Richard Hamming talks about doing this in his "You and Your Research" talk: http://www.paulgraham.com/hamming.html http://www.paulgraham.com/hamming.html (sear

Richard Hamming talks about doing this in his "You and Your Research" talk: http://www.paulgraham.com/hamming.html http://www.paulgraham.com/hamming.html (search for 'ashamed')