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Donald Knuth On NPR

Posted by Hemos on from the got-your-ears-on dept.

StratoFlyer writes "This morning, NPR is running an interview with Donald Knuth titled Donald Knuth, Founding Artist of Computer Science. The persistence of this man is extraordinary, if not heroic. RealPlayer and MediaPlayer feeds will be available at 10am EST, according to the NPR.org site." Indeed they are.

6 of 514 comments (clear)

  1. I'll tell you what's heroic by Weaselmancer · · Score: 5, Funny

    Posting Realplayer feeds on Slashdot's main page. If they're available for more than 5 minutes, then that's heroic.

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    1. Re:I'll tell you what's heroic by Taladar · · Score: 5, Funny

      Being in Real Player format they were unavailable to most of us even before they got posted on /. so there is no harm done.

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  2. Re:TeX by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    When he was dissatisfied with the way magazines printed his articles, he did what every other geek would have done, i.e. invented his own typesetting language.

    You mean he didn't piss and moan about it on Slashdot?

  3. Dyslexic editor gets it all wrong by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's actually Donald Knuth on RPN. And he says it?s the greatest cause of brain damage in computing.

  4. Re:Favorite part by Otter · · Score: 5, Funny
    A dog would probably be more aesthetically pleasing and environmentally sound, and has the further advantage that it will gladly walk to wherever the food is being discarded.

    A goat will address a wider range of garbage, but has head-butting-related disadvantages.

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  5. Re:Shhhh! by geomon · · Score: 5, Funny

    There all idiots who can't even spell!

    The art of the elegant troll.

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