deadman_932
Posts: 3094 Joined: May 2006
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Gahhh..this is irritating because it reminds me that I had already begun all this and I lost it when I had a malfunction with my 'puter and didn't think about copying it before wiping my drive. I'm pretty familiar with the first part of Dave's thread, though , so I'll work with indexing it in my spare time. The problem is really in the amount of leaping about and redundancy in the text, when Dave is jumping from topic to topic and others are bringing in new stuff or referring to older topics previously mentioned.
What would be near-optimal would be an indexed full-length version and a compact outlined reference that has the major topics/links/papers covered as well. There's some really good research on isochron/whole rock, the Canyon crap, etc, that was compiled, but it's scattered about the threads. In addition, later I'd like to check it against the T.O. stuff to add to that material.
so: 1) Compile/index the major topics and hundreds of asides. Indexing can be a bitch, especially if it comes down to minutia -- and I know I've bitched plenty about works/books with shoddy indices. Pisses me off. 2) A compact edition for easy use.
I'll be working on the first part of the thread, and to prevent redundancy in work, I'll pass it on to whoever wants to check it over, upon completion. Uh, but it's gonna take me weeks, if not months, when I get back...we all have other crap to do.
First things first, I'll try to think of a more detailed plan of attack on this stuff. Help needed -- post suggestions!!
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