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Re:Statistician Proves Gaussian Correlation Inequality by JorgeGT on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @09:08PM (#13982409)
> Makes me wonder if there's a proof of P=NP with ClipArt illustrations that's buried in the South Asian Journal of Mathematics.

For some reason, the gem implausibly hidden in an obscure Indian publication reminded me of Borges' The Secret Miracle [1], where God is hidden in a single letter of a single book in the Clementinum library. It also makes me wonder, how many talents are forgotten, how many revolutions hidden away collecting dust?

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_Miracle

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Re:Statistician Proves Gaussian Correlation Inequality by analog31 on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @09:48PM (#13982619)
When I worked at the public library as a teenager, I proposed a "hundred dollar bill contest," where we would announce that there was a hundred dollar bill in one of the books. The head librarian got a horrified expression when she realized what I was proposing, and threatened to fire me on the spot.

So I wouldn't mess around with God. ;-)

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Re:Statistician Proves Gaussian Correlation Inequality by FabHK on Tuesday April 04, 2017 @01:28PM (#14035173)
I seem to recall that this has been tried and then hordes of people stormed the library, went furiously through the books and basically threw them on the ground, making a huge mess until the bill was found. Not exactly what the librarians had in mind.
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Re:Statistician Proves Gaussian Correlation Inequality by cevi on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @11:37PM (#13983173)
Maybe this explains the time I found a $20 bill in a rather obscure library book.
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Re:Statistician Proves Gaussian Correlation Inequality by jackvalentine on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @05:12AM (#13984512)
The university library I worked in as an undergraduate had a $100 note inside a hard copy of someone's PhD thesis, put there by the author.

It was still there when I left, four years later. The secret of its existence was amazingly well kept by the staff - and nobody read the thesis.

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Re:Statistician Proves Gaussian Correlation Inequality by muro on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @09:05AM (#13985730)
Should have used a cheque
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Re:Statistician Proves Gaussian Correlation Inequality by jackvalentine on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @10:30PM (#13992405)
Why?
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Re:Statistician Proves Gaussian Correlation Inequality by JorgeGT on Thursday March 30, 2017 @04:38AM (#13993805)
Presumably in order to notice when/if it's cashed?
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Re:Statistician Proves Gaussian Correlation Inequality by jackvalentine on Thursday March 30, 2017 @06:43AM (#13994280)
I think it really takes some of the magic away for the recipient, and the wonder away from the author don't you think?

Sometimes it's nice to just put a bit of magic out in the world and let it be without running tracking on it.

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