Re: Reed Solomon vs Convolutional coding

On Oct 1, 11:46 am, Jerry Avins <j...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

Many people say "nucular" when they mean "nuclear". It's funny, though.
Those same people don't sat "uncular" when they mean "unclear", even
though the only difference is the order of the first two letters.

In the mid-1930s, my grandfather, who was a government official
in India, was told by the government, ".................... is making
a huge donation to establish a new university, and we need a
complete set of documents: University Constitution, Bylaws, Degree
Requirements, Curricula, Course Syllabi, etc. in two weeks' time."
Faced with an impossible task, he arranged for a bunch of typists
to re-type the corresponding documents for Nagpur University, and
merely substitute "Saugor University" wherever a document said
"Nagpur University", and this got the job done in a hurry as was
needed by the government.

For about twenty years after its founding, Saugor University had
on its books, and on the transcripts/mark-sheets issued, a
graduate course titled Unclear Physics.... None of the faculty
noticed, and all of the students thought the course title described
the course perfectly.

Dilip Sarwate


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