[Uram-rejections] Self training - are we now nobbut dinosaurs?

Tue Jan 21 19:34:15 GMT 2020

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 You could expand a bit on this - reasons etc . 

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> On 20/01/2020 17:11, Zach Metzinger wrote:
> > On 2020-01-19 02:07, John wrote:
> >> Not when you can video link a connection anywhere around the world, using
> >> a messaging application on the internet. Even radio would be hard pressed
> >> after armageddon.
> > 
> > ... when it all works.
> > 
> > When infrastructure is interrupted on a global scale, people will be up 
> > in arms that they can't Snapchat the looming apocalypse. However, radio 
> > will still be doing what counts: getting critical information from point 
> > A to point B without intervening infrastructure.
> > 
> > Do you think that the military has abandoned HF just because it has 
> > high-speed data links and satellites? One high-energy CME and there goes 
> > the satellite fleet.
> > 
> > This boils down to lack of effort and distractions. Every minute you 
> > watch an episode of Lost or Storage Wars is a minute you could be 
> > learning how things work. Most people just don't want to put in the 
> > effort. That's sad, in my opinion, as understanding a difficult 
> > technical concept leaves me much more satisfied than knowing who won the 
> > last Superbowl.
> > 
> > How do we fix this? Start with the youngsters! Get them involved, get 
> > them building, debugging, and then designing. Be an Elmer when they go 
> > down the wrong path and help them to learn that instant gratification 
> > doesn't help one learn how the world works.
> > 
> > 73,
> > 
> > --- Zach
> > N0ZGO
> no
> 
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