The Don Maslin Software Archive

[Curt at Atari Museum]

So what do you call a person who accumulates collections? ;-)


Curt


Computer Collector Newsletter wrote:

>>>>>Collect and accumulate are synonyms. 
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>Uhhhh.... Wrong.
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>Collect means to explicity "gather".
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>Accumulate means to passively not dispose of.
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>-----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
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>On Sun, 15 May 2005 14:55:00 -0700 (PDT) Vintage Computer Festival
><vcf at siconic.com> wrote:
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>>On Sun, 15 May 2005, Scott Stevens wrote:
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>>>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.
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>Collect and accumulate are synonyms.
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