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  1. JimWagner

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Aren't those two sides of the same coin?
  2. JimWagner

    This or That

    Bill Mauldin's book, Up Front, is one of my all time favorites and one of the books that survived my space reclaiming book purge a couple of years ago.
  3. JimWagner

    What Was the #1 Song on the Day You Were Born?

    Heartaches by Ted Weems and His Orchestra.
  4. JimWagner

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    I know, but I'll disqualify myself for age :cool:
  5. JimWagner

    This or That

    Analog. Preferably on a chain and in my pocket. There are people today raised on digital watches and clocks who don't understand the concept of quarter or half past the hour. Watch or cell phone?
  7. JimWagner

    The Decaying Evolution of Education...

    I really don't see how that can happen unless "None of the Above" is added to the ballot.
  8. JimWagner

    This or That

    Matt Helm films. Matt Helm or Derek Flint?
  9. JimWagner

    Moore's Law

    When I first started out in computer programming in 1970 it was all punched cards and green bar paper. We still had some wired board equipment - sorters, 407 accounting machines, etc. Mainframe memory was under 256 Kb. State of the art disk drives were IBM 2314's at 29 Mb per removable disk pack...
  10. JimWagner

    This or That

    Hilly/mountainous. I feel disoriented in open flatlands. Oceans or rivers?
  11. JimWagner

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Oh, you still believe we speak the same language?
  13. JimWagner

    This or That

    Let it ring. I want to have time to check the caller id and decide if it's someone I know or a probable telemarketer. Telemarketers - eighth circle of Hell or jail?
  14. JimWagner

    The Decaying Evolution of Education...

    Sort of like all the teachers who have degrees in Education and not the subjects they are teaching.
  15. JimWagner

    Do you think there could be a second Great Depression?

    This thread was started almost exactly 8 years ago. What does that say?
  16. JimWagner

    The Role of Education In Assigning Value to Societal Labor Sectors

    Governance? Don't you think influence would be a better choice of words?
  17. JimWagner

    The Role of Education In Assigning Value to Societal Labor Sectors

    Sorry to quote myself, but I should have added that the title of this thread (The Role of Education in Assigning Value to Societal Labor Sectors) really does imply that positon.
  19. JimWagner

    The Role of Education In Assigning Value to Societal Labor Sectors

    I don't disagree about seeking knowledge. My point was that you really did seem to be implying that educational institutions, like the institutions of church and state, now want a place at the power table.
  20. JimWagner

    The Role of Education In Assigning Value to Societal Labor Sectors

    Og convinced the other cavemen that he was the strongest, most powerful of them all and in charge. Ug, not happy with this turn of events discovered that he could exert influence and gain his own power base through fear of the unknown and became the first shaman. That power split evolved into...
  21. JimWagner

    The Decaying Evolution of Education...

    There's a funny thing about competence in most professions, especially technical ones. While it can command a higher salary, it doesn't always. The problem often is that those who control the salaries (or rewards) are not knowledgable enough to be able to differentiate between those with true...
  22. JimWagner

    The Role of Education In Assigning Value to Societal Labor Sectors

    I am certain that the answer does not lie in ivory towers.
  23. JimWagner

    The Role of Education In Assigning Value to Societal Labor Sectors

    And that is the essence of the whole problem. There are almost an unlimited number of people as well as institutions (educational and religious) and businesses lined up to tell us exactly what we are supposed to think, how we are supposed to act, what our places are and are not. In other words...

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