Trailing-edge compute farm seeks gainful employment

From: Christopher Smith <csmith_at_amdocs.com>
Date: Thu Jan 3 10:55:09 2002

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lawrence Walker [mailto:lgwalker_at_mts.net]

> And actually force people to learn how to spell without the
> use of a spell-
> checker. I remember how aghast I was when I learned my sons school

Well, in defense of poor spelling, there are more important things -- such as content -- especially on a friendly list such as this. After all, tripe is tripe, no matter how correct the spelling. :)

> allowed the use of calculators in math exams. Right On, Fred.
 
... and in defense of calculators, it's certainly more important for one to learn the theoretical core of mathematics so that it can be applied to Real Life than to waste time calculating things which are practically useless. The actual calculation is generally a mundane, but necessary step. Provided that you know how it's supposed to work, you can always arrive at the correct answer given some amount of time, with or without a calculator. Please don't take this as a defense of the public school system, which doesn't truthfully teach anything.

> I was going to
> reply to this would-be hacker's input but brushed it off as
> more juvenal crap.

I was tempted to respond too, but -- and this is the whole problem with the message -- there was nothing to which one could respond. He may as well have said "test message -- please ignore."

Regards,

Chris


Christopher Smith, Perl Developer
Amdocs - Champaign, IL

/usr/bin/perl -e '
print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n");
'
 
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