From: jscheibl@mason2.gmu.edu (Jack W Scheible)
Subject: Re: Programmers -> Engineers; Engineers -> Programmers
Date: 1996/08/15
Date: 1996-08-15T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4v07ef$di7@portal.gmu.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Dw6wKp.BEG@most.fw.hac.com
In article <Dw6wKp.BEG@most.fw.hac.com> jakrzy@ss2.magec.com (James A. Krzyzanowski) writes:
>Jack W Scheible (jscheibl@mason2.gmu.edu) wrote:
>: In _my_ experience, people who major in Computer Science tend to be
>: dullards; if they were not, they would have majored in EE.
>
>Unbelievable!
>
>When will people learn they can't make such generalizations?
>
>I looked up the exact definition of dullard - one that is stupid,
>unimaginative, or insensitive.
I misspoke. I should have said, "Most of the CS majors I have
met are dullards; many wanted to be EE majors but were not
admitted to the program, and others failed out of EE."
(Those that failed out of CS became business majors.)
>I think it would be pretty tough to get through CS if you're stupid.
>How can a CS person ever design a program if he were unimaginative?
All adjectives are relative.
>Insensitive? Maybe some, but not most.
The dictionary used the conjunction "or," not "and."
>
>BTW - my degree is in Mathematics!
My minor was also in Mathematics.
-jack
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Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1996-08-08 0:00 Programmers -> Engineers; Engineers -> Programmers James Krell
1996-08-08 0:00 ` James A. Krzyzanowski
1996-08-08 0:00 ` Kevin J. Weise
1996-08-10 0:00 ` Andy Askey
1996-08-10 0:00 ` David Weller
1996-08-12 0:00 ` Jack W Scheible
1996-08-12 0:00 ` Kevin J. Weise
1996-08-12 0:00 ` John Gluth
1996-08-14 0:00 ` Robin P. Reagan
1996-08-15 0:00 ` Mike Roske
1996-08-15 0:00 ` James A. Krzyzanowski
1996-08-15 0:00 ` Jack W Scheible [this message]
1996-08-15 0:00 ` Alan Brain
1996-08-15 0:00 ` Dale Stanbrough
1996-08-16 0:00 ` steved
1996-08-08 0:00 ` Mike Ryer
1996-08-09 0:00 ` whiting_ms@corning.com (Matt Whiting)
1996-08-08 0:00 ` Ron Thompson
1996-08-09 0:00 ` Bob Kitzberger
1996-08-09 0:00 ` steved
1996-08-10 0:00 ` Andy Askey
1996-08-13 0:00 ` Frank Manning
1996-08-15 0:00 ` Brendan WALKER
1996-08-11 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-08-16 0:00 ` Stephen J Bevan
1996-08-16 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
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1996-08-14 0:00 Marin David Condic, 407.796.8997, M/S 731-93
1996-08-19 0:00 ` Richard Riehle
1996-08-20 0:00 ` Thomas Kendelbacher
1996-08-27 0:00 ` jtapa
1996-08-28 0:00 ` Alan Brain
1996-08-14 0:00 Marin David Condic, 407.796.8997, M/S 731-93
1996-08-19 0:00 Marin David Condic, 407.796.8997, M/S 731-93
1996-08-21 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
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