Thursday, March 22, 2007

Laws, Taxes and Computer Science

So if I get a number of P=NP and P≠NP "proofs" what do the law professors get? A long email argument that most income tax is illegal. I'll spare you the full email (but if you are really curious here is the website).

How do I know about the email to our law faculty? Because the message was cc'd to the CS faculty because of the following line:

I know that some people aren't comfortable using a computer. If you need help with a computer to search the tax code (US Code, and Code of Federal Regulations), perhaps one of the computer science faculty can assist you.
I don't hold much credence in his legal arguments but I know for sure he has no clue about computer science.
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5 comments:

  1. Anonymous11:12 AM, March 22, 2007

    Hey Lance,

    "The Code does not lie."

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  2. David G. Pullman11:36 AM, March 22, 2007

    One of my favorite quotes, which I have on my office wall, due to E. W. Dijkstra:

    "Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes"

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  3. Anonymous1:54 PM, March 22, 2007

    BTW, I also have heard that Federal Reserve is actually a private central bank. Is this true?

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  4. Anonymous4:51 PM, March 22, 2007

    I think the best way to explain computer science is to list the things that it has nothing to do with them like tax code, photoshop, microsoft excel and etc.

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  5. Anonymous9:12 PM, March 22, 2007

    Judge: Who are you?

    Man in Courtroom: I'm a Doctor of Computer Science!

    Judge: Can you fix an iPod?

    Man: No.

    Judge: Well, sit down then!

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