It's a spoof aka satire: "I wish I'd thought of it back in 2006. I guess we all do."
but has lots of truths woven through it -- like all good science fiction. The classism (rich vs. poor) is troubling, as one hopes the wizard-recruiters come through *every* neighborhood in their gnu math bizmos. Why give preferential treatment to the historically advantaged? My biases run in the other direction, I must confess. Not spoofing (though it may sound like it): http://mybizmo.blogspot.com/2006/08/scripting-road-show.html Kirby On 8/14/06, Daniel Ajoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm not sure where I got this from. But it's quite > interesting: > > http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2006/07/wizard-school.html > > Daniel > > _______________________________________________ > Edu-sig mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig > _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig
