On Sat, Feb 08, 2003 at 05:30:46AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On Thu, 2003-02-06 at 15:15, will trillich wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 04, 2003 at 10:02:09AM -0800, Paul E Condon wrote:
> > > Hal Vaughan wrote: Alchemists had three generally accepted
> [snip]
> > > Is there a parallel to alchemy in the m
On Sat, Feb 08, 2003 at 04:57:28PM +, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 08, 2003 at 11:26:44AM -0500, Mike M wrote:
> > In America, we say, "Those who can, do. Those that can't, teach."
>
> An interesting retcon. That's a quote from George Bernard Shaw, an
> Irishman, who also said: "Americans
Ron Johnson wrote:
On Sat, 2003-02-08 at 10:57, Colin Watson wrote:
On Sat, Feb 08, 2003 at 11:26:44AM -0500, Mike M wrote:
In America, we say, "Those who can, do. Those that can't, teach."
An interesting retcon. That's a quote from George Bernard Shaw, an
Irishman, who also said:
On Sat, 2003-02-08 at 10:57, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 08, 2003 at 11:26:44AM -0500, Mike M wrote:
> > In America, we say, "Those who can, do. Those that can't, teach."
>
> An interesting retcon. That's a quote from George Bernard Shaw, an
> Irishman, who also said: "Americans adore me and
On Saturday 08 February 2003 11:57, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 08, 2003 at 11:26:44AM -0500, Mike M wrote:
> > In America, we say, "Those who can, do. Those that can't, teach."
>
> An interesting retcon. That's a quote from George Bernard Shaw, an
> Irishman, who also said: "Americans adore
On Sat, Feb 08, 2003 at 11:26:44AM -0500, Mike M wrote:
> In America, we say, "Those who can, do. Those that can't, teach."
An interesting retcon. That's a quote from George Bernard Shaw, an
Irishman, who also said: "Americans adore me and will go on adoring me
until I say something nice about the
On Friday 07 February 2003 17:19, Rich Rudnick wrote:
> On Fri, 2003-02-07 at 10:29, Daniel Barclay wrote:
> > Mike M wrote:
> > > Socrates was stagnant and resting on his society's laurels? Good
> > > teaching inspires creativity.
> >
> > I didn't say Socrates was stagnant.
>
> Truly off topic, b
On Thu, 2003-02-06 at 15:15, will trillich wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 04, 2003 at 10:02:09AM -0800, Paul E Condon wrote:
> > Hal Vaughan wrote: Alchemists had three generally accepted
[snip]
> > Is there a parallel to alchemy in the modern world?
>
> aids research, and cancer research, to name a few. th
On Fri, 2003-02-07 at 10:29, Daniel Barclay wrote:
> Mike M wrote:
> >
> >
> > Socrates was stagnant and resting on his society's laurels? Good teaching
> > inspires creativity.
>
> I didn't say Socrates was stagnant.
Truly off topic, but Socrates is not the best example of good teaching,
unle
On Tue, Feb 04, 2003 at 10:02:09AM -0800, Paul E Condon wrote:
> Alchemists had three generally accepted goals: the transformation of
> base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal solvent, and the
> discovery of 'the elixir of life' . Like scientists today, they looked
> to the sovereign
Mike M wrote:
>
> On Monday 03 February 2003 18:38, Daniel Barclay wrote:
> > Kenward Vaughan wrote:
> > > ...
> > > In a completely rational society, the best of us would aspire to be
> > > _teachers_ and the rest of us would have to settle for something less,
> > > because passing civilization
Paul E Condon wrote:
> ... Witness
> 'alchemy'. Why do people today believe it is impossible? Because our
> folk culture has accepted, without really understanding, some
> limitations on the human spirit.
So you don't believe the results of decades of atomic/nuclear research
into the observed beh
On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 10:45:29PM -0600, Alex Malinovich wrote:
> On Mon, 2003-02-03 at 21:46, Pigeon wrote:
>
> > Alchemy is an interesting example... Of course, alchemy itself is
> > possible, because people used to do it. They were called alchemists.
> > The fact that they never achieved their
On Tue, Feb 04, 2003 at 10:02:09AM -0800, Paul E Condon wrote:
> Hal Vaughan wrote: Alchemists had three generally accepted
> goals: the transformation of base metals into gold, the
> discovery of a universal solvent, and the discovery of 'the
> elixir of life' . Like scientists today, they looked
On Mon, 2003-02-03 at 17:01, Kenward Vaughan wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 10:26:57AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
> ...
> > As much of a fan of "space" science fiction that I am, the pragmatist
> > in me must wonder if space planes will ever become practical until
> > some new, relatively compact
Hal Vaughan wrote:
On Monday 03 February 2003 11:45 pm, Alex Malinovich wrote:
On Mon, 2003-02-03 at 21:46, Pigeon wrote:
Alchemy is an interesting example... Of course, alchemy itself is
possible, because people used to do it. They were called alchemists.
The fact that they never achieve
On Monday 03 February 2003 18:38, Daniel Barclay wrote:
> Kenward Vaughan wrote:
> > ...
> > In a completely rational society, the best of us would aspire to be
> > _teachers_ and the rest of us would have to settle for something less,
> > because passing civilization along from one generation to t
On Monday 03 February 2003 11:45 pm, Alex Malinovich wrote:
> On Mon, 2003-02-03 at 21:46, Pigeon wrote:
> > Alchemy is an interesting example... Of course, alchemy itself is
> > possible, because people used to do it. They were called alchemists.
> > The fact that they never achieved their fabled
On Mon, 2003-02-03 at 21:46, Pigeon wrote:
> Alchemy is an interesting example... Of course, alchemy itself is
> possible, because people used to do it. They were called alchemists.
> The fact that they never achieved their fabled goals is because the
> discipline they were following was mostly a
On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 05:11:03PM -0800, Paul E Condon wrote:
> Pigeon wrote:
> >On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 10:26:57AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > > (stuff about artificial gravity)
> >
> > (more stuff about artificial gravity)
>
> But, in reality, some things are not possible. Maybe "artificial
>
On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 03:52:17PM -0800, Craig Dickson wrote:
> Daniel Barclay wrote:
>
> > Kenward Vaughan wrote:
> > >
> > > ...
> > > In a completely rational society, the best of us would aspire to be
> > > _teachers_ and the rest of us would have to settle for something less,
> > > because
Pigeon wrote:
On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 10:26:57AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
As much of a fan of "space" science fiction that I am, the pragmatist
in me must wonder if space planes will ever become practical until
some new, relatively compact and light-weight, thrust generating energy
source is
Knowledge can't be generated. Humans don't generate knowledge, they acquire
it. Didn't you get the hint, so clear back then, that several human units
would discover the same facts at the same time in different parts of the
planet? It was a very clear hint, that as usual we blind units just
dismiss
Daniel Barclay wrote:
> Kenward Vaughan wrote:
> >
> > ...
> > In a completely rational society, the best of us would aspire to be
> > _teachers_ and the rest of us would have to settle for something less,
> > because passing civilization along from one generation to the next
> > ought to be the
Kenward Vaughan wrote:
>
> ...
> In a completely rational society, the best of us would aspire to be
> _teachers_ and the rest of us would have to settle for something less,
> because passing civilization along from one generation to the next
> ought to be the highest honor and the highest respons
On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 10:26:57AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
> As much of a fan of "space" science fiction that I am, the pragmatist
> in me must wonder if space planes will ever become practical until
> some new, relatively compact and light-weight, thrust generating energy
> source is invented.
On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 10:26:57AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
...
> As much of a fan of "space" science fiction that I am, the pragmatist
> in me must wonder if space planes will ever become practical until
> some new, relatively compact and light-weight, thrust generating energy
> source is invente
On Sun, 2003-02-02 at 11:30, sean finney wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 02, 2003 at 07:13:02AM +0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > The slashdot post was about Redhat in space. I doubt if it was
> > actually on board the shuttle in question. But that is neither
> > here nor there. I feel sad. The tragic loss
On Sun, Feb 02, 2003 at 07:13:02AM +0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> The slashdot post was about Redhat in space. I doubt if it was
> actually on board the shuttle in question. But that is neither
> here nor there. I feel sad. The tragic loss aside, it also means
> that the manned space program wil
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