This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. If I remember my history right, Gordian was the knot, and Alexander wielded the sword. Regardless, great reference. For those that relish the legends and lore of old, try this link. http://www.geocities.com/~jlhagan/fineart/gallery3.htm -----Original Message----- From: Tom Thomson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, April 27, 2001 10:48 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: MI-L Does Marilyn Know About This Thread???? Bill: What I meant by the hammer reference was broader than GIS. I was looking at it from the perspective of we all do geographic work, whether we be surveyors, GISers, cartographers, etc. Hence the hammer.....perhaps someone outisde the box of geography might choose a different hammer, that is a non-geographic solution. The only finger dexterity Gordian needed was grasping the hilt of his sword! tom At 12:25 PM 4/26/2001 -0400, you wrote: >At 08:43 AM 4/26/01 -0700, TT wrote: >>Comes back to the fact that every problem looks like a nail to someone >>with a hammmer. > >Pardon me? Did not Bill Thoen post a message a few days ago asking why >nobody was doing the obvious--using their GIS to solve the problem? And >have we not witnessed numerous clever attempts to solve the problem >without any use of the numerical data? It seems more a case of a >community reluctant to use its hammers when presented with two boards and >a bag of nails. _______________________________________________________________________ List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MapInfo-L" in the message body. _______________________________________________________________________ List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MapInfo-L" in the message body.
