That is not exactly what I was trying to articulate... I would never 
intentionally belittle young Matthew, as it is the interest of the younger 
generations that will fuel the fire of future rocketry. I am somewhat of that 
younger generation myself :)

When I said "naive", what I mean was... There was a time when I had such a 
vivid imagination, unclouded by limits and failed testing, where I would dream 
up the most elaborate designs and concepts... I find that those dreams come 
less these days, probably attributed to both my successes and failures.

Naive is not necessarily a bad thing. It means you can think without limits 
and conceptualize without the memory of your last failed (or successful) 
experiment or test. 

I just sometimes wish I could go back to that... :)
> On Wed, 15 Jan 2003 07:03:08 -0500, "Sean Patrick Daly"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> >With that, have fun. I remember how it was in the beginning... All those
> >dreams and endless confidence... Ahh, to be naive :)
> 
> Now, now...let's not belittle young Matthew.  Confidence is a *good*
> thing.  It keeps you going when the engine isn't.
> 
> One needn't be naive to have dreams and endless confidence - it just
> means you're committed.  Or ought to be.  :-)
> 
> -R
> 
> --
> "You haven't been lost until you've been lost at Mach 3."
>                              -- Paul Crickmore
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