gillies@p.cs.uiuc.edu (05/31/90)
What are the answers to these questions?
1. Who is Adam Smith?
2. What is so important about his hand?
3. Why is his hand invisible?
Thanks. I cannot understand that string of messages concerning Adam
Smith.
Don W. Gillies, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Illinois
1304 W. Springfield, Urbana, Ill 61801
ARPA: gillies@cs.uiuc.edu UUCP: {uunet,harvard}!uiucdcs!gilliessandee@fsu.scri.fsu.edu (Daan Sandee) (06/01/90)
In article <76700221@p.cs.uiuc.edu> gillies@p.cs.uiuc.edu writes: >> >> What are the answers to these questions? >> >> 1. Who is Adam Smith? >> 2. What is so important about his hand? >> 3. Why is his hand invisible? >> >> Thanks. I cannot understand that string of messages concerning Adam >> Smith. >> >> Don W. Gillies, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Illinois >> 1304 W. Springfield, Urbana, Ill 61801 This query proves to this European once more the quality of American education. In Europe, people who don't know who Adam Smith was (not is), wouldn't be allowed near a computer, let alone be employed at a University. On the other hand, many CS professionals in Europe have no idea who Babe Ruth was - but then, he was an American, while A.Smith was a European. Still, A.Smith probably has had more influence on the American way of life than even B.Ruth has had. Whereas the influence of Babe Ruth on Europe is negligible. Daan Sandee sandee@scri1.scri.fsu.edu Supercomputer Computations Research Institute Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4052 (904) 644-7045
keller@saturn.ucsc.edu (Jeffrey M. Keller) (06/02/90)
In article <860@fsu.scri.fsu.edu> sandee@fsu.scri.fsu.edu.UUCP (Daan Sandee) writes: >This query proves to this European once more the quality of American >education. ... >Daan Sandee sandee@scri1.scri.fsu.edu >Supercomputer Computations Research Institute >Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4052 (904) 644-7045 Hey, now, do you really expect *everybody* on this newsgroup to know who Adam Smith was? Consider how many messages there have been in that thread. (50? 100? more?) Is it unreasonable that *someone* should finally come forward to ask? -- Jeff Keller keller@saturn.ucsc.edu (408)425-5416 THIS LIFE IS A TEST. IT IS ONLY A TEST. HAD THIS BEEN A REAL LIFE, YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN INSTRUCTIONS ON WHERE TO GO AND WHAT TO DO.
davidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.COM (Wm E Davidsen Jr) (06/02/90)
In article <860@fsu.scri.fsu.edu> sandee@fsu.scri.fsu.edu.UUCP (Daan Sandee) writes: | This query proves to this European once more the quality of American | education. In Europe, people who don't know who Adam Smith was (not is), | wouldn't be allowed near a computer, let alone be employed at a University. Obviously if one person managed to get a job in a university without taking material taught in high school (age 15, usually), this proves the US education system is faulty. Now I know a European who never learned about "hasty generalization," a topic also often taught at age 15. I guess if I hadn't had that training I would conclude that the European schools are faulty, and that Europeans have a false superiority complex. -- bill davidsen (davidsen@crdos1.crd.GE.COM -or- uunet!crdgw1!crdos1!davidsen) "Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward" -me
dik@cwi.nl (Dik T. Winter) (06/02/90)
In article <2288@crdos1.crd.ge.COM> davidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.com (bill davidsen) writes: > In article <860@fsu.scri.fsu.edu> sandee@fsu.scri.fsu.edu.UUCP (Daan Sandee) writes: > > | This query proves to this European once more the quality of American > | education. In Europe, people who don't know who Adam Smith was (not is), > | wouldn't be allowed near a computer, let alone be employed at a University. > > Obviously if one person managed to get a job in a university without > taking material taught in high school (age 15, usually), this proves the > US education system is faulty. > > Now I know a European who never learned about "hasty generalization," > a topic also often taught at age 15. I guess if I hadn't had that > training I would conclude that the European schools are faulty, and that > Europeans have a false superiority complex. Obviously we have a false superiority complex. I did not know who Adam Smith was, and I am near a computer for over 20 years now (although this is not a University). -- dik t. winter, cwi, amsterdam, nederland dik@cwi.nl
raob@mullian.ee.mu.oz.au (richard oxbrow) (06/02/90)
In article <860@fsu.scri.fsu.edu> sandee@fsu.scri.fsu.edu.UUCP (Daan Sandee) writes: >In article <76700221@p.cs.uiuc.edu> gillies@p.cs.uiuc.edu writes: > >> What are the answers to these questions? > >> 1. Who is Adam Smith? > >> 2. What is so important about his hand? > >> 3. Why is his hand invisible? > >> >This query proves to this European once more the quality of American .... >Still, A.Smith probably has had more influence on the American way of life >than even B.Ruth has had. Whereas the influence of Babe Ruth on Europe is >negligible. > more trival .. According to my old Economics Prof (a "real" Adam Smith fan) the only@ people to visit Adams grave are the Japanese and of course himself. If I remeber correctly both he and the Japanese were suprised by the condition of his grave (this was 5-15 years ago). How many of you (europeans) have visited his grave ? richard .. @. Probably another gross generalisation on the person in charge of the graveyard. richard oxbrow |internet raob@mullian.ee.mu.OZ.AU ee eng, uni of melbourne |uunet ..!uunet!munnari!mullian!raob parkville 3052 |fax +[613] 344 6678 australia |phone +[613] 344 6782
jkrueger@dgis.dtic.dla.mil (Jon) (06/04/90)
sandee@fsu.scri.fsu.edu (Daan Sandee) writes: >In Europe, people who don't know who Adam Smith was (not is), >wouldn't be allowed near a computer, let alone be employed at a University. "Freeze! Cultural literacy police, back away from that terminal!! OK, now slowly, put that user's manual back on the desk. Good. Good. Now, buster, who first used the term "social contract", and what has been its effect on timesharing?" Can't dispute your main point, though. Yes, Americans are seldom conversant with ideas or events that haven't appeared on TV within the last two weeks. We now return you to your regularly scheduled newsgroup :-) -- Jon -- Jonathan Krueger jkrueger@dtic.dla.mil uunet!dgis!jkrueger Drop in next time you're in the tri-planet area!