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Finding Books on the Education of Randy Morrow?

Posted by Cliff on from the passing-down-something-from-your-past dept.

Not Randy At All asks: "In an effort to get my young sons interested in some sort of science subject I am trying to find some books which I read as a child in England. Written for kids rather than adults, this was a series of books where a Father who (I think was some sort of technical journalist) always got his kid interested in the stories he covered. The only one I remember clearly was the book where the kid studied for his ham radio license. All of the books covered one science subject, I'm pretty sure that they included geology, and the only other thing I remember was that the kid was called Randy Morrow. Do you Slashdot readers remember these books and can you point me towards some of the titles? Obviously I've tried the usual sources, including Amazon and Google, but they have all turned up blank."

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  1. Re:what happend to ask /.? by KDan · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I'll agree to that. Can't people research basic stuff themselves? And more importantly, can't slashdot editors realise that some questions, which can be researched easily with little effort by the asker, and which are really unrelated to /.'s areas of interest, are simply not worth posting on slashdot?

    I must say, however, that I thought the PHB question was interesting. I wouldn't lump it in with the teeth whitening and obscure google-able children's book.

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  2. Re:what happend to ask /.? by Johnny+Mnemonic · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    In case the editors are reading this, I concur. This was one of the worst "Ask Slashdot's" in recent memory. I mean, what's next? "I lost my dog. Does anyone on /. know where he is?"

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  3. better question: why does slashdot suck ass? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Is it just me, or are the last few ask slashdots just lame? (find a book for me, find a math book for me, how to be a phb, how to whiten teeth).


    In fact, most slashdot "stories" (for lack of a better word) have been uninteresting and uninspired. Maybe it's me. I recently turned 15, so I'm probably too grown up for slashdot.


    Oh well, at least I can still post offtopic porn stories.

  4. Conspiracy Theory and Karma Killer by bruthasj · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Here goes my karma ...

    Remember, there has to be strategically placed articles in order for VA or other higher-ups to do some market analysis. In this case, they tested how fast one can utilize Google to come up with an answer or something along a similar vein.

    The question was easy. The search was easy. Always take posts with a grain o' salt; especially those with the following when trying to look them up:

    The user you requested does not exist, no matter how much you wish this might be the case.

    You'd a thunk, the user search would pull something up:
    http://slashdot.org/search.pl?query=Not+Randy +At+A ll&op=users&author=&tid=&section=&sort =1

    Yup, this post has been canned ... thanks Cliff!

    So long and thanks for all the fish.