rsd@sei.cmu.edu (Richard S D'Ippolito) (05/18/89)
In article <1700003@hpmcaa.mcm.hp.com> Kathy Iberle quotes me: >> The engineering methods are even less likely to learned from inspection. >> One can more easily copy the products and even some of the methods of an >> engineer than one can learn the thinking behind them. As a result, those >> who learn solely by inspection suffer from an inflexibility, as they cannot >> adapt either the products or the methods to new situations. >... I tried to reply to you by mail, but it bounced. Please, when you quote anybody, leave the source in. Even though your response to what I said was negative, I would prefer to be named. The nature of the group is that these things get picked up and spread for awhile as points/counterpoints and to omit the attributions makes it confusing. Like the movie stars say, I don't care if they print gossip as long as they spell my name right! Rich -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ideas have consequences. RSD@sei.cmu.edu Richard Weaver ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
cline@sunshine.ece.clarkson.edu (Marshall Cline) (05/25/89)
In article <3371@ae.sei.cmu.edu> rsd@sei.cmu.edu (Richard S D'Ippolito) writes: >In article <1700003@hpmcaa.mcm.hp.com> Kathy Iberle quotes me: >>> The engineering methods are even less likely to learned from inspection.... >I tried to reply to you by mail, but it bounced. Please, when you quote >anybody, leave the source in........ >Like the movie stars say, I don't care if they print gossip as long as they ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >spell my name right! >Rich Where're the names of those movie stars? <tee hee hee> Marshall -- ________________________________________________________________ Marshall P. Cline ARPA: cline@sun.soe.clarkson.edu ECE Department UseNet: uunet!sun.soe.clarkson.edu!cline Clarkson University BitNet: BH0W@CLUTX Potsdam, NY 13676 AT&T: (315) 268-6591