Re:The Parable of the Two Programmers (1985)
by baha_man on Sunday January 25, 2015 @08:52AM
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According to Snopes[1]:
"Practically anyone famous for his knowledge can be offered up as the virtuoso in this tale... Nikola Tesla, Thomas Edison, George Washington, the electrical genius Charles Proteus Steinmetz... How long this story has been around is a mystery."
"Practically anyone famous for his knowledge can be offered up as the virtuoso in this tale... Nikola Tesla, Thomas Edison, George Washington, the electrical genius Charles Proteus Steinmetz... How long this story has been around is a mystery."
http://www.snopes.com/business/genius/where.asp