11-21-2011, 09:12 AM
When I was doing field work,"interdiciplinary" was a buzz word to get funding. I fact I saw very little of it. It looks good on paper but only token contributions were actually made. It was more fun to fight with each other than do anything else. Archaeologists, all too often ignore anything outside the ruling click. See Thomas Kuhn's "The Structure of Scientific Revolution". I was a field director of a regional survey. I found most of the maps made by field crews to be uselsss. I then got a second degree in cartography, maps being my thing. I was then told "cartographers did not understand archaeological mapping". That is, I was no longer part of the click. I was expected to do maps for differnt projects for free because "mapping was not in the budget". Or, can we borrow your mapping equipment you paid thousands for? It is too expensive to hire mappers. What is spatial analysis anyway? We don't need it. So much for interdiciplinary studies.
When I win the jackpot there are three things I am going to do with the money:
A. Make a movie about the Jewish Revolt. Dumbest stunt in history number one. You know, where a group of bickering pooorly equiped and untraind locals took on the worlds finest war machine with predictable results.
B. Make a movie about the Mongol Invasion of Japan. Dumbest stunt in history number two. That is where a Mongol/Chinese/Korean fleet went to Japan, against aadvice of the people who had been there, and knowing nothing about the typhoon season. The Mongols never made a sucessful landing. Please note it was easier to pay off the Nicherin sect for "praying up a storm" rather than the thousands of Samurai who trashed the Mongol landing party. Vets always get the shaft, fact of life number 576. No government ever keeps what ever promises are made when it is scared. Once the crisis is over the excuses start and the promises made are forgotten. The Romans never did figure out wat makes a professional army tick until it is too late.
C. Make a movie about the Conquest of Mexico, you know the one where Moctezuma gave the finest (and broke) army in Europe gold to go go away. Dumbest stunt (on the part of the Aztecs)number three. Gold was a guarantee thet the Aztecs had it, and were afraid. No way Nothing could now get the Spanish to leave.
All films will be acurate, acording to original sources, and will not cater to modern values or popular concepts. I will be assinated of course, but who cares.
Everyone on RAT whi I am not irritaed with will get to be in the films and drive gas guzzzling Hummers and get $1000 sunglasses, of course.
Big Ralph
(the Producer)
When I win the jackpot there are three things I am going to do with the money:
A. Make a movie about the Jewish Revolt. Dumbest stunt in history number one. You know, where a group of bickering pooorly equiped and untraind locals took on the worlds finest war machine with predictable results.
B. Make a movie about the Mongol Invasion of Japan. Dumbest stunt in history number two. That is where a Mongol/Chinese/Korean fleet went to Japan, against aadvice of the people who had been there, and knowing nothing about the typhoon season. The Mongols never made a sucessful landing. Please note it was easier to pay off the Nicherin sect for "praying up a storm" rather than the thousands of Samurai who trashed the Mongol landing party. Vets always get the shaft, fact of life number 576. No government ever keeps what ever promises are made when it is scared. Once the crisis is over the excuses start and the promises made are forgotten. The Romans never did figure out wat makes a professional army tick until it is too late.
C. Make a movie about the Conquest of Mexico, you know the one where Moctezuma gave the finest (and broke) army in Europe gold to go go away. Dumbest stunt (on the part of the Aztecs)number three. Gold was a guarantee thet the Aztecs had it, and were afraid. No way Nothing could now get the Spanish to leave.
All films will be acurate, acording to original sources, and will not cater to modern values or popular concepts. I will be assinated of course, but who cares.
Everyone on RAT whi I am not irritaed with will get to be in the films and drive gas guzzzling Hummers and get $1000 sunglasses, of course.
Big Ralph
(the Producer)
