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To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] Re: the 'science' in computer science 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 12 Jun 2001 02:16:53 +0200."
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From: Scott Merrilees <Sm@itntl.bhp.com.au>
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 10:42:10 +1000
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>> Then you have the occasional CS dept / Computer Centre with a computer
>> usage policy that probihits all use of the univerity computer systems
>> except for specific course work.

>boyd:
>yeah, but some of us got around that and the more you got around
>it the more you learned -- the useful stuff.

Very true, but the above CS attitude encourages the production of
drones, while discouraging and even punishing those with the audacity
to try and do some self directed learning.

Sm