Re: KAM is not drunk was Re: Wristbands instead of stickers?

2017-08-11 Thread Kevin A. McGrail
Ahh ty. I completely missed the NASA parallel Bill was drawing. Regards, KAM On August 11, 2017 8:47:10 PM EDT, jonathon wrote: >On 08/11/2017 02:09 AM, William A Rowe Jr wrote: > >> FWIW, a computer (computationalist) was a stereotype that there were >> many smart people who could not engineer,

Re: KAM is not drunk was Re: Wristbands instead of stickers?

2017-08-11 Thread jonathon
On 08/11/2017 02:09 AM, William A Rowe Jr wrote: > FWIW, a computer (computationalist) was a stereotype that there were > many smart people who could not engineer, but could perform > calculations. I don't think you want to go there. Computationalist was/is a far more appropriate term, than what

Re: KAM is not drunk was Re: Wristbands instead of stickers?

2017-08-11 Thread Kevin A. McGrail
On 8/11/2017 8:54 AM, Kevin A. McGrail wrote: On 8/10/2017 10:46 PM, William A Rowe Jr wrote: Oh, I have no need to, in fact I jumped at a KAM's critical error in understanding what the computer profession was (the use of the inhuman 'what' is deliberate), and avoid him making such a bracelet u

Re: KAM is not drunk was Re: Wristbands instead of stickers?

2017-08-11 Thread Kevin A. McGrail
On 8/10/2017 10:46 PM, William A Rowe Jr wrote: Oh, I have no need to, in fact I jumped at a KAM's critical error in understanding what the computer profession was (the use of the inhuman 'what' is deliberate), and avoid him making such a bracelet unless he understands the implication. I was ce