On 1/20/07, Arthur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > kirby urner wrote: > >> To assault this tradition in the name of geek culture is immature. > >> > > > > Dunno why you say "assault." Geek culture contributes to academia, is > > contributed to by academia, but is not synonymous with it -- otherwise > > the word'd be too redundant to keep alive. > > Enjoyed following the story of Coxeter (Cambridge, Princeton, U of > Toronto), and/vs Bucky (unaffiliated), followed initially from your > blog. Recognize the clash of sensibilities some. > > And the side story: > > Seems that we might have more domes around if Bucky had more of an > OpenSoruce sensibility and hadn't patented the triangle ;) > > And I suspect you might be less hostile sounding to academia if you were > not incited by its inability to get to 4 when counting the dimension of > apparent space. > > Let it go. > > Art >
Inability to get *under* 4 very easily... But yes, you're a top dog analyst and I like getting your viewpoint. I hope you stick around. Kirby _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list Edu-sig@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig
