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From: thomas@mvac23.UUCP (Thomas Lapp)
Newsgroups: alt.hackers
Subject: Re: CS curriculae (was Re: Distributed Hacking :-)
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Date: 14 Jan 90 02:11:18 GMT
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> > Those are among some of the more reconizible ones I've roamed through, and 
> > out again...Strange though, the VAST magority of the large systems I've
> > peeked into are virtually unused...

You forget that large systems are designed to take peak load, not average
(like many academic systems).  So, it makes sense that they would be
underutilized (probably at the times you 'roamed through them').  But
too much space on this subject.

> I think that a "hacker" is one who programs computer systems for the
> love of the
> task, e.g., a computer artist.

I think we have agreement there.  Now then, has anyone got any good hacks
on VM machines?  Other than the Puppies that go with PROFS, that is.

                         - tom
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