Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/06/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I believe we are - dumber - if you're referring to basic knowledge. -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Dan C Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2004 3:04 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: RE: [Leica] RE: While it is happening (B. D. Colen) When I was a physics major in university, the standard classical mechanics text was the one by Goldstein (first edition; dates me a bit). When my professor was my age, the text he used was a book by Whitaker. I always considered Goldstein to be a fairly difficult book, at least it was for me when I was in 2nd year, but Whitaker's book makes Goldtein's look like a high school text by comparison. I don't know how I would have made it through a course on mechanics if I had taken it using Whitaker as a text. But that was the standard "back then". I think we are just plain dummer now, not just in language skills.. -dan c. At 09:43 AM 23-06-04 -0400, B. D. Colen wrote: >You're absolutely correct, Mark; there are different standards. The >problem, however, is that the formal standard has weakened enormously >in the past 40 years, and having the second standard weakens it >further, as the sloppy Email writing carries over into more formal >communication. At least that's how I see it. > > _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information