In article <[log in to unmask]>, [log in to unmask]
 (Randy Kaelber) writes:
> Dan Lottis ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
>> Hey, hope nobody minds if we use this space to talk about
>> (of all the unthinkable conversation topics!)
>
>
>> ... a certain physics course.
>
> Not as long as you mind chatter from the teeming masses.
>
> Wolfgang Mozart and I once rebuilt a carburetor together. His skills in
> music really overshadowed what a good car repair specialist he was. I'd
> say he was my favorite Classical Mechanic.
>
> Seriously, You can actually get a newsfroup created just for your own
> class use. I think the guy you need to talk to is John Harlan.
>
> --
>    Randy Kaelber:  [log in to unmask]  http://avian.dars.muohio.edu/~randy/
>         DARS Programmer/Analyst, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056 USA
>          ------------------------------------------------------------
> "Any technology that is distinguishable from magic is insufficiently
 advanced."
 
 
Hey, Randy.
 
Been there, done that.   For several semesters!  It's pretty cool, but I
really think that doing it "in private" detracts from the fun of it.
 
Your own experience with Wolfgang is an example of the richness that can
be present when this type of discourse is held in a truly public
forum!   If you guys don't mind our carrying on about Lagrangians
and Hamiltonians, we'll be quite pleased to be watching what
"ordinary" folks are using this venue for,
and to chuckle at the occasional orthogonal humor or other remarks
that appear from you (Robert Pirsig and his concept of --how
did he phrase it? ---   orthogonal or lateral thinking,
perpendicular to your original linear thinking, which occasionally
builds up so much inertia you don't SEE the ideas that are moving in
at 90 degrees from your line of vision, and which often hold
the key to solving the mystery you're attacking).
 
Besides, there are all of 8 people in this class, and I question the
wisdom of estblishing a separate group for a class such as this.
 
Cheers,
 
Dan L