Pioneer1

Re:Donald Knuth's letter about teaching O notation in calculus classes on Monday April 14, 2008 @06:10PM (#163544)

I agree with this. The same goes for physics as well. Both physics and calculus look like humongous legal code created by a bureaucracy. They were intended to solve 18th century problems. The idea of creating a new version of these from scratch is a good idea. Why not eliminate calculus altogether and teach computer science instead, including programming?

Physics, Topology, Logic and Computation: a Rosetta Stone

Posted by Pioneer1 on Tuesday March 11, 2008 @08:15PM
from the golem.ph.utexas.edu dept.

http://golem.ph.utexas.edu/category/2008/03/physics_topology_logic_and_com.html

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Physicists: Database admin as philosopher manque

Posted by Pioneer1 on Monday February 25, 2008 @08:07PM
from the globalpioneering.com dept.

http://globalpioneering.com/wp02/database-admin-as-philosophers-manque/

This article was inspired by links I found in the Hacker News. So I thought I'd submit it.

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Newton's zeroeth law

Posted by Pioneer1 on Friday February 15, 2008 @07:19AM
from the globalpioneering.com dept.

http://globalpioneering.com/wp02/newtons-zeroeth-law/

Newton the Scientific Savior of Humanity, the Moses of Mechanics, the inventor of the other Apple Myth, is the self-anointed prophet of Newtonian religion.

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What happens if physicists gain control of computer languages

Posted by Pioneer1 on Sunday January 27, 2008 @07:23PM
from the globalpioneering.com dept.

http://globalpioneering.com/wp02/what-happens-if-physicists-gain-control-of-computer-languages/

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