I've heard of this being done with the annoying faxes coming in all the time; you know, vacations, mortgages and the like. Anyway, the guy I knew would fax the sheet back to the company, but to the telephone no. you were supposed to call. A few score of those would flood their phone system with faxes instead of customers.
Reminds me of a story about house framers one time: there was a board up on top of a house that was too long. Way too many workers stood around while different people ran to get some extension cords, hoisted a Skilsaw up to the board, hooked the power up and cut the board in 3 seconds. Elapsed time: 15 minutes.
Elapsed time if someone pulled out a handsaw form a toolbox, hoisted it up and someone else sawed it in 30 seconds: 5 minutes max.
Kids need to learn how to understand the problem and learn what they can solve on their own before they start looking the "right tool."
Quick: What's 7 + 8? Now, how many of you reached for a calculator?
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I've heard of this being done with the annoying faxes coming in all the time; you know, vacations, mortgages and the like. Anyway, the guy I knew would fax the sheet back to the company, but to the telephone no. you were supposed to call. A few score of those would flood their phone system with faxes instead of customers.
Reminds me of a story about house framers one time: there was a board up on top of a house that was too long. Way too many workers stood around while different people ran to get some extension cords, hoisted a Skilsaw up to the board, hooked the power up and cut the board in 3 seconds. Elapsed time: 15 minutes. Elapsed time if someone pulled out a handsaw form a toolbox, hoisted it up and someone else sawed it in 30 seconds: 5 minutes max. Kids need to learn how to understand the problem and learn what they can solve on their own before they start looking the "right tool." Quick: What's 7 + 8? Now, how many of you reached for a calculator?