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Re: Definition Drift, WAS: Bowditch 1995 Table 18

From: Frank Reed (no email)
Date: Thu Feb 03 2005 - 19:22:52 EST

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    Jared you wrote:
    "Kids now entering college have usually learned time in school by
    digital clocks and digital wristwatches. If you tell them "it's at two
    oclock" they actually stop and calculate. "

    Very true. And not necessarily something to lament. Via video games and 3d
    modelling software and even handheld GPS receivers, many of them have been
    exposed to angular bearings at a much earlier age. They don't need no stinkin
    o'clock. <g>

    -FER
    42.0N 87.7W, or 41.4N 72.1W.
    www.HistoricalAtlas.com/lunars


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