<vcf at siconic.com> wrote:

> On Sun, 15 May 2005, Scott Stevens wrote:
> 
> > I guess I'm trying to figure out what your 'packrat vs. collector'
> > comment at the front has to do with the rest of your comment.  Is 
> > there some higher, more-esteemed thing called a 'collector' that is 
> > superior to a packrat?  I agree that organized and managed 
> > collections are better.  I just don't know where to draw the line 
> > without coming off like we're labeling (self-labeling) ourselves 
> > with some sort of clinical disorder and/or stepping up onto a 
> > pedestal.
> 
> A collector collects.  A packrat accumulates.
> 

Collect and accumulate are synonyms.