Orchid XP v8 wrote:

> And then she asks me:
> 
>   ...Are there other people like you?

"You wouldn't have a cell phone or an Ipod if there weren't."

I got a similar notion ("Am I the only person like this here?") while 
typing out a basic how-to guide for least-squares analysis, in the 
employee lounge of the store where I work.  Most of the other people 
stock merchandise on the overnight shift.

Regards,
John

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>>   ...Are there other people like you?
> 
> "You wouldn't have a cell phone or an Ipod if there weren't."

Heh, yeah.

Although, that only means that other people know technical stuff, not 
necessarily that they learn about it in their lunch break just for fun 
inbetween doing their *real* jobs... ;-)

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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>>>   ...Are there other people like you?
>>
>> "You wouldn't have a cell phone or an Ipod if there weren't."
> 
> Heh, yeah.
> 
> Although, that only means that other people know technical stuff, not 
> necessarily that they learn about it in their lunch break just for fun 
> inbetween doing their *real* jobs... ;-)

Yeah, except that the people who make the basic discoveries have to work 
many long years just to learn what they need to know in order to conduct 
the experiment in which the discovery is made, or to properly understand 
the accidental discovery that just happened.  People don't put in that 
kind of time unless at some level it's fun for them.

Regards,
John

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