At 3:28 PM -0400 4/30/01, Faustine wrote:
>Quoting Tim May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
>>
>> At 6:32 PM -0700 4/28/01, Tim May wrote:
>> >
>> >(You see, the "quick review" process is much better than the method
>> >you suggested re: economics, that people read the main textbooks.
>> >People don't need to spend several months wading through
>> >cryptography textbooks to come up to a level that is sufficient to
>> >understand the real issues.)
>>
>> I erred. I got Aimee mixed-up with Faustine. It is Faustine who
>> argues for reading Samuelson instead of the books we normally
>> recommend.
>
>For the record, I also said that any econ 101 textbook would do just as well:
>the only reason his name was mentioned at all was that he wrote the
>first intro textbook that came to mind.
>As this is the second time you have referred to bringing up the name
>of Samuelson, a check of the record will show that I brought his name
>up, not you.
Yep, after you mentioned the "technical stuff" I started off on a minor point
bringing him up in his capacity as author of the textbook: not in his general
capacity as an economist, price theorist or anything else. Not that it matters,
I just didn't want it to seem like I was recommending his work in general,
since I wouldn't and never did.
>Quick review is great in that you can absorb a lot of relevant
>information that
>way--but you inevitably end up missing a lot too. Personally, I'm glad I spent
>about a week intensely digesting the Schneier.
>You show no signs of having "intensely digested" this work you call
>"the Schneier."
Oh come on, you knew I was talking about Applied Cryptography. And meant it as
a shorthand, certainly not Capital T Capital S! And why would I feel the need
to "show" anyone--I'll be glad to talk about whatever comes up, no need to
force anything.
>It's time for you to get off this kick of bragging about your lofty
>status as a "graduate student"
Huh? I certainly didn't mean for it to come across that way.
>and begin contributing new ideas or incisive analyses of other ideas.
Sure, I'll be glad to. I'd much rather have a real conversation and learn from
you than waste your time bickering.
> Carping about how we don't speak the language of your professors is getting
real old.
I don't know where you're getting that; that's not where I was coming from. I
was just talking about what I found useful and why, that's all.
peace,
~Faustine.
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reassures more than innocence can.' Antoine Rivarol (1753-1801).
