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  1. Computers need proofs by humans on The End of Mathematical Proofs by Humans? · · Score: 1

    Humans have been creating more and more proofs for the benefit of computers. They're just not recognized as such because these efforts are independent of mainstream mathematics.

    It's called computer programming. The Curry-Howard correspondence demonstrates that every program in a statically typed language represents a proof, with the same kind of formality as the mathematical proofs mentioned in the article.

  2. single point of failure on Zinc Whiskers Cripple Colorado's Computers · · Score: 1
    The outages ... highlight why the state's various websites should be brought under one authority, said Leroy Williams, the state's secretary of technology.
    So then one flaw can take down the government of Colorado's, not just the Secretary of State's website.
  3. not surprised if Chaitin did it on Metamath! The Quest for Omega · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I've seen Chaitin present a paper on register allocation. He skilfully held the attention of the entire audience. It wouldn't be surprising if this were a real page turner.

  4. Re:Chaitin on Metamath! The Quest for Omega · · Score: 1

    Yes, he's the same register allocation by graph coloring Chaitin. Compilers aren't a particular interest of his -- he just happened upon some compiler people working on the problem and helped come up with an interesting approach.

  5. The Licensed Technologies on Judge Examines Microsoft Settlement Progress · · Score: 1

    The Register says examples of the technologies Microsoft is licensing are SMB and CIFS.