2002-04-17 ----- Original Message ----- From: "James R. Frysinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, 2002-04-17 10:49 Subject: [USMA:19491] Re: 5-kg scale with 1-g increments???
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > .... > > ..... Can I also state that even though I > > have a fast connection, I prefer plain text messages where possible? > > I, too, greatly prefer plain-text messages. Using html for simple, > informal correspondance such as we have on this list is like putting on > a tuxedo and driving your noisy Cadillac to the end of the driveway to > pickup the morning newspaper. What if instead of a noisy Cadillac i have instead a sleek, smooth and quiet mercedes-Benz? And what if the end of my drive way is 2 km away? Totally unnecessary, wasteful, and > smacking of gratuitous glitz. What if I like gratuitous glitz? Besides, when your noisy Cadillac with its > occasional steering problems crashes my shrubbery Why are your shrubs sio close to my driveway? , I feel twice offended. > > I see this phenomenon often in my students as they learn how to write > lab reports. They get wrapped up in fonts, font effects, colors, > embedded images, massiveness, and so forth until I get the point through > that it's the content that counts, not the glitzy tricks. Usually, the > fancier the appearance of the lab report, the less meaningful is its > content. Almost as often, the glitz is there in an attempt to distract > the reader from noticing the lack of intelligent discourse. But I'm not > surprised to see this in immature people fresh out of high school. > Eventually, they grow up. And become dull, boring, mean old farts! > > Jim > > -- > Metric Methods(SM) "Don't be late to metricate!" > James R. Frysinger, CAMS http://www.metricmethods.com/ > 10 Captiva Row e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Charleston, SC 29407 phone/FAX: 843.225.6789 OK girls, if it makes everyone happy, I will tone down my use of html and large files. But, not completely to zero. If I find a good one, I will post it. I'll use a little discretion. John >
