From: Steele, Kirk A (SteeleKA@nafm.misawa.af.mil)
Date: Sat Jan 26 2002 - 05:27:29 MST
Funny!
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From: L' Ermit [mailto:lhermit@hotmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2002 8:41 PM
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Subject: virus: " Try to imagine the nightmare of working with sets with
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Kirk Steel told a rather good if ancient joke - but there is more to it.
Between the engineer and the mathematician:
The physicist is next. He creates a circular fence of infinite radius around
the sheep, and then draws the fence tight around the herd, declaring, "This
will give the smallest circular fence around the herd."
And finally [Hermit's contribution to resolving the frustrations of the
Sheep farmer]:
The knowledge scientist is last. He simply defines a dataset, {fence},
containing all sheep. When the farmer complains that his harem is still
wandering around, the knowledge scientist explains that the problem is
solved, flames him and suggests he discuss implementation details with the
project manager (but adds that if it is done properly the sheep will herd
themselves).
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