> -----Original Message----- > From: Chuck Allison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 3:43 PM > To: Arthur I believe I've been to that bookstore. It's practically across the > street from Yale, right? I was there in 1998. I remember browsing for > a long time in Liberal Arts areas (mostly literature). The owner > obviously didn't cater to CS subjects very well - there was nothing to > look at of worth. Has no correlation to CS departments whatsoever.
Not to belabor, but... This place was huge, with lots of breath and depth - including in math and science. *Only* the computer area seemed brain dead. It may be clear to you why a subject area close to your heart merited this special treatment, but it is not to me. BTW, a nice section on education - which I in fact browsed for the book that you had recently mentioned here (I do listen as well as talk), but could not find. Though I was pleased to find that there is a growing body of work making note of the effects of the growing influence (corruption) of educational institutions (and, through it, science itself) resulting from the dynamics Kirby finds it annoying I tend to notice, publicly, here. Maybe feeling as much the unrepentant capitalist that I do, it is easier for me to focus on this issue to the exclusion of other issues related to a fiercely market driven economy. Others, IOW, might focus their energies toward a broader critique. I am content to keep mine focused where I think the real issue is. And it is nice that a visit to the bookstore can confirm that there is growing company with this focus, and this view. Art _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list Edu-sig@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig