13 Dec
2004
13 Dec
'04
7:45 a.m.
Jules Richardson wrote:
Makes perfect sense :)
A novice was trying to fix a broken Lisp machine by turning the power
off and on. Knight, seeing what the student was doing spoke sternly:
"You can not fix a machine by just power-cycling it with no
understanding of what is going wrong." Knight turned the machine off
and on. The machine worked.
:-)
if you're ever near CSAIL at MIT go visit Tom Knight. It will be clear
in a few minutes why this was written. He's a great guy and most
certainly has "the touch".
ah, zen...
-brad