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| | #4961 | | It's grad exam time...
COMPUTER SCIENCE
Inside your desk you'll find a listing of the DEC/VMS operating
system in IBM 1710 machine code. Show what changes are necessary to convert
this code into a UNIX Berkeley 7 operating system. Prove that these fixes are
bug free and run correctly. You should gain at least 150% efficiency in the
new system. (You should take no more than 10 minutes on this question.)
MATHEMATICS
If X equals PI times R^2, construct a formula showing how long
it would take a fire ant to drill a hole through a dill pickle, if the
length-girth ratio of the ant to the pickle were 98.17:1.
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
Describe the Universe. Give three examples.
| | | #4962 | | It's grad exam time...
MEDICINE
You have been provided with a razor blade, a piece of gauze, and a
bottle of Scotch. Remove your appendix. Do not suture until your work has
been inspected. (You have 15 minutes.)
HISTORY
Describe the history of the papacy from its origins to the present
day, concentrating especially, but not exclusively, on its social, political,
economic, religious and philisophical impact upon Europe, Asia, America, and
Africa. Be brief, concise, and specific.
BIOLOGY
Create life. Estimate the differences in subsequent human culture
if this form of life had been created 500 million years ago or earlier, with
special attention to its probable effect on the English parliamentary system.
| | | #4963 | | It's is not, it isn't ain't, and it's it's, not its, if you mean it
is. If you don't, it's its. Then too, it's hers. It isn't her's. It
isn't our's either. It's ours, and likewise yours and theirs.
-- Oxford University Press, Edpress News
| | | #4964 | | Joe Cool always spends the first two weeks at college sailing his frisbee.
-- Snoopy
| | | #4965 | | Learned men are the cisterns of knowledge, not the fountainheads.
| | | #4966 | | Learning at some schools is like drinking from a firehose.
| | | #4967 | | Learning without thought is labor lost;
thought without learning is perilous.
-- Confucius
| | | #4968 | | Maybe ain't ain't so correct, but I notice that lots of folks who ain't
using ain't ain't eatin' well.
-- Will Rogers
| | | #4969 | | Most seminars have a happy ending. Everyone's glad when they're over.
| | | #4970 | | My father, a good man, told me, "Never lose your ignorance; you cannot
replace it."
-- Erich Maria Remarque
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