Re: [SAGE] Computer Sciences degrees in IT

["Michael T. Halligan" <michael@halligan.org>]

On Mar 25, 2007, at 8:16 PM, Jon 'maddog' Hall wrote:

> You'd have to ask him, but my understanding was that he was talking
> about things that Greg just did naturally, without any training.
>
> So Greg sprang from the womb knowing how to run Sendmail?  Impressive.
>

What's more impressive? Knowing how to run sendmail, or springing  
from the womb?


> Sorry Brad, you are welcome to hold that thought, and while I agree  
> that
> "talent" might give an edge in some areas, I still think that  
> education,
> intelligence, practice and drive are much, much more.
>
> As to logic, even throwing in the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, if
> you had enough data and enough time to compute it, you would come up
> with the answer.  The problem is, would there be anyone around who  
> would
> care?
>>
>> Otherwise, how would Bill Gates have gotten to where he is today?
>
> "42"
>
>>
>> Otherwise, how would we have believed the heinous lies that were
>> knowingly and willfully told to us about the real reasons for the
>> Iraq War?
>>
> "84", which is twice "42".  Actually the answer is (19)84.  See?
> Perfectly logical.
>
> md
>