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Subject: Re: "Mother" == "computer-illiterate"
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Val Henson wrote:

>  
>
>Can we quit with the "clueless mother" examples already?  My own
>mother has installed more distributions of Linux than I've even logged
>into.  I know quite a few mothers who have PhDs in CS, own several
>CS-related patents, and/or made important fundamental discoveries in
>CS.  Hint: Find out who invented the spanning tree algorithm for
>ethernet bridges, $10 ThinkGeek gift certificate to the first person
>who emails me the correct answer.
>
Radia Perlman

Joe


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