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      • Stealing
        09/23/07
        September 23, 2007: Stealing

        In 1987, the SkillsBank software occupied about 45 floppy disks, and our customers could either buy a single user license (you can’t copy the disks) or a site license (make as many copies as you need). At first we managed the license on trust, but when we lear

      • Problem of the Week
        09/06/07
        If two chickens lay a total of two eggs in two days, how long will it take 100 chickens to lay 100 eggs?

        In ten years of teaching, I have given this problem to every class on our first meeting, and something like eight students have ever gotten it right. If you solve it (answer next week

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