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Knuth: All Questions Answered
sunhou writes: "The AMS published a lecture by Donald Knuth called All Questions Answered (pdf), where Knuth simply responded to questions from the audience. Topics ranged from errors in software ('I think Microsoft should say, "You'll get a check from Bill Gates every time you find an error"') to how he gets distracted by fonts on restaurant menus, to software patents. There were some really good questions (and responses)."
someone mod this guy down.
damn karma whores.
I hope it comes back up. As I'm involved in mathematics, I have been using TeX a lot, and (after trying LaTeX) have basically started to use it for everything that comes up. It's a really nice system (WYSIWYM - What You See is What You Mean) and has finally allowed me to be free of MS (Multiple Sclerosis?) Office. I highly suggest it since (after a bit of learning) you can put together really professional looking documents and automagically raise your marks, with much less effort. It even works on the command-line for people like me whose favourite internet program is telnet (for mail, http, irc...).
And now it looks like the pdf file is finally loaded, so I might actually be able to make an intelligent comment soon!
Some primal termite knocked on wood
And tasted it, and found it good,
And that is why your Cousin May
Fell through the parlor floor today.
-- Ogden Nash
racism rules! I'm serious, a little racism never hurt anyone. It's good for you... plus racism is true most of the time.
Oh shutup you cotton-picker. Go back to the fields to pick the cotton that'll eventually make my "got root?" shirt!
Hehehe...j/k. Actually, I'm sure there are plenty non-White open source activists out there.
This comment and all replies will pertain to tonight's episode of Saturday Night Live.
This is a great comedy show, and consists of several different live skits, a musical guest who normally performs two songs, and a host.
Tonight's host is Sir Ian McKellen (sorry if I spelled that wrong). I don't remember who the musical guest is; perhaps you could reply and include their name.
So, to reiterate -- watch SNL, come back to this comment and reply to it with your thoughts during commercial breaks, and enjoy! It's fun to socialize with Slashdot friends and peers although I do admit that this is incredibly off-topic.
I don't do this to troll; I merely do it as a means to communicate in a forum-like way with all of you. SNL is a great show and it's uber fun to share thoughts with friends.
Let the show begin!
Oh man. That's funny. You either have a fantastic sense of humor or a terrible hatred for the world. :)
It's been a long time.
KU wins. Eat it Cardinals!
I live under the bridge, in a pile of feces.
My Experience With Windows
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I am a long-time Linux user and avid fan of GNU products, but I decided to try Windows to see what the hype is all about.
The long and short of it is that Windows sucks. It is basically unusable in its current state. I mean, who needs 8 half-working text editors? vi beats them all anyway, hands down.
Luckily I was running a vmware session so I just killed the session and the pain was over.
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My Experience with Heterosexuality (Score:-1, Offtopic)
by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 16, @03:12PM (#3174178)
My Experience with Heterosexuality
I am a long-time Homosexual fag and avid fan of Homosexual products (like dildos), but I decided to try Heterosexuality to see what the hype is all about.
The long penis and short penis of it is that Heterosexuality sucks. It is basically unpleasurable in its current state. I mean, who needs 8 half-working female vaginas? Ass beats them all anyway, dick up.
Luckily I was sucking a guy's cock so I just swallowed the semen and the pain was over.
Anyone who has read Brooks' "The Mythical Man-Month" will tell you that more coders != more productivity. Not always, anyway. And I think that this especially applies to open source projects where coders are often doing their work in different countries, if not different continents. I'm sure the openoffice team spends a hell of a lot of time just getting together and planning stuff, integrating everyone's code, etc. During this time the core KOffice developers can be banging away at the keyboard writing more code.
So it's not hopeless, even the smallest coder can change the course of the future
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Re:there's still hope (Score:0)
by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 16, @03:55PM (#3174345)
Anyone who has read Brooks' "The Mythical Man-Penis" will tell you that more penises != more semen. Not always, anyway. And I think that this especially applies to open source orgys where fags are often sucking their penis in different countries, if not different continents. I'm sure the openpenis team spends a hell of a lot of time just getting together and sucking penis, shoving their penises up each other's asses, etc. During this time the core KPenis developers can be banging away at their penises making more semen.
So it's not hopeless, even the smallest penis can change the course of the future
I only like white guys!
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I agree with the rest of your post. I'm agnostic, myself. But saying that you should believe in God just to be on the safe side, because you'll go to hell if He exists, is a logical fallacy. It's actually quite famous, and has a name, Pascal's Gambit. There are several problems with it, but the core problem is that you are reducing an infinite number of possibilities to an artificial either-or situation. It's not a simple choice between believing in a Christian God or believing in nothing at all: any number of deities could exist.
For example, if the Islamists are right, then Allah might be even angrier at me for believing in a Christian God than believing in nothing at all. Or, to be perverse, how about a deity with a sense of humor that sends atheists to heaven and religious people to hell? From the atheist's point of view, he has no evidence either way, and so, to him, this ironic deity has the same chance of existing as the Christian God. Therefore, it is not in his interest to change his beliefs: he has the same probability of going to hell either way. He may as well stick to what his reason tells him is true. Thus, Pascal's Gambit is a fundamentally unconvincing argument.