Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/02/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]leica@rakitzis.com wrote, in part: > Imagine if Mathematics worked the way the software industry did. Do you > think that a single university could corner the market on mathematical > techniques by keeping them as trade secrets and hiring only the best > mathematicians? You go to pick up your paycheck and find it's 10% short. The clerk says, "Yeah, we've just upgraded to Micro$oft Multiplication, and when we multiplied the number of days you'd worked with you daily income, that's the result we got. But look on the bright side: Since nutritional values have stayed the same, you can now have a larger helping of ice-cream and not put on any more weight." M. - -- Martin Howard | Super Cali goes ballistic, Celtics are Visiting Scholar, CSEL, OSU | atrocious. email: howard.390@osu.edu | -- British sports headline. www: http://mvhoward.i.am/ +-------------------------------------------