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On Mon, 29 Sep 1997, Jamie Bowden wrote:

> off somedays).  When I worked for a CS dept., I ran into this attitude
> there among students.  How the hell does a CS student plan on getting a
> degree in a computer field without actually learning about a computer?

Hmm.  If the source to one's computer is locked away, it can be
difficult to actually learn anything...


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