On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 3:56 PM, Rick Moen<[email protected]> wrote: > Quoting Glenn Glazer ([email protected]): > >> An engineer, a physicist and a mathematician find themselves in an anecdote, >> indeed an anecdote quite similar to many that you have no doubt already >> heard. > > Q: How many members of a certain demographic group does it take to > perform a specified task? > > A: A finite number: one to perform the task and the remainder to act > in a manner stereotypical of the group in question.
That's why I like the ones that don't conform to the stereotype. How many FORTRAN programmers does it take to change a lightbulb? Sorry, that's a hardware problem. How many psychiatrists does it take to change a lightbulb? Only one, but it's very expensive and the lightbulb has to _want_ to change. How many witches does it take to change a lightbulb? Into what? How many n00bs does it take to replace a lightbulb? N00bs aren't bright enough. How many Zen masters does it take to put in a light bulb? None. It's already in. How many Eleatics does it take to change a light bulb? We've already explained that change is impossible. > -- > Cheers, "kill -9 them all. > Rick Moen Let init sort it out." > [email protected] -- Joe Bednorz > <[email protected]> > _______________________________________________ > Basfa mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.basfa.org/listinfo.cgi/basfa-basfa.org > -- Silent Thunder (默雷/धर्ममेघशब्दगर्ज/دھرممیگھشبدگر ج) is my name And Children are my nation. The Cosmos is my dwelling place, The Truth my destination. http://earthtreasury.org/worknet (Edward Mokurai Cherlin) _______________________________________________ Basfa mailing list [email protected] http://lists.basfa.org/listinfo.cgi/basfa-basfa.org
