10-04-2014, 02:14 AM
Byran wrote:
My inept academic professors in school would have loved that mindset.
Well I hope your professors practice what they preach. Too many don’t. I been told by a few retired professors in my lifetime how the standards have dropped among academics. I am not a lone voice, I have posted comments on this very forum written by other academics lamenting the same thing.
Byran wrote:
I don't want you wasting too much time here responding to posts when you're so close to finishing the book and being published.
I suppose I am to believe that was not written with sarcasm?
Byran wrote:
Do I get a signed copy if I stop replying to your posts?
Is this the first case of blackmail on RAT? I have made it public on this very forum what my intentions are. I am following a plan outline by Professor Ridley to publish a certain number and then freely distributed them among the libraries around the world. Professor Ridley will be the one deciding which libraries will receive a copy. I am keeping a small number to give to those who helped me throughout the project. Three copies are already allocated to RAT members.
One thing this discussion has made me realise is about the focus of me research. The title of the book is “The Roman Army: Decoding Its Pythagorean Organisational Development.” So focusing on the history of the soldier’s pay and whether the state issued the weapons are not the focus of the book, which is about the history of the legion’s organisation. I’ll have to give it some thought.
My inept academic professors in school would have loved that mindset.
Well I hope your professors practice what they preach. Too many don’t. I been told by a few retired professors in my lifetime how the standards have dropped among academics. I am not a lone voice, I have posted comments on this very forum written by other academics lamenting the same thing.
Byran wrote:
I don't want you wasting too much time here responding to posts when you're so close to finishing the book and being published.
I suppose I am to believe that was not written with sarcasm?
Byran wrote:
Do I get a signed copy if I stop replying to your posts?
Is this the first case of blackmail on RAT? I have made it public on this very forum what my intentions are. I am following a plan outline by Professor Ridley to publish a certain number and then freely distributed them among the libraries around the world. Professor Ridley will be the one deciding which libraries will receive a copy. I am keeping a small number to give to those who helped me throughout the project. Three copies are already allocated to RAT members.
One thing this discussion has made me realise is about the focus of me research. The title of the book is “The Roman Army: Decoding Its Pythagorean Organisational Development.” So focusing on the history of the soldier’s pay and whether the state issued the weapons are not the focus of the book, which is about the history of the legion’s organisation. I’ll have to give it some thought.
