On Sun, 14 Sep 2003, Rich Ulrich wrote in part, in response to Steve Simon's query about this infernally-inspired program:
< snip, a couple of paragraphs with which I wholly agree > > It has been my impression that the experts in the area were > just about uniformly appalled at what has come about; Yes, you've got that right! > and are pretty-much resigned to letting the thing collapse of its > own failures. It might achieve a little bit positive, by showing > how bad some schools can be. One can hope; but I wouldn't bet on it, and am rather afraid it will help destroy what passes for civilization in this country. > - On the other hand, I have not gone out of my way to read > about it, so I could be mistaken. Not on this point, you aren't. < snip, the rest > > Rich Ulrich, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.pitt.edu/~wpilib/index.html > "Taxes are the price we pay for civilization." Hmph. It would be nice to GET some civilization in return for the taxes. There's no visible sign of THAT happening, now nor in the near future. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Donald F. Burrill [EMAIL PROTECTED] 56 Sebbins Pond Drive, Bedford, NH 03110 (603) 626-0816 . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
