So Brad has shifted the topic way off following some of last nights comments. In this case I'll commend him for it though, as this definition he pulled up caries valuable advice and understanding to all our discussions. Even when I'm infuriated with him for wandering off into street science, building his mathematical models on presumed data, he stirs up discussion. I'd rather have controversy, even that which I disagree with, than the typical classroom silence when I ask if everyone got that, knowing I said something in a grammatical construct that was incomprehensible or that I did some muddled multiplication in my head (something like 7 x 8 = 54 -- it's easy enough to do while you're just cipherin', try it while at the same time you're explaining what you're doing), wrote it on the board, and although they all have calculators no one questions my skill with memorized multiplication tables, stuff I learned say what, fourth or fifth grade, 54-55 years ago, when they know I can't remember their names. So let's just chat, even when it goes off topic. We get to know each other, which is invaluable (I won't forget the times when Rod DiBona and Tim Stone, among many others found out I was at a convention and sought me out just to say hi -- hell, I'd even buy Brad a drink just cause he gets me wound up so often and brings clarity and focus to my anger), the little off side comments sometimes cause something to click, and the mini epiphanies that result from someone's odd take or pointing out something that has escaped me. And of course be happy that no one can attach cute kitteh photos.
On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 6:39 AM, Brad Casterline <[email protected]>wrote: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_forum > > Forums prefer a premise of open and free discussion and often adopt de > facto > standards. Most common topics on forums include questions, comparisons, > polls of opinion as well as debates. It is not uncommon for nonsense or > unsocial behavior to sprout as people lose temper, especially if the topic > is controversial. Poor understanding of differences in values of the > participants is a common problem on forums. Because replies to a topic are > often worded aimed at someone's point of view, discussion will usually go > slightly off into several directions as people question each other's > validity, sources and so on. Circular discussion and ambiguity in replies > can extend for several tens of posts of a thread eventually ending when > everyone gives up or attention spans waver and a more interesting subject > takes over. It is not uncommon for debate to end in ad hominem attacks. > ************************* > I love this place. It reminds me of home. > > brad > > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org > -- Ron Greenman Instructor Fire Protection Engineering Technology Bates Technical College 1101 So. Yakima Ave. Tacoma, WA 98405 [email protected] http://www.bates.ctc.edu/fireprotection/ 253.680.7346 253.576.9700 (cell) Member: ASEE, SFPE, ASCET, NFPA, AFSA, NFSA, AFAA, NIBS, WSAFM, WFC, WFSC They are happy men whose natures sort with their vocations. -Francis Bacon, essayist, philosopher, and statesman (1561-1626) A problem well stated is a problem half solved. -Charles F. Kettering, inventor and engineer (1876-1958) _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org
