The most brilliant programmer I know said his parent's had given him a bunch of money to buy a computer when he went to study abroad. But he used the money for

The most brilliant programmer I know said his parent's had given him a bunch of money to buy a computer when he went to study abroad. But he used the money for food, and did all of his assignments on paper - only ever typing them in just before they were due in the school labs. Doing them on paper, he'd get to a point where he had a good understanding of his solution and was extremely confident that they'd work on the day!