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Subject: Re: Importance of Degrees Was: (Edward Reingold v. Robert E. Tarjan)
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Vijay Raghavan (vijay@redbrick.com) wrote:
: In article <47ojk4$qcb@larry.rice.edu> vivek@medea.cs.rice.edu (Vivek Sadananda Pai) writes:

:    If anyone believes that the degree institution or the presence of
:    advanced degrees says everything about the individual, it might be
:    a good idea to find out who I'm talking about. The answer is pretty
:    surprising.

:    -Vivek

: Totally agree:

: Anyone who wants to take a guess who this is:

: a) Born in Kumbakonam, India (My home town).
: b) Failed out of school
: c) Failed in college (I think).

Srinvasa Ramanujan (sp?)

: d) Universally accepted as the greatest mathematician since Euler and
:    Jacobi.

Hilbert

: Vijay
