Re: Shameless Plug

From: Lasse Langwadt Christensen (langwadt_at_ieee.org)
Date: 12/01/04 

Date: 1 Dec 2004 13:28:27 -0800

Guy Macon <http://www.guymacon.com> wrote in message news:<10qoea0ci864ef2@corp.supernews.com>...
> Tim Wescott wrote:
> >
snip
> I also found it helpful
> to show how to use a stopwatch and odometer to derive speed with
> no speedometer, a stopwatch and speedometer to derive distance
> without an odometer, and a speedometer and odometer to derive
> elapsed time with no stopwatch. Your audience is different,
> of course - this worked really well with mechanical engineers,
> but software engineers are quite different.
>

Maybe it's just me, but shouldn't this be obvious
to anyone who's had even basic physics in school?

-Lasse

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