Mensan seeks work

On Sun, 2002-02-10 at 21:03, Kevin Brown wrote:
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> Interestingly appropriate signature :)
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> I just got through ASU with a BSEE and they do teach (at least to CSE and EE
> majors) bit arithmetic. The class is CSE/EEE120 and goes through binary, octal
> and hex math. The final project for my class was to design part of a soda
> machine. Had to count coins and make change.
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> Fun stuff, don't know what the Business students go through, but judging by my
> friend who switched into it, they only have to deal with base 10 algebra.
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Good to know they still have the soda machine project. I got a
internship just from showing that project at a conference. From the
excitment it generated I assumed that most schools don't teach it. And
this was about 9 years ago.