"There are countless horrible things happening all over the world and horrible people prospering, but we must never allow them to disturb our equanimity or deflect us from our sacred duty to sabotage and annoy them whenever possible." -Auberon Waugh
Another of those 'lost arts' we would do well to keep around. Same as Latin. I got a year of Latin at secondary school - Grade 7, or in those days, Form 1 - and then the school dropped it. Because hey, Latin, who needs that any more? Funny how many things are declared dead and buried, only to be revived a few years later.
I had one year of Latin in the ninth grade. I found it very helpful in studying Spanish later on, and it also was useful when I encountered certain legal terms in my reading. I also attended Latin Mass when I lived in Richmond, which I found very conducive to a genuinely worshipful attitude (unlike some modern masses which are like a combination of third-rate music and a fourth-rate TED talk).
Another of those 'lost arts' we would do well to keep around.
There's a small but fairly robust community of avid CW operators in the ham community, Gregoryno6, young and old. It's no longer required to get a ham license, but those who still practice feel as you do.
I agree, but it takes a musical ear to be proficient at copying code, and I never sat down long enough to learn.
I'll have to share this with my ham buddies. I suck at CW, but this is interesting!
ReplyDeleteAnother of those 'lost arts' we would do well to keep around.
ReplyDeleteSame as Latin. I got a year of Latin at secondary school - Grade 7, or in those days, Form 1 - and then the school dropped it. Because hey, Latin, who needs that any more? Funny how many things are declared dead and buried, only to be revived a few years later.
I had one year of Latin in the ninth grade. I found it very helpful in studying Spanish later on, and it also was useful when I encountered certain legal terms in my reading. I also attended Latin Mass when I lived in Richmond, which I found very conducive to a genuinely worshipful attitude (unlike some modern masses which are like a combination of third-rate music and a fourth-rate TED talk).
ReplyDeleteAnother of those 'lost arts' we would do well to keep around.
ReplyDeleteThere's a small but fairly robust community of avid CW operators in the ham community, Gregoryno6, young and old. It's no longer required to get a ham license, but those who still practice feel as you do.
I agree, but it takes a musical ear to be proficient at copying code, and I never sat down long enough to learn.