[pianotech] ETD dust storm

[PAULREVENKOJONES at aol.com]

The best technological failure analogy I can come up with is as a sailor.  
If I'm in the middle of Lake Michigan reading my GPS, my Loran (yes, I'm 
that  old), my wind speed indicator, my wind direction indicator, and my boat  
speedometer, calculating where I am and where I'm going, and when I'm going 
to  get there is relatively easy. But, and this has happened, if my 
batteries die,  then I had better know how to do one thing: sail. Dead reckoning 
(from deduced)  is akin to aural tuning perhaps? 
 
Paul
 
 
In a message dated 1/31/2011 7:40:48 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
pianofritz50 at aol.com writes:

John, so why your "continual use of a calculator"?   Perhaps because it's 
more accurate... all the time??
 
I guess I should refrain from asking you what you do when your  
calculator's batteries die...   me, I either install new ones or  grab the back-up unit 
and keep on calculating...  BFritz

   From: John  Formsma <formsma at gmail.com>  To: pianotech at ptg.org  Subject: 
Re:  [pianotech] ETD dust storm  Date: Mon,  31 Jan 2011 18:48:06 -0600 

<SNIP>
Same  with adding and subtracting. When I was in school, I could add and 
subtract a  lot better on paper (and in my head) than I can now. Years of 
continual use of  a calculator eroded that ability.  






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