From rhoskins@home.com Sun May 30 06:54:16 1999 Received: from mxu1.u.washington.edu (mxu1.u.washington.edu [140.142.32.8]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.02/8.9.3+UW99.01) with ESMTP id GAA38520 for ; Sun, 30 May 1999 06:54:15 -0700 Received: from ha1.rdc1.wa.home.com (siteadm@ha1.rdc1.wa.home.com [24.0.2.66]) by mxu1.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.02/8.9.3+UW99.01) with ESMTP id GAA04106 for ; Sun, 30 May 1999 06:54:15 -0700 Received: from c501552a ([24.5.121.123]) by ha1.rdc1.wa.home.com (Netscape Mail Server v2.02) with SMTP id AAA23389 for ; Sun, 30 May 1999 06:54:14 -0700 Message-ID: <007401beaaa3$c7e7c900$7b790518@olmpi1.wa.home.com> From: "Richard E. Hoskins" To: Subject: WAPHGIS: science vs policy Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 06:53:22 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0071_01BEAA69.1B5E3780" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2014.211 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2014.211 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0071_01BEAA69.1B5E3780 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable This passed along to me by a colleague at UW Dick H A man, flying in a hot air balloon, suddenly realizes he's lost. He reduces height and spots a man down below. He lowers the balloon = further and shouts to get directions, "Excuse me, can you tell me where I am?" The man below says, "Yes, you're in a hot air balloon, hovering 30 feet above this field." "You must work in Science," says the balloonist. "I do" replies the man. "How did you know?" "Well" says the balloonist, "everything you have told me is technically correct, but it's of no use to anyone." The man below replies, "You must work in Policy." "I do" replies the balloonist, "but how'd you know?" "Well" says the man, "you don't know where you are, or where you're going, but you expect me to be able to help. You're in the same = position you were before we met, but now it's my fault." ------=_NextPart_000_0071_01BEAA69.1B5E3780 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
This passed along to me by a colleague = at=20 UW
 
Dick H

A man, flying in a hot air balloon, = suddenly=20 realizes he's lost.  He
reduces height and spots a man down = below. =20 He lowers the balloon further
and shouts to get directions, "Excuse = me, can=20 you tell me where I am?"

The man below says, "Yes, you're in a = hot air=20 balloon, hovering 30 feet
above this field."

"You must work in = Science," says the balloonist.

"I do" replies the man. "How did = you=20 know?"

"Well" says the balloonist, "everything you have told me = is=20 technically
correct, but it's of no use to anyone."

The man = below=20 replies, "You must work in Policy."

"I do" replies the = balloonist, "but=20 how'd you know?"

"Well" says the man, "you don't know where you = are, or=20 where you're
going, but you expect me to be able to help.  = You're in the=20 same position
you were before we met, but now it's my=20 fault."



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