jmorr

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by jmorr 17y ago
Pointless and bizarre, and therefore cool.
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by jmorr 17y ago
Here's an e-mail exchange regarding the "why vetoed," in case you're curious. This is a long reply, and I'm a new member, so hope this doesn't break any HN taboos regarding length (does a reply to a comment affect anyone's experience of HN
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by jmorr 17y ago
I love that one, too, but I'm saving it for at least 5 more years.
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by jmorr 17y ago
:-) 4th graders?
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by jmorr 17y ago
Never seen that before - thanks! I am enthralled by Shackleton's story, though.
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by jmorr 17y ago
Fair enough, but I think that this particular group of 10-year-olds would (small g) get enough for it to be useful - your original post left me with the impression it would be so far over their heads as to be useless. If instead you meant t
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by jmorr 17y ago
I think that's a good idea, but man kids in schools these days get hit hard by environmental fundamentalism. I don't mean to sound insensitive to that cause, but I'd be lost in a sea of messages like that.
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by jmorr 17y ago
Interesting types of examples so far - not many are focused on "best" defined by investment merits, which was my first inclination. I tend to think of businesses as being great in those terms - requiring little incremental financial capita
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by jmorr 17y ago
Actually, I found the version in "The Pleasure of Finding Things Out" which does not have quite the same lascivious language and tone as the version I found online. This should work...
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by jmorr 17y ago
One of my fav's, too - good idea.
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by jmorr 17y ago
I'm not sure which of the suggestions you'd put in that category, but my intent is not to select something they wouldn't get. I acknowledge the GEB idea is at least close to that line, and way past if "get" means GET.
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by jmorr 17y ago
LOL - I'd sure have their attention after the opening... "At Esalen there are some large baths fed by hot springs situated on a ledge about thirty feet above the ocean. One of my most pleasurable experiences has been to sit in one of those
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by jmorr 17y ago
I agree that it was an excellent choice :-) The response, in fairness, was not a veto so much as a polite request to consider something else - recognizing that it would require additional discussion for which there will not be time in orde
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20 minutes to subvert 10 year old minds...
4 points by jmorr 17y ago|26 comments