From: Jon Kirwan on
On Sun, 14 Feb 2010 14:09:21 -0800, Fred Abse
<excretatauris(a)invalid.invalid> wrote:

>On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:02:34 -0800, Jon Kirwan wrote:
>
>> Almost. It's more like: I'd like to get to Fresno Flats
>> (aka Oakhurst, near Yosemite) from Portland
>
>Oakhurst is too touristy/resorty these days.
>
>I usually stop at a little diner in Coarsegold, a few miles before, when
>I drive into Yosemite that way.

:)

I last visited there in the 90's. The big deal there at
Oakhurst, at the time, was "The Imagination Network." I had
many mixed feelings during that visit.

Jon
From: Jon Kirwan on
On Sun, 14 Feb 2010 14:09:23 -0800, Fred Abse
<excretatauris(a)invalid.invalid> wrote:

>On Sat, 13 Feb 2010 11:40:42 -0800, Jon Kirwan wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 13 Feb 2010 09:09:39 -0700, Jim Thompson
>> <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon(a)My-Web-Site.com> wrote:
>>
>>>On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:05:46 -0800, Jon Kirwan
>>><jonk(a)infinitefactors.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:28:51 -0700, Jim Thompson
>>>><To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon(a)My-Web-Site.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>[snip]
>>>>>
>>>>>Learn Laplace short-hand, it'll be invaluable!
>>>>>
>>>>> ...Jim Thompson
>>>>
>>>>I'm gradually getting more comfortable with Laplace, as I
>>>>continue to work more problems. It is an especially nifty
>>>>way to solve some differential equations, which is what it
>>>>was designed to do, I think.
>>>>
>>>>Jon
>>>
>>>Actually, shorthand Laplace was created by none other than Oliver
>>>Heaviside: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Heaviside
>>>
>>> ...Jim Thompson
>>
>> Now that's an impressive man. Thanks! I'll dig in!
>>
>
>He was self-taught, too.

Well, then. Maybe there is hope for me, too? ;)

Jon