From: (A math 101 student forwarded this to me)
Subject: mathematical proof
Date: Sun, 08 Nov 1998 12:19:23 PST

Mr. Bazilai,
i got this from a friend that is a senior in college. you are always 
relating things to the real world so i thought you would enjor this. 
lynda

 Dilbert's Salary Law:  Engineers Vs. Business Executives
>
> Engineers and scientists will never make as much money as business
> executives. Now we have a mathematical proof that explains why this is 
true.
>
>       Postulate 1:  Knowledge is Power.
>       Postulate 2:  Time is Money.
>
>       As every engineer knows,
>
>       Work
>       ---- = Power
>       Time
>
>       As stated in the postulates:
>       Knowledge=Power and Time=Money.
>
>       Therefore, we have:
>
>       Work
>       ----- = Knowledge
>       Money
>
>       Solving for Money, we get:
>
>       Work
>       --------- = Money
>       Knowledge
>
>       Thus, as Knowledge approaches zero, Money approaches infinity
>       regardless of the amount of Work done.
>
>       Conclusion: The Less you Know, the More you Make.
>
>       Note:   It has been speculated that the reason why Bill Gates
>               dropped out of Harvard's math program was because he
> stumbled
>               upon this proof as an undergraduate and dedicated the 
rest
> of
>               his career to the pursuit of ignorance.

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