Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2004 13:19:40 +0200 From: Michal Pasternak <michal@pasternak.w.lub.pl> To: Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com> Cc: Dave Vollenweider <metaridley@mchsi.com> Subject: Re: When Unix Stops Being Fun Message-ID: <20041003111940.GA1204@pasternak.w.lub.pl> In-Reply-To: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNCEGNEPAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> References: <20041002225028.05205e9a.metaridley@mchsi.com> <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNCEGNEPAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com>
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Ted Mittelstaedt [Sat, Oct 02, 2004 at 10:46:05PM -0700]: > As an analogy - there's lots of people that know how to pull into > a service station and add air to their car tires. But out of all > those people that have learned how to do this only a tenth of them > know that tire pressure rises when the tire gets warmer, and of > those people, only another tenth WOULD ASSUME THAT THIS WOULD BE > THE CASE IF THEY THOUGHT ABOUT IT because they actually understand > what gas pressure is. And if one of the people in that group had > never added air in his life to a tire, and you told him to go do it, > he would not only be able to go do it, he would be able to add > exactly the correct amount of air needed for the tire. I really liked that part about a sciencist! On the other hand, I think it is too enthusiastic, applying theory to practice needs a few things more... :) -- m
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