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Article #1485Re: Stupid Professor Tricks
From: David Harrington
Date: Tue, 06 Mar 1990 20:36
Date: Tue, 06 Mar 1990 20:36
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In article <13...@cbnewsc.ATT.COM> r...@cbnewsc.ATT.COM (Rich Strebendt) writes:
>
>That reminded me of one of my earliest programming classes in which
>another student asked the instructor the equivalent to the question
>"How does a computer actually compute?" The instructor, rather than
>try to fit a course on digital hardware into the remaining few minutes
>of the class, gave the memorable reply
>
> "Magic"
> Rich Strebendt
> ...!att!ihlpb!res
> r.str...@att.com
Which reminds me of my first day in Partial Differential Equations:
Me (an Engineering student): "What are we going to DO with the
equations?"
Prof (scowling): SOLVE them!
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David Harrington internet: dgh@unify.UUCP
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