I heard this version, which has two possible endings:
A mathematician is in an elevator, which stops at a floor and opens. The person waiting asks, "Is this elevator going up or down?" And the mathematician answers:
"[Q]: Was anyone else working on the digital synthesis of sound?
[A]: I heard that Stanford University was doing some interesting work. I went over to visit them and they had rather large computers that churned away for 10 minutes and played one note."
There are only two kinds of math books: those you can't read past the first page, and those you can't read past the first line..
FTA: One of the most valuable things you could do in college would be to learn what math is really about. This may not be easy, because a lot of good mathematicians are bad teachers. And while there are many popular books on math, few seem good.
There are lots of good math books. Graham's just being lazy. Further, lots of good mathematicians are great teachers.
While I've enjoyed other essays Graham has written, this one's pretty sing-songy and seems to repeat lots of things he put in his article aimed at high-school students.
Hex! Also known as Nash, after the late mathematician John Nash.
From this site: http://www.mazeworks.com/hex7/about/invent. htm
"The game Nash was in fact Hex, which Nash had invented in 1948 independently of Piet Hein. (According to Martin Gardner, some of the students also referred to the game as John, because it was often played on the hexagonal tiles of bathroom floors.)"
More info here: http://www.cs.ualberta.ca/~javhar/hex/
At first glance I thought this was an article about cramming PC parts into a Firewire drive enclosure, along the lines of the stories that proliferated after the release of the Mac Mini:)
Because content is far more important than grammar.
But good content with excellent grammar is far superior to so-so content with lame writing.
In any case, for those mistakes that have been corrected, you wouldn't know about them. It's only the mistakes that stand out, which skews the viewpoint.
But when mistakes stand out so boldly, it would stand to reason that more proofing/editing could have helped.
Humans are imperfect. Even Clippy can't help sometimes.
Aha! That explains it: Clippy is an editor for Devshed and Slashdot!
Come on.. FTFLOTFA (From the first line of the...): "Why is PHP become more like Java..."
Give me a break. When this site links to articles as badly written as this one, it makes lots of people feel bad. Why can't devshed and other sites (including this one) do any damn proofreading or editing?
Slashdot Mirror
What he said.
I am so sick of computers it's not funny. I don't want to know all the different idiosyncrasies I know anymore.
Like the parent suggests, users spend a lot of time working for the computer rather than letting the computer work for the user.
Everything should be easier.
Ahh, that's a ripoff of a quote by Torvalds, paraphrased freely here:
"Backups are for wimps; real men upload their data to an ftp site and let everyone else mirror it."
I heard this version, which has two possible endings:
A mathematician is in an elevator, which stops at a floor and opens. The person waiting asks, "Is this elevator going up or down?" And the mathematician answers:
(1) Yes. (Same as the boy or girl joke.)
(2) No. (Since the elevator has stopped.)
Never, ever, explain a joke.
Notepad.
From the site: "This site last updated (and all links checked) 2002/04/1"
It's a cool project, but man, it's ugly.
"It's fairly well-known that we physicists are all much cooler and sexier than mathematicians."
:)
That phenomenon may be due to the provable fact that we mathematicians are so much smarter.
Sorry, couldn't resist the bait
"No cat could eat that much! "
:)
Dude, you never met my cat..
Plus, he's an orange tabby
Faux-Latin at that.
One might note the more "legible" version is in Latin.
Ironical if I do say so myself.
"(which is short for mathemeticS)"
:)
Nope, wrong. "Math" is short for "mathemAtics".
Thanks for playing
"[Q]: Was anyone else working on the digital synthesis of sound?
[A]: I heard that Stanford University was doing some interesting work. I went over to visit them and they had rather large computers that churned away for 10 minutes and played one note."
"A Mathematical Introduction to Logic" by Enderton
At first, I read that as "Induction". Just got back from a conference:)
There are only two kinds of math books: those you can't read past the first page, and those you can't read past the first line..
FTA: One of the most valuable things you could do in college would be to learn what math is really about. This may not be easy, because a lot of good mathematicians are bad teachers. And while there are many popular books on math, few seem good.
There are lots of good math books. Graham's just being lazy. Further, lots of good mathematicians are great teachers.
While I've enjoyed other essays Graham has written, this one's pretty sing-songy and seems to repeat lots of things he put in his article aimed at high-school students.
but most important of all, what should the icon be?
The Happy Mac, of course.
Boggle! Shake it up and find words. Can be very competitive and very fun.
Hex! Also known as Nash, after the late mathematician John Nash.
. htm
From this site:
http://www.mazeworks.com/hex7/about/invent
"The game Nash was in fact Hex, which Nash had invented in 1948 independently of Piet Hein. (According to Martin Gardner, some of the students also referred to the game as John, because it was often played on the hexagonal tiles of bathroom floors.)"
More info here:
http://www.cs.ualberta.ca/~javhar/hex/
KDE version here:
http://hex.retes.hu/six/
Enjoy!
You mean I can quit?
You gotta be kidding..
At first glance I thought this was an article about cramming PC parts into a Firewire drive enclosure, along the lines of the stories that proliferated after the release of the Mac Mini:)
Yes, I just checked and there is a sample.
What does it sound like?
Verrry funny....
We hereby note that the latter arguement...
:)
Man, this is getting rediculous
Clippy is an editor for Devshed and Slashdot!
:)
If that were true, all news articles would be in the form of letters.
"It looks like you're trying to bitch about grammar on slashdot again! Do you want some help?"
Because content is far more important than grammar.
But good content with excellent grammar is far superior to so-so content with lame writing.
In any case, for those mistakes that have been corrected, you wouldn't know about them. It's only the mistakes that stand out, which skews the viewpoint.
But when mistakes stand out so boldly, it would stand to reason that more proofing/editing could have helped.
Humans are imperfect. Even Clippy can't help sometimes.
Aha! That explains it: Clippy is an editor for Devshed and Slashdot!
Come on.. ...):
FTFLOTFA (From the first line of the
"Why is PHP become more like Java..."
Give me a break. When this site links to articles as badly written as this one, it makes lots of people feel bad. Why can't devshed and other sites (including this one) do any damn proofreading or editing?
Thanks!
Andrew
It works just as it says on an iBook G4 purchased two weeks ago.
It is very nice, thanks Daniel!
I only have one finger, you insensitive clod.