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Originally Posted by Dozer523
Who wouldn't want this gig?
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And higher education is even better.
Once upon a time, one of the smarter folks I ever met was giving a lecture on parallel computing, and the time required to complete a task. This developed into a discussion of an infinite series. So the problem was - how do you determine the value of such a beast? After all, adding up infinite numbers of terms gets rather tedious.
He offered a simple and intuitive (but mathematically rigorous) solution. Later, I complimented him and he pointed out that such things were not easy for him. He just spent a lot of time working on the problems. He was a rarity.
Ahh, well. With all those people who don't understand math, maybe I should follow the Bernie Madoff path.