Satish quotes (continuing the 70 series)
In honor of my early final tomorrow in CS 70 (and my lack of desire to study for it), a collection of quotes from prof. Satish Rao that I've scribbled in my notes, approximately in reverse chronological order:
While going through a proof on the board: "Every step I made... every step you take..." (long pause) "every step I... you know..."
"You should just know how to run the algorithm..." (pause) "I don't know how to run the algorithm."
"See? That's the best, if you can re-derive RSA, if you know all the theorems... and it'll take you a long time and you'll still be in bad shape."
"I remember being fooled by this when I was a kid... but I grew up in Texas, so, you know..."
"Personally, I think it's valuable to have a little angst in your learning experience."
"So you'll see that this doesn't work, but maybe there's a different proof. There's not a different proof because the answer is no."
On teaching the class: "I learned everything from the notes..." (pause) "...and the fact that I know it."
"I'm sort of a deadpan guy... maybe... I mumble..."
Into his cell phone, after answering it in the middle of class: "Omigod, the big dog? The new big dog."
"Character corruption is like when someone offers you some pot or something. Bit corruption is flipping ones and zeroes."
"When I was an undergrad, I looked at this and was like, what the heck. But now, I look at it and I'm like... uhh... uhh... oh bad channel."
"But anyways, that's not so relevant."
While discussing secret sharing: "Anyone ever heard of that song 'go ask Alice'? Anyone? Anyone?"
Comments
Heh, your collection is much more extensive than what I came up with when working on my Lakoff term paper last night.
Posted by: Benjy | December 4, 2002 09:25 PM
Some people are just easy to quote (I linked to those the last time I posted Satish quotes...)
I have a collection from Kahn too, but I guess I'll save those for when I'm studying for my EE 120 final.
Posted by: Nadia | December 4, 2002 09:46 PM
hey, those sunsets were really nice. I haven't seen the sun in months here in Syracuse, NY. All we see are clouds and snow, but I'll see plenty of sun when i get back home to Texas.
Posted by: Greg Hartmann | December 6, 2002 09:50 AM
I'm worried about the big dog, is it okay, it sounded kinda serious?
Posted by: Jim Ley | December 8, 2002 11:57 AM
Hey Greg, it's nice to know you're still out there.
I'm not quite sure about the dog, but I think we were all afraid to ask.
Posted by: Nadia | December 11, 2002 10:13 AM