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From today's East Valley Tribune (Phoenix East Valley), "The Vent"
column:

"Of course high school diplomas have lost their significance. That's
what happens when curricula is dumbed-down to make self-esteem more
important than learning."

Amen!

...Jim Thompson
--
| James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens |
| Analog Innovations, Inc. | et |
| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus |
| Phoenix, Arizona Voice:(480)460-2350 | |
| E-mail Address at Website Fax:(480)460-2142 | Brass Rat |
| http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 |

I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.
 
On Sun, 22 Feb 2004 14:22:57 -0700, Jim Thompson
<thegreatone@example.com> wrote:

From today's East Valley Tribune (Phoenix East Valley), "The Vent"
column:

"Of course high school diplomas have lost their significance. That's
what happens when curricula is dumbed-down to make self-esteem more
important than learning."

Amen!

...Jim Thompson
Click to expand...

There's a negative correlation between self-esteem and academic and
financial success; that should be obvious to anybody who's not a
sociologist. The group of kids with the highest self-esteem turn out
to be inner-city black girls, who will go on to be the group with the
lowest incomes.

"Only the paranoid survive." - Andy Grove

John
 
On Sun, 22 Feb 2004 13:38:27 -0800, John Larkin
<jjlarkin@highlandSNIPtechTHISnologyPLEASE.com> wrote:

[snip]
"Only the paranoid survive." - Andy Grove

John
Click to expand...
Reminds me of "Just because I'm paranoid *doesn't* mean they're not
out to get me".

...Jim Thompson
--
| James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens |
| Analog Innovations, Inc. | et |
| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus |
| Phoenix, Arizona Voice:(480)460-2350 | |
| E-mail Address at Website Fax:(480)460-2142 | Brass Rat |
| http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 |

I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.
 
On Sun, 22 Feb 2004 14:41:33 -0700, Jim Thompson
<thegreatone@example.com> wrote:

On Sun, 22 Feb 2004 13:38:27 -0800, John Larkin
jjlarkin@highlandSNIPtechTHISnologyPLEASE.com> wrote:

[snip]

"Only the paranoid survive." - Andy Grove

John



Reminds me of "Just because I'm paranoid *doesn't* mean they're not
out to get me".

...Jim Thompson
Click to expand...
I have Andy's 1967 book "Physics and Technology of Semiconductor
Devices" which is still a nice reference. Cost me $4.

John
 
On Sun, 22 Feb 2004 14:22:00 -0800, John Larkin
<jjlarkin@highlandSNIPtechTHISnologyPLEASE.com> wrote:

On Sun, 22 Feb 2004 14:41:33 -0700, Jim Thompson
thegreatone@example.com> wrote:

On Sun, 22 Feb 2004 13:38:27 -0800, John Larkin
jjlarkin@highlandSNIPtechTHISnologyPLEASE.com> wrote:

[snip]

"Only the paranoid survive." - Andy Grove

John



Reminds me of "Just because I'm paranoid *doesn't* mean they're not
out to get me".

...Jim Thompson

I have Andy's 1967 book "Physics and Technology of Semiconductor
Devices" which is still a nice reference. Cost me $4.

John
Click to expand...
I have a copy also, but I think it cost me a lot more than $4... I
bought it when it was first published ;-)

...Jim Thompson
--
| James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens |
| Analog Innovations, Inc. | et |
| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus |
| Phoenix, Arizona Voice:(480)460-2350 | |
| E-mail Address at Website Fax:(480)460-2142 | Brass Rat |
| http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 |

I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.
 
An editor I know once remarked the pretty obvious, "if you want esteem, do
something estimable."

Thomas Sowell (an economic historian of libertarian leaning), in one
exasperated book, compared standard international test results for
high-school students in both academic skills (where the US was near the
bottom) and self-assessment of academic sklls (where self-ratings by US
students were at or near the top, internationally) and reasoned from this
that US schools are now producing "confident incompetents."


"Jim Thompson" in news:f67i305fgl9s8pmhci8rtjd0dpqgl30luf@4ax.com...
From today's East Valley Tribune (Phoenix East Valley), "The Vent"
column:

"Of course high school diplomas have lost their significance. That's
what happens when curricula is dumbed-down to make self-esteem more
important than learning."

Amen!

...Jim Thompson
Click to expand...
 
"Jim Thompson" <thegreatone@example.com> wrote in message
news:f67i305fgl9s8pmhci8rtjd0dpqgl30luf@4ax.com...
From today's East Valley Tribune (Phoenix East Valley), "The Vent"
column:

"Of course high school diplomas have lost their significance. That's
what happens when curricula is dumbed-down to make self-esteem more
important than learning."

Amen!

...Jim Thompson
--
| James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens |
| Analog Innovations, Inc. | et |
| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus |
| Phoenix, Arizona Voice:(480)460-2350 | |
| E-mail Address at Website Fax:(480)460-2142 | Brass Rat |
| http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 |

I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.
Click to expand...
I also have children.... they are lawyers.... I am totally proud of my
achievement.

I have created a world and I will bitch about it.

Fuck you.....

Yo!
Nigger
My cholostemy bag needs changing
 
On Mon, 23 Feb 2004 00:44:35 -0000, "Mr Hard Man Gay"
<mrhmg@nothere.com> wrote:

[snip]

I also have children.... they are lawyers.... I am totally proud of my
achievement.

I have created a world and I will bitch about it.

Fuck you.....

Yo!
Nigger
My cholostemy bag needs changing
Click to expand...
Ehhhh? Anyone know who this cretin is? Looks like a permanent ctrl-K
to me.

...Jim Thompson
--
| James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens |
| Analog Innovations, Inc. | et |
| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus |
| Phoenix, Arizona Voice:(480)460-2350 | |
| E-mail Address at Website Fax:(480)460-2142 | Brass Rat |
| http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 |

I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.
 
Jim Thompson wrote...
I have a copy also, but I think it cost me a lot more than $4...
I bought it when it was first published ;-)
Click to expand...
My copy cost me $3.81 :>)

Thanks,
- Win

whill_at_picovolt-dot-com
 
John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandSNIPtechTHISnologyPLEASE.com> wrote:
On Sun, 22 Feb 2004 14:22:57 -0700, Jim Thompson
thegreatone@example.com> wrote:
From today's East Valley Tribune (Phoenix East Valley), "The Vent"
column:

"Of course high school diplomas have lost their significance. That's
what happens when curricula is dumbed-down to make self-esteem more
important than learning."

There's a negative correlation between self-esteem and academic and
financial success; that should be obvious to anybody who's not a
sociologist. The group of kids with the highest self-esteem turn out
to be inner-city black girls, who will go on to be the group with the
lowest incomes.
Click to expand...
Zero self esteem = don't give a fuck = will happily rape your momma
for fun. Pacifying them with esteem and money is cheaper than
security.


Tim
--
Love is a travelator.
 
On Sun, 22 Feb 2004 18:06:39 -0700, Jim Thompson
<thegreatone@example.com> Gave us:

On Mon, 23 Feb 2004 00:44:35 -0000, "Mr Hard Man Gay"
mrhmg@nothere.com> wrote:

[snip]

I also have children.... they are lawyers.... I am totally proud of my
achievement.

I have created a world and I will bitch about it.

Fuck you.....

Yo!
Nigger
My cholostemy bag needs changing


Ehhhh? Anyone know who this cretin is? Looks like a permanent ctrl-K
to me.
Click to expand...
You didn't get that? Hhahahaha....
 
DarkMatter <DarkMatter@thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote:
On Sun, 22 Feb 2004 18:06:39 -0700, Jim Thompson
thegreatone@example.com> Gave us:
On Mon, 23 Feb 2004 00:44:35 -0000, "Mr Hard Man Gay"
mrhmg@nothere.com> wrote:
[snip]
I also have children.... they are lawyers.... I am totally proud of my
achievement.

I have created a world and I will bitch about it.

Fuck you.....

Yo!
Nigger
My cholostemy bag needs changing

Ehhhh? Anyone know who this cretin is? Looks like a permanent ctrl-K
to me.

You didn't get that? Hhahahaha....
Click to expand...
Sheesh, you should know by now Jim uses the killfile to ensure his
insular world view isn't disrupted. He's old, you know. Change is
difficult...


Tim
--
Love is a travelator.
 
In article <c1bjr60113b@drn.newsguy.com>,
Winfield_member@newsguy.com says...
Jim Thompson wrote...

I have a copy also, but I think it cost me a lot more than $4...
I bought it when it was first published ;-)

My copy cost me $3.81 :>)
Click to expand...
My copy of "Only the Paranoid Survive" cost me nothing. Copies
were handed out at the first Intel Developer's Forum executive
rubber-chicken dinner (and it was, quite literally).

....but that dinner is another story completely. ;-)

--
Keith
 
Tim Auton wrote:
John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandSNIPtechTHISnologyPLEASE.com> wrote:
On Sun, 22 Feb 2004 14:22:57 -0700, Jim Thompson
thegreatone@example.com> wrote:
From today's East Valley Tribune (Phoenix East Valley), "The Vent"
column:

"Of course high school diplomas have lost their significance. That's
what happens when curricula is dumbed-down to make self-esteem more
important than learning."

There's a negative correlation between self-esteem and academic and
financial success; that should be obvious to anybody who's not a
sociologist. The group of kids with the highest self-esteem turn out
to be inner-city black girls, who will go on to be the group with the
lowest incomes.

Zero self esteem = don't give a fuck = will happily rape your momma
for fun. Pacifying them with esteem and money is cheaper than
security.

Tim
----------------
Click to expand...
Pay attention:
-
Self-esteem is always self-assessed for statistical studies, thus,
if someone dislikes you, it's "I got mine, Jack!", and if they value
you they'll tell you what they think you want to hear. You won't get
the truth as long as there is an angle.

The fact remains, as everybody knows inside, that self-esteem is
vital to make people trust their own efforts long enough to learn
from those efforts. Your petty-ignorant racism withstands nothing
worthwhile.

-Steve
--
-Steve Walz rstevew@armory.com ftp://ftp.armory.com/pub/user/rstevew
Electronics Site!! 1000's of Files and Dirs!! With Schematics Galore!!
http://www.armory.com/~rstevew or http://www.armory.com/~rstevew/Public
 
In news:efki30d8ktd3bhjropq6tqfi97gkfm2i9b@4ax.com,
Jim Thompson typed:
Ehhhh? Anyone know who this cretin is? Looks like a permanent ctrl-K
to me.
Click to expand...
He probably came in from alt.primenet.recovery. Why do you cross-post
to there?


--
-Reply in group, but if emailing add 2 more zeros-
-and remove the obvious-
 
R. Steve Walz wrote:

The fact remains, as everybody knows inside, that self-esteem is
vital to make people trust their own efforts long enough to learn
from those efforts.
Click to expand...
Don't confuse self-confidence, self-esteem and charisma.

Your petty-ignorant racism withstands nothing
worthwhile.
Click to expand...
I think it does, if you remove the race aspect. White-suburban
government education institution (AKA public school) and the social
environment is slightly less abuse than the urban ghetto. Faculty
tolerates bullying the different. Not as some socialist policy to
inculcate conformity and a class-based pecking order, but because they
type of people that become teachers are class-conscious herd-beasts
themselves.

There are statistics for American schools that show interest and
proficiency in science and math drastically falls off after 6th grade,
when adolescents begin fearing being labeled as wimpy geeks by their peers.

Hubris has been the downfall of many aristocracies. The ruling class
think just because they can degrade and dominate the peasants, we're too
stupid to see their game. I suppose many of us are, because Democrats
and Republicans keep getting votes. As long as they can run to India and
China to get engineers and Mexico for labor, the middle class has
nothing to do but die off.

In several decades, the peasant population aught to have enough numbers
and pull to vote themselves a good 'ol fashioned communist government.

--
Scott

**********************************

DIY Piezo-Gyro, PCB Drill Bot & More Soon!

http://home.comcast.net/~scottxs/

**********************************
 
On Mon, 23 Feb 2004 05:23:00 GMT, "Tom Del Rosso"
<tdnews01@att.net.invalid> wrote:

In news:efki30d8ktd3bhjropq6tqfi97gkfm2i9b@4ax.com,
Jim Thompson typed:

Ehhhh? Anyone know who this cretin is? Looks like a permanent ctrl-K
to me.

He probably came in from alt.primenet.recovery. Why do you cross-post
to there?
Click to expand...
Nope. I know everyone there personally... we're a group of old
PrimeNetter's before the great GlobalCrossing fiasco. Although many
are in other states we meet once a year in Phoenix, usually at a
Chinese restaurant.

...Jim Thompson
--
| James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens |
| Analog Innovations, Inc. | et |
| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus |
| Phoenix, Arizona Voice:(480)460-2350 | |
| E-mail Address at Website Fax:(480)460-2142 | Brass Rat |
| http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 |

I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.
 
Jim Thompson wrote:
From today's East Valley Tribune (Phoenix East Valley), "The Vent"
column:

"Of course high school diplomas have lost their significance. That's
what happens when curricula is dumbed-down to make self-esteem more
important than learning."
Click to expand...
<chuckle> I assume Jim wrote ".. curricula IS dumbed-down .." to prove
the point. I think he succeeded :) [I hope the newspaper didn't
really print that.]

mfc
 
On Mon, 23 Feb 2004 16:56:24 -0000, "Mike Cowlishaw"
<mfcowli@attglobal.net> wrote:

Jim Thompson wrote:
From today's East Valley Tribune (Phoenix East Valley), "The Vent"
column:

"Of course high school diplomas have lost their significance. That's
what happens when curricula is dumbed-down to make self-esteem more
important than learning."

chuckle> I assume Jim wrote ".. curricula IS dumbed-down .." to prove
the point. I think he succeeded :) [I hope the newspaper didn't
really print that.]

mfc
Click to expand...
Ouch! My dumb :-(

...Jim Thompson
--
| James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens |
| Analog Innovations, Inc. | et |
| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus |
| Phoenix, Arizona Voice:(480)460-2350 | |
| E-mail Address at Website Fax:(480)460-2142 | Brass Rat |
| http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 |

I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.
 
On Mon, 23 Feb 2004 02:05:26 +0000, Tim Auton
<tim.auton@uton.[groupSexWithoutTheY]> Gave us:


Sheesh, you should know by now Jim uses the killfile to ensure his
insular world view isn't disrupted. He's old, you know. Change is
difficult...
Click to expand...
Let's just say that the Bat's turd doesn't see my posts, unless they
are in a reply. The part that is most lame is where they announce
their filter file edits in a post in a group meant for entirely other
matters.
 
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