From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <095c2705f87146bf66758e638489c094@coraid.com> References: <095c2705f87146bf66758e638489c094@coraid.com> Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 14:37:29 +0000 Message-ID: <6a3ae47e1001100637o27457b02gf62d90759d0598dd@mail.gmail.com> From: Robert Raschke To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=00151761ca583ef150047cd05c35 Cc: lucio@proxima.alt.za Subject: Re: [9fans] parallels Topicbox-Message-UUID: bc493a64-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 --00151761ca583ef150047cd05c35 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 7:46 PM, erik quanstrom wrote: > no (serious) physicist since newton or since maxwell has ignored their > work. no mathematician since newton or hilbert has ignored their > work. computer science seems exceptional to me in this regard; > we have learned many things that don't work, but seldom seem to > recall the lessons learned. > > Hmm, not so sure about that. Especially in maths it took centuries for people to get to a notation that appears to have settled into something close to standard. But I also think that the "acceleration of the world" means that a week in the lab is now generally accepted to always be better that a day in the library. No thinking allowed, just get it done. Cynically yours, Robby --00151761ca583ef150047cd05c35 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 7:46 PM, erik quanstr= om <quanstro@co= raid.com> wrote:
no (serious) physicist since newton or since maxwell has ignored their
work. =C2=A0no mathematician since newton or hilbert has ignored their
work. =C2=A0computer science seems exceptional to me in this regard;
we have learned many things that don't work, but seldom seem to
recall the lessons learned.


Hmm, not so sure a= bout that. Especially in maths it took centuries for people to get to a not= ation that appears to have settled into something close to standard.

But I also think that the "acceleration of the world" means t= hat a week in the lab is now generally accepted to always be better that a = day in the library. No thinking allowed, just get it done.

Cynically= yours,
Robby

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