Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uhnix1!moray!urchin!p6.f889.n106.z1.fidonet.org!DON.KIMBERLIN From: DON.KIMBERLIN@p6.f889.n106.z1.fidonet.org (DON KIMBERLIN) Newsgroups: alt.cosuard Subject: HAL PC ARTICLE Message-ID: <10196.25B331A1@urchin.fidonet.org> Date: 13 Jan 90 18:43:00 GMT Sender: ufgate@urchin.fidonet.org (newsout1.26) Organization: FidoNet node 1:106/889.6 - Bayou Beastie, Houston TX Lines: 22 EG> I cant begin to discuss the merits or lack of them concerning the EG>"tech" echos...but you yourself pointed out that a LOT of the expert EG>tech info is poppycock...but it's that part of the durn deal..when we EG>LEARN what is actual-factual and what is just someone thinking they k EG>something that they dont really... EG>that is the moment when it dawns on us that we really have learned! ..Edie, you prompted me to jump in here and agree with you fully, then add: You'd be amazed how much of the supposedly "learned, solid science" in university papers and such is pure poppycock, too! The economic powers that run this ground have more money than most can understand to spend on promoting their commercial way! As has been said here, there is no substitute for personal reading, learning and wheat/chaff sorting. In short, we EACH need to assume personal responsibility and sort through the trivial stuff. (How ya like THIS tagline?)........ v . EZ 1.24 . .Would you want a "One-Minute" Brain Surgeon? PCRelay:PETEXCH -> RelayNet(tm) 4.10.9 St Pete Programmers Exchg *HST* 813 527-5666