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Re: Definition Drift, WAS: Bowditch 1995 Table 18
From: Frank Reed CT
Date: 2005 Feb 3, 19:22 EST
From: Frank Reed CT
Date: 2005 Feb 3, 19:22 EST
Jared you wrote:
"Kids now entering college have usually learned time in school
by
digital clocks and digital wristwatches. If you tell them "it's at two
oclock" they actually stop and calculate. "
digital clocks and digital wristwatches. If you tell them "it's at two
oclock" they actually stop and calculate. "
Very true. And not necessarily something to lament. Via video games and 3d
modelling software and even handheld GPS receivers, many of them have been
exposed to angular bearings at a much earlier age. They don't need no stinkin
o'clock. <g>
-FER
42.0N 87.7W, or 41.4N 72.1W.
www.HistoricalAtlas.com/lunars
42.0N 87.7W, or 41.4N 72.1W.
www.HistoricalAtlas.com/lunars
