Subj : short like .COM
To : Eddy Thilleman
From : Mike Luther
Date : Thu Jan 18 2001 06:10 pm
Eddy .
ET> understanding is on a higher level of intelligence
ET> than learning, learning is a higher level of
ET> intelligence than knowing.
I still happen to favor the Flight Instructor's definitions.. Not an exact
quote, I could get it from the handbook, but close enough:
'Understanding is being able to take what you know
and apply it to a brand new situation and come up
with a right answer.'
If I teach you how to land an airplane with no wind, you may do wonderful at
that! I can send you solo and, with no wind, you'll come back alive and well.
But if the wind comes up while you are up there alone, unless you understand
how to land the airplane, it's not very pleasant what happens next, my friend!
The difference between OS/2 and some other operating systems is that it is,as
far as I can tell, easier to get and understanding of it. I think that is
because it is relatively mature and stable. Yes, it does change over time, and
big time change as well.
However, to my way of thinking, most all of the things you have learned and
paid for dearly to learn about OS/2, are still valuable enough for what comes
next; you'll fail less taking on brand new situations in OS/2, I think, than in
some other systems! Yes, bugs will be bugs, but it's my impression that what
you know about OS/2, is easier to extrapolate into the new things that happen
in it, than it may be in some other operating systems.
There, that's the best I can say it and exactly on how the flight world relates
to the friendly skyline for level flight in OS/2 as well!
Mike @ 117/3001
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