On Thu, Jul 04, 2002 at 10:07:36AM +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Some of us have just decided we don't have the time to spend on these more
> difficult problems.
Ask yourself: what is more shameful? Not to participate,
or to participate and get a truly horrendous score?
Well, okay, it's the latter. But still, you should try
to at least submit a solution over the week-end. Think of
the things that you learn each time you tackle a new
problem. Think of the sentiment of belonging to the club-swinging
club. Think of personal pride and growth.
And, most of all, think of `/anick who, despairing of reaching
the median, is now trying to get the median to reach him.
Joy,
`/anick
--
"If you saw Atlas, the giant who holds the world on his shoulders, if
you saw that he stood, blood running down his chest, his knees buckling,
his arms trembling but still trying to hold the world aloft with the
last of his strength, and the greater the effort the heavier the world
bore down upon his shoulders - what would you tell him to do?"
"I...don't know. What... could he do? What would you tell him?"
"To shrug."
- Ayn Rand, "Atlas Shrugged"
