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> For an encore, check 'mathematicians are arrogant', 'physicists are arrogant', 'surgeons are arrogant' and so on. It took me a while to realize that http://x
by mseebach 16y ago
> For an encore, check 'mathematicians are arrogant', 'physicists are arrogant', 'surgeons are arrogant' and so on.
It took me a while to realize that http://xkcd.com/793/ http://xkcd.com/793/ wasn't about programmers..
- rick_2047 16y agoIt took me a while to realize that http://xkcd.com/793/ http://xkcd.com/793/ wasn't about programmers.. Even though it was titled physicists?
- mseebach 16y agoYes. The titles seldom add any value to XKCD, so I guess I filtered it out.
- jacquesm 16y agoTo help with that he wrote it again at the bottom of the cartoon.
- mseebach 16y agoThe point I was trying to make was not about my literacy, but rather that I instantly recognised the character as a programmer, even though he was meant to be a physicist.
- jacquesm 16y agoOk, point taken. But it could have been an engineer just the same, or a person with advanced electronics experience (Hams are renowned for this sort of thing) and a myriad of other professions and activities where problem solving is the norm rather than the exception. It's the method that matters, not the actual problem at hand.
- Vivtek 16y agoHa. My wife is a physicist and appreciated that one. She's not like that - but we know lots of her colleagues who are.