[Beowulf] Linux laptops, and M$ advertisement
Andrew M.A. Cater
amacater at galactic.demon.co.uk
Tue Apr 17 14:05:13 PDT 2007
On Tue, Apr 17, 2007 at 12:20:03PM -0400, Jeffrey B. Layton wrote:
_Real_ rocket scientists use a pencil, paper and slide rule if they
don't have access to an analog artillery ranging computer :)
(And possibly HTP and kerosene :) )
[My grandfather was a British rocket scientist and later a contractor
for NASA :) ]
At work, my favourite expression is "It's not bloody rocket science"
because they seem to treat simple things as needlessly complex and
the mind-numblingly complex is taken for granted.
Andy
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