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From: grante@reddwarf.rosemount.com (Grant Edwards)
Subject: Re: How many CS majors does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
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: All this ululation about what a terrible language Matlab is reminds me of a
: joke about how many CS majors it takes to screw in a lightbulb. The answer,
: of course is 11, 1 to do it and 10 to stand around saying "I could do
: that".

Wrong.  

The answer is "None -- that's a hardware problem."

The "I can do that" punchline works well for musicians, IMHO.

--
Grant Edwards        | Microsoft isn't the   | Yow!  Did I say I was a
Rosemount Inc.       | answer. Microsoft     | sardine?  Or a bus???
                     | is the question, and  | 
grante@rosemount.com | the answer is no.     | 
