>> I showed him with real hardware ...
Agreed - check out the current I3E journals - lotsa numbers and formulas, not much hands on stuff. (Confirmed by my Goddaughter, who got a full ride in Brass Rat’s math department in the 90s.)
On a different subject, can’t help but notice that my undergrad alma mater, the University of Miami didn’t make the list. :o)
Oh well - at least it keeps that short squatty lefty, Donna Shalala out of government. That’s gotta be worth her $1.2 million annual salary.
Mine, Georgia Institute of Technology, made #88 (blech!)...however, I can remember more than a few times when we beat them (MIT/LL) out on some pretty good jobs...