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Date: Sun, 22 Dec 1996 04:03:55 -0800
Reply-To: "CYHIST Community Memory: Discussion list on the History of
Cyberspace" <CYHIST@SJUVM.STJOHNS.EDU>
Sender: "CYHIST Community Memory: Discussion list on the History of
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From: Robert Probasco <rcp@uidaho.edu>
Subject: Re: CYHIST Digest - 18 Dec 1996 to 21 Dec 1996
In-Reply-To: <199612220533.VAA00142@crow.csrv.uidaho.edu>
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Community Memory: Discussion List on the History of Cyberspace ______________________________________________________________________
On Sun, 22 Dec 1996, Les Earnest <les@Steam.Stanford.EDU> wrote:
>P.S. Given that the subject of this group is supposed to be history, predicting future history is admittedly off-topic.
I hope the future is not off-topic. When I present my spiel to our CS sophomores for my History of Calculating class, I submit the best way to gain any anticipation of future trends is to learn about the past.
To make this point, I bring in an old paperback mystery, and ask, "Who wants to read a book?" After selecting a victim, I extract four pages (which correspond to their years in school; last month, pages 95-96-97-98) and ask them to hypothesize a conclusion. Then I suggest they might be better off if they could read the beginning of the book.
Like, take my history class to learn the non-linear events which put us in our current status. Seems to make an impression. Of course, few engineers volunteer for a course which requires a written paper, but that keeps the class to a fun size.
*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=* Robert Probasco rcp@uidaho.edu
Computer Science Dept. office 208.885.7076
University of Idaho fax 208.885.9052
Moscow, ID 83844-1010 http://www.uidaho.edu/~rcp
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Reply-To: "CYHIST Community Memory: Discussion list on the History of
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Sender: "CYHIST Community Memory: Discussion list on the History of
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From: Robert Probasco <rcp@uidaho.edu>
Subject: Re: CYHIST Digest - 18 Dec 1996 to 21 Dec 1996
In-Reply-To: <199612220533.VAA00142@crow.csrv.uidaho.edu>
______________________________________________________________________
Community Memory: Discussion List on the History of Cyberspace ______________________________________________________________________
On Sun, 22 Dec 1996, Les Earnest <les@Steam.Stanford.EDU> wrote:
>P.S. Given that the subject of this group is supposed to be history, predicting future history is admittedly off-topic.
I hope the future is not off-topic. When I present my spiel to our CS sophomores for my History of Calculating class, I submit the best way to gain any anticipation of future trends is to learn about the past.
To make this point, I bring in an old paperback mystery, and ask, "Who wants to read a book?" After selecting a victim, I extract four pages (which correspond to their years in school; last month, pages 95-96-97-98) and ask them to hypothesize a conclusion. Then I suggest they might be better off if they could read the beginning of the book.
Like, take my history class to learn the non-linear events which put us in our current status. Seems to make an impression. Of course, few engineers volunteer for a course which requires a written paper, but that keeps the class to a fun size.
*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=* Robert Probasco rcp@uidaho.edu
Computer Science Dept. office 208.885.7076
University of Idaho fax 208.885.9052
Moscow, ID 83844-1010 http://www.uidaho.edu/~rcp
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