From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Nov 28 22:22:57 1996 Return-Path: owner-chat Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id WAA00559 for chat-outgoing; Thu, 28 Nov 1996 22:22:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from wiley.csusb.edu (wiley.csusb.edu [139.182.2.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id WAA00554 for ; Thu, 28 Nov 1996 22:22:55 -0800 (PST) Received: (from wwong@localhost) by wiley.csusb.edu (8.8.3/8.6.11) id WAA08983; Thu, 28 Nov 1996 22:20:49 -0800 (PST) From: William Wong Message-Id: <199611290620.WAA08983@wiley.csusb.edu> Subject: Re: Laws of Physics (was Re: SCSI A/V drives) Date: Thu, 28 Nov 1996 22:20:49 -0800 (PST) Cc: wes@xmission.com, terry@lambert.org, chat@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199611280124.SAA03468@obie.softweyr.com> from "Wes Peters" at Nov 27, 96 06:24:01 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL22] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-chat@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > William Wong writes, in response to Terry Lambert's ramblings on A/V drives: > > I didn't know you are a physicist. Where did you graduate? What degree(s)? > > ... If you don't mind me asking. :) > > Oh dear. William, you seem to have confused the state "having a > degree" with "actually knowing something." I can assure you from > years of experience that these are separate bits in the PSW (Person > Status Word). > > Replies directed to chat, where this thread rightfully belonged > several days ago. ;^) > > -- > "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" > > Wes Peters Softweyr LLC > http://www.xmission.com/~softweyr softweyr@xmission.com > > > I agree with you 100 percent except for the part of my confusing those "states". I don't remember stating that having a degree in something related to "actually knowing something". Believe me, I have experienced enough to know just exactly where you are coming from. The reason I'm going for so many degrees is for that marketing advantage (yech!). It's very unfortunate that so many companies are looking for degrees rather than of abilities. William T. Wong Network Analyst, Assistant Cal State University, San Bernardino Phone: (909) 880-7281 email: wwong@wiley.csusb.edu