On Tue, 26 Jan 2010 08:12:26 -0800 (PST),Bill Sloman
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> wrote:
> >> >> On Sat, 23 Jan 2010 22:53:54 -0800 (PST),Bill Sloman
> >> >You may have tried to persuade yourself that some kid that you helped
> >> >actually soaked up your advice on caluclating inducatnaces and
> >> >capacitances, but this is the sort of self-delusion that allows you t=
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>> >persuade yourself that knowing the 101 things a boy can do with the
> >> >555 represents a currently valuable skill.
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> >> It's _way_ more than 101, (like _you'd_ know, you old reprobate) and
> >> being able to post easy solutions, using 555s, to querants' hairy
> >> problems _is_ a valuable skill.
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> >You've missed another implication. "101 things a boy can do" is an
> >idiom.
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> Had you surrounded it with quotes, initially, that would have been
> clear.
If you had normal competence in reading, that wouldn't have been necessary.
-- Bill Sloman, Nijmegen