Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> nemesis wrote:
>
> > is learning not useful?
>
> Depends on your point of view.
>
> On the one hand, knowing stuff always holds the possibility that one day
> it'll somehow be useful.
>
> On the other hand, what possible purpose could there be to knowing how
> to build an RS Flip-Flop from two NOR latches? I mean, unless I actually
> get hired by an IC design firm (which will never, ever happen), it's
> useless knowledge. It has no practical use of any kind. Hell, even
> learning to use regular expressions is theoretically more useful!

how about it being a practical intro to general chip design?

> http://xkcd.com/208/

regexes are definitely useful. :)

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