[senthil_rajasek]

This was written in 1997. "From the Association of Alumni and Alumnae of MIT April 1997"

[lr4444lr]

That explains what he might have meant when he was talking about the "hidden curriculum" in comp. sci. Nowadays, the complaint more often heard is that the curricula have become too applications-focused, with the kids having huge gap in their understanding of theory.

[melling]

He died 2 years later at the age of 66. Much too young.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gian-Carlo_Rota

[dogruck]

Yeah, that should be noted. It’s more interesting once you notice the note at the bottom, saying it’s 20 years old.