So, ok, last Saturday I go to Home Despot to buy another quart of teal paint so that I can finish the kitchen project, and I BRING THE CAN which has THE FORMULA on it, and the dude mixes up the new batch and shows me and it's quite a bit lighter than what's slobbed on the old can, so I say, "hmm, looks lighter, huh?" (but I'm no expert, right?) and he murmurs something about drying darker, and so I go home and paint the remaining trim and wait 2 days for it to dry properly (in case I am being hasty in fault-finding and thus finger-pointing, thank you, William Safire) and guess what. 5 days later and it has not gotten darker.
I mean, what's the deal? The "computer" "knows" how to mix the formula. Where's the problem, then?
In other news, I have been observing people as they present information to other people. I am quietly amused. Well, no, tonight I was bored.
Posted by otto0114 at September 28, 2005 11:07 PM