Date: Wed, 08 Oct 1997 17:27:50 -0600
From: Philip Wylie <pjwylie@superiway.net>
To: baidarka@lists.intelenet.net
Subject: Re: RE[2]: KAY
hendrik.maroske@bbs.vobis.de wrote:
>
> Ba> Not that performance is a non-issue...it's just sometimes over-rated
> Ba> :)
> Ba>
> Ba> Laurie
> Ba> Saskatchewan Indian Federated College
> Ba> -a non-expert, naturally
>
> Ba> You might just be a lot closer to the truth than many of the
> Ba> engineering types among us, though I suspect that a kayak
> Ba> design that did not meet at least the basic needs of the hunter
> Ba> would not survive long.
>
> Well, as an aerospace engineer, you got me raising to the bait :)
> For my two cents of worth, its just that those guys of the old times
> had to take a lot of painstaking work to achieve their goals. Nobody
> would do this amount of work for something he is not completely
> convinced of. This makes distinction between a foolish and a completely
> educated approach a bit difficult. I for my part tend to belong to the
> fools, for I'm not searching for the truth. I am just doing the best
> I can with what I have available.
I Love it! Way to go!
Philip