Path: csiph.com!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!npeer03.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail From: Lew Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.help Subject: Re: Brain teaser for newbies Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2012 12:43:46 -0700 (PDT) Organization: http://groups.google.com Lines: 23 Message-ID: <4e12e06d-e4ab-4ce0-9779-78fb4f514e0a@googlegroups.com> References: <95c091d5-59c5-4b1f-9b67-8b9ee8208954@googlegroups.com> <4init7toalcrdb6kbdqmma8dfjc5lh4kaf@4ax.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 69.28.149.29 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Trace: posting.google.com 1339703980 16468 127.0.0.1 (14 Jun 2012 19:59:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2012 19:59:40 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Roedy Green In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=69.28.149.29; posting-account=CP-lKQoAAAAGtB5diOuGlDQk0jIwmH0T User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-Received-Bytes: 1930 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.help:1869 Roedy Green wrote: > Professor Melzak (who taught discrete math at UBC) once told us a what > he claimed was a true story. > > A prof was writing a proof on the blackboard (a green, erasable > vertical surface on which one wrote with a stick of chalk). > > A student stuck up his hand and said, "I don't see how you got from > step 10 to 11". > > The prof said "It's trivial". > > The student said, "I still don't see it." > > The prof stared at it, and stared. 15 minutes went by. He left the > room. Just as the class was about to dismiss, he returned and said > "It IS trivial". Every version of that story I've heard over the years was averred to be a true story. -- Lew