02-01-2009, 01:30 PM
"It's not easy padding these shows out to thirty minutes." Monty Python's Flying Circus.
Tony.
Tony.
Posing A Question About THe Hobby
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02-01-2009, 01:30 PM
"It's not easy padding these shows out to thirty minutes." Monty Python's Flying Circus.
Tony.
02-02-2009, 09:39 AM
Selector Wrote:MountainMan Wrote:... Never answer the question - just attack the poster? Yeah...I've seen that a lot, and "had hoped not to see it here", either.
02-02-2009, 09:42 AM
Selector Wrote:Russ, the last words in the opening statement were, "...maybe I'm too much of a purist." The inference, whether intended or not, is clear...unless one builds (an arbitrary, subjective, and as yet undefined) percentage of all that comes together to yield a functioning layout, the efforts of anyone not complying will fall short. They do not possess the "requisite" extent of "purity". It smacks purely of elitism. Elitism by definition means a setting apart. Setting apart, by definition, is exclusive. QED. Words are also the means by which we attempt to express ourselves, without prior expectation of promise of absolute precision in the eye of the beholder. "Reluctantly dragged into these"? No -Crandell - you came willingly.
02-02-2009, 12:21 PM
Quote:Is there any socially redeeming value left in this thread?Russ, I guess that depends on what we consider "social", and what we define as "redeeming". If, a response has been reasonably thought out, and the responder is willing to "take" as well as "give", then I would see that as "social". If, in any way, a specific topic can be defined by consensus, as beneficial, or as detrimental, then I would see that as having "value". If, in any way, that value, can lead to improving conditions within our "community", I would then see it as redeeming. My participation in this hobby, has always been as a model maker. My expectations of the authors, and publishers, of "related hobby magazines", has been to educate hobbyists about the subject of their hobby, and the means by which they can improve their skills in that hobby. Even in an article about a commercially built layout, there can be inspiration. Yes, that level of detail can be achieved, or possibly,I never thought of building that, in that manner. The defense that subscription costs would soar if articles of this nature were to be disallowed, can be viewed as a surrender to the "don't build it, buy it" mentality, and I do not mean that that is wrong for the hobby, but I do feel that it is wrong for me. I have already stated that I dropped my subscription, because I was no longer learning from the content. I see MR as a never-ending commercial, and miss the days when there was challenging, and informative content. Perhaps, in this day and age, the "magazine" has no choice but to become a cover to cover advertisement. There are now, sources like this forum to provide the education, and skill improvement, that is disappearing from hard print. Perhaps, in these provisions, the fact that forums like this exist, and the exchange of information and opinion can be ongoing, there is social redemption. As long as we can attack the topic, and remain responsible enough to not attack each other, there can be change for the better. There can be education, and skill improvement, and inspiration. It is when I see what others have achieved, that I recognize my own mistakes. Without that recognition, I would not learn. When the day comes that I stop learning, I stop living.
We always learn far more from our own mistakes, than we will ever learn from another's advice.
The greatest place to live life, is on the sharp leading edge of a learning curve. Lead me not into temptation.....I can find it myself!
02-02-2009, 03:21 PM
lightbender Wrote:"It's not easy padding these shows out to thirty minutes." Monty Python's Flying Circus. http://www.mindspring.com/~mfpatton/sketch.htm Grin, Stein
02-02-2009, 04:41 PM
I lost count...what was the final tally for or against the whole thing?
No answer yet from the editor or MR, BTW. If he chooses to answer it in the next issue, that won't be out for a while.
02-02-2009, 06:07 PM
I've always liked that sketch Stein.
Ralph
02-02-2009, 09:23 PM
Ralph Wrote:I've always liked that sketch Stein. No you didn't...that'll be a pound. Tony.
02-03-2009, 07:20 AM
LOL!
02-03-2009, 11:35 AM
Interesting little blurb in the news this AM - as the economy gets worse, people are becoming more obsessed with critiquing the grammar and spelling of others. Experts seem to think people do this is an attempt to re-establish some form of control in their lives.
Pass the popcorn.
02-03-2009, 03:33 PM
MountainMan Wrote:Interesting little blurb in the news this AM - as the economy gets worse, people are becoming more obsessed with critiquing the grammar and spelling of others. Experts seem to think people do this is an attempt to re-establish some form of control in their lives. Ante meridiam is correctly abbreviated with periods: A.M. I think you meant "in" rather than "is". :ugeek:
02-03-2009, 06:55 PM
Squidbait Wrote:MountainMan Wrote:Interesting little blurb in the news this AM - as the economy gets worse, people are becoming more obsessed with critiquing the grammar and spelling of others. Experts seem to think people do this is an attempt to re-establish some form of control in their lives. I rest my case. |
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