Re: [Phys-l] rules of the game?

[Jack Uretsky <jlu@hep.anl.gov>]

Hi all-
	I am reminded, for reasons I can't quite put my finger on, that I 
was once told that Keith Bruckner used to open his class at the beginning 
of a term with the admonition: "No two people can communicate."
						Regards,
							Jack


On Sat, 12 Aug 2006, R. McDermott wrote:

> John, look, I don't want to fight with you, and if you truly do not see the
> difference between the tone of (some of) your posts and those of others,
> then there's very little I'm going to be able to do to convince you that
> there IS one.  I respect your input, and I always learn something from
> reading your posts, but it surely can't be written off as coincidental that
> I've had cross words with you on at least two and perhaps three occasions in
> the past year or so and NONE with any one else.  I don't think it's any
> coincidence that we don't get too many posts here from people OTHER than
> college professors with PhDs.  I think there are a lot of "lurkers" who are
> afraid to post for fear that someone will make a fool of them online.
> Surely if a student in my class can ask a naive question, and I can answer
> it without making him or her appear foolish, the learned people online here
> can do the same.  I'm sorry if, for example, you have to explain things to
> me in metaphorical baby talk in order to get me to understand, but if you
> inwardly resent having to do it, then please do not respond at all, because
> your resentment will seep into your response, and I WILL take exception to
> that.  Ok, enough; I had my say, and Brian has answered the question I was
> asking.
>
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