Coo, Buster, do you know professor George Grunthaner, he's my cousin I only
meet him once I don't recall if he teaches physics or astro physics or
engineering. He lives in Pasadena. Are you from CA too? I was born there
still some family there and will retire there from NJ.
Linda
62 Sprite somewhere between CA & NJ in transit due 29 of April
On 4/22/06, b-evans@earthlink.net <b-evans@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> Linda Grunthaner wrote:
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> Very funny Buster what do you teach?
>
> Before I became retarded...err, retired...I taught history at Cal State
> University Long Beach, later attaining my greatest incompetence as an
> administrator.
>
> Funny that you should teach 3D modeling. Back in the 1980's, the ultimate
> faculty status symbol was to be seen carrying an Osborne computer (even by
> those faculty members who could only use them as a paperweight). At that
> time, I gave a faculty grant to a young engineering assistant professor who
> proposed to buy a PDP-11 and develop a 3D modeling course. Remember, this
> was at a time when "3D" meant using clay! The grant was not popular with
> all the engineering faculty, and one was always proclaiming, "This is all I
> need," as he slapped the slide rule on his belt!!!! It is nothing short of
> amazing what has happened with computers in the last 20+ years.
>
> Buster Evans
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