From owner-freebsd-chat Wed May 29 0:42: 7 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from vienna9.his.com (vienna9.his.com [216.200.68.14]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B66B37B406; Wed, 29 May 2002 00:41:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [137.120.142.179] (root@LOCALHOST [127.0.0.1]) by vienna9.his.com (8.11.6/8.10.1) with ESMTP id g4SComF21380; Tue, 28 May 2002 08:50:49 -0400 (EDT) Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: bs663385@pop.skynet.be Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <3CF2710E.BE2710EC@mindspring.com> References: <3CF17486.F06F3E6A@mindspring.com> <20020527104558.B43610@wantadilla.lemis.com> <3CF2710E.BE2710EC@mindspring.com> X-Grok: +++ath X-WebTV-Stationery: Standard; BGColor=black; TextColor=black Reply-By: Wed, 1 Jan 1984 12:34:56 +0100 X-Message-Flag: Your copy of Outlook will expire in 3 days. Please contact Microsoft about purchasing a new license. Remember: software piracy is a felony! Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 14:28:53 +0200 To: Terry Lambert , Brad Knowles From: Brad Knowles Subject: Re: Language in danger: Language loss Cc: "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" , pgreen , Rahul Siddharthan , chat@FreeBSD.ORG Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 10:46 AM -0700 2002/05/27, Terry Lambert wrote: > You know, I was going to liken driver's training and playing such > situations over in your head before the event itself, to a "kata", > which is (basically) a martial arts technique for training reflexes to > carry through into useful actions. But then I thought "Naw, they'd > never buy that one". 8-). Actually, I understand the kata reference perfectly. Indeed, I would note the example of my father when he goes driving -- he is constantly checking to see what cars are around him and especially behind him to the left and right (i.e., in the blind spots), so that if there is ever a situation where he needs to make an emergency lane change, he will automatically make the right choice. This is a reflex, at least for him. He doesn't drive particularly fast, but I've never once seen him make the wrong decision in these kinds of cases. Situational awareness is something that comes naturally to some people, and needs to be taught to others. But either way, with sufficient practice, it really does become reflex. Perhaps a learned reflex and not an innate one, but a reflex nonetheless. -- Brad Knowles, "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message