[48269] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: list problems?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Scott Granados)
Sat May 25 03:06:31 2002
Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 11:49:19 -0700 (PDT)
From: Scott Granados <scott@graphidelix.net>
To: Robert Beverly <rbeverly@rbeverly.net>
Cc: Richard Irving <rirving@onecall.net>, <nanog@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20020524123209.A19586@rbeverly.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
And remember, Einstein probably wasn't right:). I also recall that the
popular myth that he failed math classes as a child is cincorrect.
Hmm, if we're not careful our list will degrade from operational to my
relativistic mass is bigger than your pc based relativistic mass:).
On Fri,
24 May 2002, Robert Beverly wrote:
>
> On Thu, May 23, 2002 at 11:17:11AM -0500, Richard Irving wrote:
> > Einstein wouldn't have made it anywhere, without his
> > background in Mathematics that he got from a Prominent Ivy League...
> >
> > Oh...... Shoot, did it again.
> >
> > Have you ever heard the expression "Flat World Thinking" ?
> >
> > Einstein was a Hero to many a Kid, -because- he was self taught.
>
> Einstein graduated from the prestigious Swiss Federal Polytechnic
> college in Zurich. His work on relativity was done afterward, at
> the Swiss Patent office, while folks at Harvard were still searching
> the Ether.
>
> A college degree is certainly not a prerequisite for intelligence, but
> can often provide inspiration, even if that takes the form of a
> dissatisfaction with the prevailing thinking.
>
> Cheers,
>
> rob
>