[Ham-Mac] ARRL seems to be listening

[David Kelly]

On Thursday 31 July 2003 12:07 pm, harris ruben wrote:
>
> Surprise! Do any of you think that the stink we made about LOTW got
> results? Ya better believe it!
>
> Of course, we knew how to do what's described, but it seems we're
> slowly losing our orphan status in the eyes of the league

It is progress but it appears the article is still a rote "follow these 
steps exactly for this result" rather than a "possible applications of 
a tool" article. The difference is speaking a language vs. thinking in 
that language.

Is also sad that an article on using a computer to address QSL cards is 
worthy of publication.

Like, "duh?" So one can copy/paste QSL addresses from websites? Isn't 
that what its there for?

Should I have written an article on how to use MacDraw to fill out 
hamfest drawing tickets? I don't use no stink'n labels. This is why I 
have computers, because they are tools. If they only served one purpose 
then they would not be tools. 

If your thinking is limited to "use Microsoft Word..." then your 
thinking is not flexible enough to discover anything outside of Word.

If something only performs one task then it is not a tool. Once it is 
applied to tasks the originator had not thought of, it becomes a tool. 
A hammer which can only drive nails is not a tool. Discover it can also 
crack open walnuts and it becomes a tool when you start looking for 
other things to hit with your hammer.

-- 
David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@hiwaay.net
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