Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihnp1.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!mgnetp!ihnp4!ihnp1!mbt From: mbt@ihnp1.UUCP (mbt) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: Hackers Message-ID: <244@ihnp1.UUCP> Date: Thu, 14-Jun-84 10:54:40 EDT Article-I.D.: ihnp1.244 Posted: Thu Jun 14 10:54:40 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 15-Jun-84 00:45:47 EDT References: <183@hopd3.UUCP> <1823@dartvax.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 15 Yes, I have noticed that people in other professions can talk just as long and enthusiastically about their work as we computer scientists are known to do when we get together. My SO and his associates can talk for hours on the subject of Law when non-lawyers are present unless one of us actively tries to change the topic. The topic of computer science seems to alienate non-cs types because there is so MUCH material you can discuss that they cannot relate to everyday life. (I expect this will change as computers become more and more of a household item.) While SOME of the material my SO and his friends discuss is understandable to me, there are times when their legal discussions completely overwhelm and bore me. Maria Thompson