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Re: The Science Generations
On Thu, 5 Dec 1996 22:10:04 -0800, Jamie Lawrence wrote:
>> I'm not sure if Gilbert chemistry sets went off the market for liablity
>> reasons, or for "lack of interest." The "4-banger" I had in 1961,
>> supplemented with varius Bunsen burners, arc furnaces, Erlenmayer flasks,
>> and whatnot, was amazing for its time. (And not terribly expensive, in case
>> some of the "social democrats" on this list are thinking I lived a
>I can provide a datapoint here. I started getting into chemistry
>when I was about 8, which was in 1981. I can't remember the brand
>name, but my first (and last, actually) 'value-added' kit was
>designed to keep kids from doing anything that could be
>dangerous, a fact tactfully explained on the packaging.
Or how about those TrashShack kits everyone buys a science-oriented kid
(until you warn them not to)? Geez. It's about as fun as one of those
slide-show demo programs.
>To solve that problem, my mother gave me an Edmund Scientific
>catalog and a (severely limited, given my family background)
>budget for whatever I wanted.
>I ordered direct for supplies from then on.
Gee, you too? I probably could have broke the $30k mark, though, if given
the chance. Still could, easily, but it'd be Computer Shopper now.
>computers as a daily part of their work. You can run, but you can't
>hide.
Hehe ...
Person one: "And they [computer illiterates] will call us"
Person two: "Secretaries"
Bonus points if you get the reference.
>> get the point. Being 44 years old, and almost 45, I claim no knowledge
>> about what the "latest generation" is all about. Maybe it's the "Beavis and
>> Butthead" generation...I don't know.)
>Yes, many of us are devoted to the study of Brute Force Insect
>Dissection.
Many others are devoted to "the study of Chaotic systems involving realtime
exothermic reactions with common household substances". (Pyromania might not
be a bad sub title)
Others still are most interested in Brute Force Wallet Extraction. Or, of
course, the ever popular: Members of the Opposite Sex and How to Attract
Them.
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