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On 2/9/2011 1:53 PM, KK6GM wrote:
> You seem unwilling to distinguish between productivity-enhancing tools
> that may be used used by people who _are_ trained in X, and concepts
> that might be beneficial to people _being_ trained in X.

No, I am saying that people who are trained in X have a tendency
to believe that X is everything, and are shocked to discover that
people now need and value Y.

> And again, that you would focus on a throw-away line and ignore the
> arguments being presented is just odd.

See, that's the same problem. Throw-away lines are the way we
communicate now (e.g., Twitter), not by long-winded reasonably
presented arguments. ( :-), maybe ) But seriously, I clicked on
the links and this statement just leaped out at me. I found it
so wrong-headed that I didn't think I needed to read any more.