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Matt Whiting wrote:
Mark Hickey wrote: Jim Carriere wrote: Obligatory smiley face to keep it light Smiley faces should have noses. ;-) Mark Hickey But then we'd all be inclined to cut off our noses to spite our smiley faces! :-) Matt Don't forget to wink when you say that! ;-) John |
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"UltraJohn" wrote in message
.net... Matt Whiting wrote: Mark Hickey wrote: Jim Carriere wrote: Obligatory smiley face to keep it light Smiley faces should have noses. ;-) Mark Hickey But then we'd all be inclined to cut off our noses to spite our smiley faces! :-) Matt Don't forget to wink when you say that! ;-) John You'll need a band-aid on that wound. (::::[]::: Rich S. |
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Jim Weir wrote:
And yes, in case of an unfortunate incident, it CAN make the difference between YOUR life and death. Jim I'd just be happy if they required the authors to explain WHY such-n-such must be done in a particular way. It just grinds my last nerve to read what I think will be an educational article, just to find it full of commands like "You must use black grease on the schmizzle donker." The EAA claims to be an educational organization, but that ain't education. It's training. Education hasn't occured until the student know why black grease must be used on the schmizzle donker and why the schmizzle donker is needed in the first place. Just requiring explanations will eliminate 90% of what you're describing. If someone can't explain why black grease is necessary in simple terms, then most likely they are just a trained monkey repeating what they've heard. With no understanding of the underlying principles, they haven't a clue if they are applying their training correctly...if they are missing an important point, or if they are doing a lot of useless work. I was the best history, physics and chemistry student in my senior year of high school and I never lost one night of sleep 'studying'. I don't believe it was because I had more intelligence than everyone else, but I learned a simple secret. Don't memorize facts and equations...work to understand the underlying causes and forces a play. The facts and equations almost always become self evident, simple and HARD to forget. Any variation of the problem space is also a non-issue. A list of facts (like how to install an ELT) will get screwed up in your head before the teacher finishes handing out the tests. -- http://www.ernest.isa-geek.org/ "Ignorance is mankinds normal state, alleviated by information and experience." Veeduber |
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Likewise when I was going through Navy ET school I nearly aced every exam.
It made me laugh that every night before the test the whole class would be in someones room cramming for it while I would go out to the club and have 1 or 2 brews ... just enough to relax. They never did get the idea, the problem was during class they were working so hard to take down minuet notes that they really didn't pay attention to the instructor. While I would listen to him/her ask questions when confused (often) and take down the basics in notes. I have since lost all my notes but still remember the basics which are still applicable today even the the technology has totally changed. John US Navy, Naval Security Group CTM2 1973-1979 Ernest Christley wrote: Jim Weir wrote: And yes, in case of an unfortunate incident, it CAN make the difference between YOUR life and death. Jim I'd just be happy if they required the authors to explain WHY such-n-such must be done in a particular way. It just grinds my last nerve to read what I think will be an educational article, just to find it full of commands like "You must use black grease on the schmizzle donker." The EAA claims to be an educational organization, but that ain't education. It's training. Education hasn't occured until the student know why black grease must be used on the schmizzle donker and why the schmizzle donker is needed in the first place. Just requiring explanations will eliminate 90% of what you're describing. If someone can't explain why black grease is necessary in simple terms, then most likely they are just a trained monkey repeating what they've heard. With no understanding of the underlying principles, they haven't a clue if they are applying their training correctly...if they are missing an important point, or if they are doing a lot of useless work. I was the best history, physics and chemistry student in my senior year of high school and I never lost one night of sleep 'studying'. I don't believe it was because I had more intelligence than everyone else, but I learned a simple secret. Don't memorize facts and equations...work to understand the underlying causes and forces a play. The facts and equations almost always become self evident, simple and HARD to forget. Any variation of the problem space is also a non-issue. A list of facts (like how to install an ELT) will get screwed up in your head before the teacher finishes handing out the tests. |
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Is the second harmonic of the 121.5 ELT signal used by satellites
or a significant number of homing receivers? -- Chuck Forsberg www.omen.com 503-614-0430 Developer of Industrial ZMODEM(Tm) for Embedded Applications Omen Technology Inc "The High Reliability Software" 10255 NW Old Cornelius Pass Portland OR 97231 FAX 629-0665 |
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It was the only way they could get a signal in both the civilian and military
air bands. If you want to be able to use the military homing gear that is restricted to military frequencies, you had to have part of your signal in the military band. It is a crystal BITCH making an antenna that is as good a radiator at the fundamental as the second harmonic. Jim Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX shared these priceless pearls of wisdom: -Is the second harmonic of the 121.5 ELT signal used by satellites -or a significant number of homing receivers? Jim Weir (A&P/IA, CFI, & other good alphabet soup) VP Eng RST Pres. Cyberchapter EAA Tech. Counselor http://www.rst-engr.com |
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In article ,
Jim Weir wrote: Are you kidding? The people around here lay awake at night worrying about whether anal-retentive should be hyphenated. Bah! *Everybody* knows that the mark-up is a full colon. Or, as our Brit friends would say, "Full colon, full stop." |
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"Robert Bonomi" wrote in message rvers.com... In article , Jim Weir wrote: Are you kidding? The people around here lay awake at night worrying about whether anal-retentive should be hyphenated. Bah! *Everybody* knows that the mark-up is a full colon. Or, as our Brit friends would say, "Full colon, full stop." Not a full colon, but a semi-colon with a polyp. Otherwise you would have observed and noted the improper use of a transitive verb where an intransitive one should be. One does not "lay" awake. One *lies* awake at night. Lie, lay, lain ---weak verb. Lay, laid, laid -- strong verb taking an object. |
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" jls" wrote in message ... sniip Lay, laid, laid -- strong verb taking an object. Nahh... sometimes they cooperate. Tim Ward |
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