[Leica] shift happens

[imagist3 at mac.com (Lottermoser George)]

Yes. That is the important thing indeed. Hopefully he had the  
supervision to ensure that he wasn't just cutting and pasting while  
listening to music, playing a computer game, and "chatting" with  
friends. A few times too many that became the case in my home. If you  
asked the next day, "where is Zaire?" often they didn't remember. I  
assume because in the high degree of their multi-tasking the paper  
(or what ever project) was the lowest priority task.

Way back in the early sixties (well before computers) a teacher told  
our class, "the important thing is not knowing the information, but  
knowing where to find the information." I never forgot that line. He  
was of course speaking about the use of "card catalogs, reference  
books, library tools, interviews, etc." I wonder if he'd still agree;  
when all one has to do is "google" or "wiki" and assume that you've  
received all the reasonable answers to the question(s).

Regards,
George Lottermoser
george@imagist.com



On Aug 3, 2007, at 6:19 PM, Ken Carney wrote:

> The important thing was that he
> understood what was going on in Zaire, and where it was.