February 6, 2008: Two Billion Transistors

monster · 02-06-2008, 12:01 AM

Well I've heard of it before too, despite not dipping into the tech forum very often. Apparently, my bachelor's degree is in computer science, but my degree is so old, it was still considered an "interesting statement" then, rather than an "axiom of the industry"

My degree is so old, I was one of the first students to get a university email account as standard issue! (1989)

xoxoxoBruce · 02-06-2008, 12:06 AM

It's an industry thing for engineers and MBAs.

glatt · 02-06-2008, 08:46 AM

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Originally Posted by monster

I was one of the first students to get a university email account as standard issue! (1989)

I was too! I had to ask around, talking to a few professors before I found out who I needed to talk to to get an e-mail account. There were (I think) three terminals on campus I could use to check my e-mail, but only one was in a public location. The others were in physics labs, etc.

I was the only student I knew of with an e-mail account, but I heard from the professors that there were a couple others. This was 1988.

dar512 · 02-06-2008, 10:09 AM

There are a number of "laws" to go along with Moore's law. Programmers and techies of all sorts have a fondness for them.

Here are a few:

Ellison's Law: The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.

Hanlon's Law: Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.

Hoare's Law: Inside every large problem is a small problem struggling to get out.

Occam's Razor: The explanation requiring the fewest assumptions is most likely to be correct.

Cole's Law: Thinly sliced cabbage

monster · 02-08-2008, 12:17 AM

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Originally Posted by dar512

There are a number of "laws" to go along with Moore's law. Programmers and techies of all sorts have a fondness for them.

Here are a few:

Ellison's Law: The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.

Hanlon's Law: Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.

Hoare's Law: Inside every large problem is a small problem struggling to get out.

Occam's Razor: The explanation requiring the fewest assumptions is most likely to be correct.

Cole's Law: Thinly sliced cabbage

You missed Murphy

02-06-2008, 12:01 AM	#1
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dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	There are a number of "laws" to go along with Moore's law. Programmers and techies of all sorts have a fondness for them. Here are a few: Ellison's Law: The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity. Hanlon's Law: Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity. Hoare's Law: Inside every large problem is a small problem struggling to get out. Occam's Razor: The explanation requiring the fewest assumptions is most likely to be correct. Cole's Law: Thinly sliced cabbage __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

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