JosefK
Re:Stupid is better than smart
on Sunday January 30, 2011 @05:59PM (#2159470)
Like baloons...
stupid has the one hell of a hangover.
Either he's trying to make the style mirror the content intentionally, or he just doesn't care much for standard English. I disagree either way.
Re:Mathematical answer to Infinite of monkeys/infinite time/Hamlet que...
on Wednesday January 12, 2011 @09:02AM (#2096131)
Totally not worth it, for you, for the poor processors, for anybody.
Re:Inequality in Equalland
on Monday January 10, 2011 @05:50AM (#2088066)
Clearly you're more motivated to win an argument on the internet than to keep $1500. That would seem to belie your argument.
Re:Mathematics: The Most Misunderstood Subject
on Sunday December 19, 2010 @11:30PM (#2023326)
> In particular, the level of math in academic computer science research made some progress with Knuth and since then has, in a word, sucked.
Could you elaborate on this? As someone currently pursuing a PhD in theoretical computer science, I often simply tell (nontechnical/nonacademic) people that I study mathematics rather than computer science, so this offhand remark is somewhat at odds with my personal experience.
Re:I made a fake-cake generator for my 30th birthday
on Monday October 04, 2010 @12:38AM (#1754619)
Re:First improvement of fundamental algorithm in 10 years
on Tuesday September 28, 2010 @12:41PM (#1736240)
I believe you mean Max-Cut can be 2 approximated with the trivial random algorithm. Min cut can be solved exactly, and that algorithm would give an expected n^2 approx factor (for min cut).
Re:Scientist who cured type I Diabetes in mice was denied funding for ...
on Sunday June 27, 2010 @04:19PM (#1466148)
This story seems to have at least the air of exaggeration around it. See http://www.csicop.org/si/show/bacteria_ulcers_and_ostracism_... for the history around the adoption of H. Pylori hypothesis.