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Re: Heard at the IETF

2000-08-02 12:20:04


Don't forget about thirteen, we'd have to add that back in.


On Wed, 2 Aug 2000, Jon Crowcroft wrote:


o course, if we were to internationalise the elevator ights, we';d
have to syubtract 1 (as we count from zero, not 1) and then they'd all
be even numbers....unless of course one of them was the one even
prime...

In message 
<C7091526C06AD211A7450004AC384A350C35D35B(_at_)mwabs035(_dot_)emeryworld(_dot_)com>,
 
"Dawson, Peter D" typed:

 >>oh... did the other members on the elevator dispute 
 >>the prime number sequence ..I.E as the elevator descended or ascended ?? 
 >>if so.. 
 >>then they were part of the ietf convention 
 >>else
 >>they were a bunch of normal geeks....
 >>
 >>
 >>->-----Original Message-----
 >>->From: Dennis Glatting 
[mailto:dennis(_dot_)glatting(_at_)software-munitions(_dot_)com]
 >>->Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2000 11:57 AM
 >>->To: ietf(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org
 >>->Subject: Heard at the IETF
 >>->
 >>->
 >>->
 >>->
 >>->Based on an experience of mine last night.
 >>->
 >>-> Q: How can you tell if you are at a convention
 >>->    with a bunch of geeks?
 >>-> A: When you are in a crowded elevator and 
 >>->    someone looks down at the panel of lit 
 >>->    buttons and says: look, they're all prime 
 >>->    numbers!
 >>->
 >>->
 >>->
 >>->
 >>

 cheers

   jon





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