On May 20, 2007, at 8:57 AM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
You've just discovered there's a side of existence you've yet to
experience.
It's the same as those who have, for centuries, hewn wood, rolled
iron into
huge plates, woven hemp into stout ropes and enlisted hundreds of
other
inanimate objects in a huge construction effort. Then they
thoughtfully give
it a name, christen it like a new-born baby, and set it afloat on
the waters
of the world.
Why would anyone do that to an inanimate object like a ship?
Because it's
the sane, human thing for them to do!
Well, I'm not much for anthropomorphizing objects. My radios are just
radios and they behave as they do because of the laws of physics.
Likewise my boat or my airplanes. They are machines, nothing more and
nothing less. The better care I take of them the more reliable they
will be. The more attention I give to dealing with possible failure
modes, the more reliable they are.
Still, the scary thing is that nowadays people don't really think
about building anything. They think they have to buy it, that the few
people who build things are somehow endowed with special skill or
knowledge. This is why I am teaching hands-on science mixed with
various shop skills to my students. I want them to know that they can
get some wood, some sheet metal, a handful of parts, and build just
about anything they want. No mystery and no magic.
Does anyone know if Elecraft has some sort of educational discount?
73 de Brian, WB6RQN
Brian Lloyd - brian HYPHEN wb6rqn AT lloyd DOT com
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