Maybe today’s Navy is just not very good at driving ships

Re:Maybe today’s Navy is just not very good at driving ships by CamperBob2 on Tuesday August 29, 2017 @03:10AM (#15122643)

The valedictorian of that class, who had just aced the test on digital communications the week before, raised her hand the following week to ask a clarifying question about a follow-on topic: "When you say everything is just ones and zeros...what does that even mean?" That sums up naval training.

That sums up a big chunk of computer science. What answer did she get from the instructor?

It's a good question, coming from a non-technical person, and I'd definitely give a dirty look to anyone who laughed at it.

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Re:Maybe today’s Navy is just not very good at driving ships by eric_h on Tuesday August 29, 2017 @12:54PM (#15125664)

> I'd definitely give a dirty look to anyone who laughed at it.

Perhaps that would be appropriate before said person had taken a digital communications class and aced a test on it. After that, however, I think a wry chuckle is very much appropriate.

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Re:Maybe today’s Navy is just not very good at driving ships by saint_fiasco on Tuesday August 29, 2017 @12:39PM (#15125518)

It's not a good question from someone who aced a class in digital communications. What did the guy think was being communicated?

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Re:Maybe today’s Navy is just not very good at driving ships by tbihl on Tuesday August 29, 2017 @09:53PM (#15129149)

So the guy accumulated all the pieces of the puzzle before he could assemble them? It's not efficient,but it works as long as you don't get laughed down for finally grounding your facts in something. Sometimes you just have to keep making forward progress, and put things together later.

He just unpacked the black boxes in a different order.

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