"If I have been able to see further, it was only because I stood on the shoulders of giants." Sir Isaac Newton
It's fun to wonder what a guy like Newton would have done with a tool like Java or Jess. Would Newton have been a programmer? I think he'd have been fascinated by exploring his ideas numerically. -JM ------------------------ Jason Morris Morris Technical Solutions [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.morristechnicalsolutions.com fax/phone: 503.692.1088 > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of James Owen > Sent: Friday, May 28, 2004 11:16 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: JESS: Re: your mail [REGARDING SALIENCE IN JESS] > > > Just a side note here: It is most refreshing to see the "big guns" > weigh in with their thoughts and references. While some of it may be > extraneous "rabbit trails" it is, nevertheless, enlightening. I realize > that the Jess email list is supposed to be dedicated to solving the > so-called "real world" problems, but when folks like Bob, Jason, Rich > and Ernest begin to philosophize and wax rhetoric - well, I think it > gives us a sense of history that, in the words of (was it Einstein?) "We > stand on the shoulders of Giants." So much has gone before us that is > still valid and, in effect, gives us the insight, sometimes, to help > mold our minds to the process, or the why, rather than the how. And, > while I love just to sit in the background and read these insightful > discourses, it's back to work to work for the plebeians such as me. > (Such as I?) whatever... :-) > > SDG > jco > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, send the words 'unsubscribe jess-users [EMAIL PROTECTED]' > in the BODY of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED], NOT to the list > (use your own address!) List problems? Notify [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send the words 'unsubscribe jess-users [EMAIL PROTECTED]' in the BODY of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED], NOT to the list (use your own address!) List problems? Notify [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------