Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!brl-tgr!abc From: abc@brl-tgr.ARPA (Brint Cooper ) Newsgroups: net.micro,net.college Subject: Re: Free and undirected campus computing facilities - Not at Waterloo (medium long) Message-ID: <6691@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Thu, 20-Dec-84 12:24:34 EST Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.6691 Posted: Thu Dec 20 12:24:34 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 21-Dec-84 13:01:31 EST References: <457@utcsrgv.UUCP> <649@watdcsu.UUCP> <425@watcgl.UUCP> Organization: Ballistic Research Lab Lines: 20 Xref: watmath net.micro:8948 net.college:558 > > > > Sure, and you learn biology with nothing more than a pencil and a > > magnifying glass, but not as well as you could learn it in a fully > > equiped lab, all other factors being the same. > > > No. The best way to learn is to read. Nothing has come close to the > *WELL STUDIED* text book for imparting maximum information in minimum > time. It is not as much fun as 'hands on'. It takes effort to read. > It is enhanced by a good instructor and well planned exercises. These > may be computer based exercises or 'hand graded'. Doesn't make a bit of > difference if your syntax error was found by the instructor, a computer, > or the student in the next seat. > > E. Michael Smith ...!{hplabs,ihnp4,amd,nsc}!amdahl!ems Boy, I sure am glad that E. Michael Smith is not the surgeon who cut my chest open in June! Brint