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“See the wise and wicked ones…”

Saturday, 2007 February 24 9:51 PM CST — Siloam Springs, Arkansas UNITED STATES

CS people get it!

After watching The Prestige, I remember having a long conversation about the pseudophysics of the movie. (If you haven't seen it yet, I advise you to stop reading.) Essentially, when Hugh Jackman's character duplicated himself, both copies could really be considered an original, yet both were duplicates. I couldn't explain this well enough. People kept thinking that one was the original and the other was the duplicate. When I'm talking to another CS person, I don't even have to explain the concept; he'll already get it before I open my mouth.

I'd like to believe that I'm right, but I happen to know that it's just my way of looking at things. Still, my way's better.

Quote to ponder: “Intellectuals solve problems; geniuses prevent them.” — Albert Einstein

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