On Thu, 2007-08-16 at 09:23 +0100, Sean Sprague wrote: > Matthew, > > > off topic messages can however be very interesting, and in a strange > way > > eventually loop back to the original topic at hand. Heck, I've been > in > > networking classes where we did a complete loop from TCP/IP to IP > > addresses to networking on a larger scale, Telstra's networking, > > someones former experience working for them and going right out to > left > > field covering the the best kind of pizza to each when drinking a > > particular beer - but ultimately it all came back eventually to the > > question at hand - be it after 45 minutes of discussing completely > off > > topic :) > > Having lectured for many years in a past life, how do you think that > training companies get you to come on followup > courses? Answer: by not covering all the material in the first course > due to talk of pizza and beer (and women, if the > audience is so-inclined ;-) ) > > (Not that I ever did that...)
lol :-) well, it was alright for most of us, most of the time was dedicated to 'practical' which could be done in 5 minutes, I mean, if we went really hard at it, the class could have been done in 20 minutes - but how boring would that be without the geopolitical discussions of preferred pizza vendors and what is classed as a quality beverage :) Matthew
