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Distributed.net Finds Optimal 25-Mark Golomb Ruler
kpearson writes "Distributed.net's 8-year-old OGR-25 distributed computing project has just proven conclusively that the predicted shortest 25-mark Golomb ruler is optimal. 'The total length of the ruler is 480, with marks at positions: 0 12 29 39 72 91 146 157 160 161 166 191 207 214 258 290 316 354 372 394 396 431 459 467 480. (This ruler may alternatively be expressed in terms of the distance between those positions, which is how dnetc displays them: 12-17-10-33-19-...).' 124,387 people participated in the project and two people found the shortest ruler, one on October 10, 2007 and the other on March 24, 2008."
jsut to nip in there quickly, and this is effectively irrelavent, why the hell is everything tagged "story"? Tags are annoying enough without it, but at least (tagging beta) has gone, that was driving me nuts.
Well, the be fair, the ones who answered 'yes' gave correct answers too. :-)
I know. His answer was definitely more helpful than 'yes'. :-) [Though I think he should've added:
In math, you can prove or disprove a conjecture [based on certain axioms (i.e., assumptions)]
I read the summary and I was like " wow, what the fuck are they talking about?" Then I read your post and was like "wow, what the fuck is he talking about?
The difference is of course, that Apple and MS are not people.
Although personally, I'm not particularly statist about Apple and Microsoft. I just wish they would stop being cunts.
IMO, libertarianism, like communism, is heavily reliant on empathy. Neither will work until people realize they have to stop being nasty to each other for the world to progress beyond its current level of barbarism.
"Did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage?"