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#41
06-11-2012, 8:33 PM
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Internet on the cheap if it works for you Get with the program!  PS Things change!
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#42
06-12-2012, 9:43 AM
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Astrolabe
Sextant Slide Rule Abacus Architectural drawing, engineering drafting ... All these require the basic ability to read and write in cursive text. Leonardo's notes ... hold that mirror steady  
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#43
06-12-2012, 4:17 PM
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As for the other instruments, seems to me that any "writing" on them is engraved typeface, not engraved "cursive". Even if you cant read cursive, do you suppose you'd have any problem finding the corner of 5th and Main?
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.. There comes a time when the wealthy privileged class becomes SO rich, SO powerful, that they see themselves as gods, and the rest of us as slaves. At that time there will be some who will serve those gods as priests and house slaves, thinking that they have a route to immortality for themselves, blaming the slaves for their inability to become gods too. How wrong they will find themselves ... but by then it will be too late.
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#44
06-12-2012, 11:16 PM
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Learning to read cursive is quite simple.
Learning to write cursive properly isn't. Maybe it's easy if you are one of those artsy-fartsy types who loves watching "Glee". For the rest of us, cursive was a hand-cramp-orama, a pain in the patootie, a total waste of time. Just let cursive die.
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#45
06-13-2012, 1:06 PM
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Things that have contributed mightily to the dumbing down of America:
The automatic transmission. Think of it. Learning to coordinate the use of both feet, both hands, and the eye and brain. Only possible with the manual clutch. Velcro ties for shoes. One of the rites of passage was the learning of how to tie one's shoelaces. Now it is all so easy. Alphabetical notation. The pictograph demanded far more intelligence. Which is why the Chinese continue to kick our bunwahs! Guess what. Things change! So deal!
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.. There comes a time when the wealthy privileged class becomes SO rich, SO powerful, that they see themselves as gods, and the rest of us as slaves. At that time there will be some who will serve those gods as priests and house slaves, thinking that they have a route to immortality for themselves, blaming the slaves for their inability to become gods too. How wrong they will find themselves ... but by then it will be too late.
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#46
06-13-2012, 1:07 PM
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.. There comes a time when the wealthy privileged class becomes SO rich, SO powerful, that they see themselves as gods, and the rest of us as slaves. At that time there will be some who will serve those gods as priests and house slaves, thinking that they have a route to immortality for themselves, blaming the slaves for their inability to become gods too. How wrong they will find themselves ... but by then it will be too late.
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#47
06-15-2012, 11:53 AM
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BTW: Chinese calligraphy is a very stylish cursive written form and is treated as a martial art and is quite a fad now. (See "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" ... Master, I seek a lesson  )
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Number 1: Every single IRS employee from top to bottom should immediately be put on unpaid administrative leave until the gangs of sharks, liars, thieves and pranksters are discovered and prosecuted To The Fullest Extent of Federal and State Laws ... RICO statutes applied, UnConstitutionality discovered and Treasonable Offenses established. ... There is no number 2.
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#48
06-15-2012, 1:45 PM
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I would have suggested entering the info into your 3com digital device but I cant recall the name of it now, obsolete as it has become because of the smart phones and other devices. Quote:
We have entered into a Star Trek world, driven by Trekkie tech. Time to abandon the tyranny of obsolete technologies.
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.. There comes a time when the wealthy privileged class becomes SO rich, SO powerful, that they see themselves as gods, and the rest of us as slaves. At that time there will be some who will serve those gods as priests and house slaves, thinking that they have a route to immortality for themselves, blaming the slaves for their inability to become gods too. How wrong they will find themselves ... but by then it will be too late.
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#49
06-15-2012, 1:49 PM
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Just popped into my head...... Palm Pilot... was all the rage 10-12 years ago. Now dead, replaced by smart phones and tablet technology
PS in all this discussion I dont recall seeing criticism of Kindles, I=Pads, and smart phones replacing books, something I am sad to see, but I am a dinosaur....
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.. There comes a time when the wealthy privileged class becomes SO rich, SO powerful, that they see themselves as gods, and the rest of us as slaves. At that time there will be some who will serve those gods as priests and house slaves, thinking that they have a route to immortality for themselves, blaming the slaves for their inability to become gods too. How wrong they will find themselves ... but by then it will be too late.
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#50
06-24-2012, 12:27 AM
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Maybe this is why cursive is dead...
The typical adult has not scribbled anything by hand for six weeks SOURCE
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