A Combustible Lemon wrote:Death is an archaic concept for simpleminded commonfolk, not Victorian scientist whales.
Terry Pratchett wrote:The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.
A Combustible Lemon wrote:Death is an archaic concept for simpleminded commonfolk, not Victorian scientist whales.
aviel wrote:I was going to say; I am impressed that Windy has a calculator that can prove the Reimann-Zeta hypothesis and factorize numbers in polynomial time.
Edgar Cabrera wrote:HOLY SHIT GUYS, IT'S DOGLOVINGJIM!!! HE'S HERE!!!
skoobadive wrote:It's the legendary DoglovingJim! Ohboy, this must be the greatest day of my life!
Cracked.com wrote:Initially, his interest in animals was "primarily a sexual attraction," but as he grew older, he also "developed the emotional attraction." We guess we could call what Jim does ... dog-lovin'
A Combustible Lemon wrote:Death is an archaic concept for simpleminded commonfolk, not Victorian scientist whales.
CarrieVS wrote:If you prove the Riemann-Zeta hypothesis, you get a million dollars. That could be really useful.
A correct solution to any of the problems results in a US $1,000,000 prize (sometimes called a Millennium Prize) being awarded by the institute. The Poincaré conjecture was solved by Grigori Perelman, but he declined the award in 2010.
Edgar Cabrera wrote:HOLY SHIT GUYS, IT'S DOGLOVINGJIM!!! HE'S HERE!!!
skoobadive wrote:It's the legendary DoglovingJim! Ohboy, this must be the greatest day of my life!
Cracked.com wrote:Initially, his interest in animals was "primarily a sexual attraction," but as he grew older, he also "developed the emotional attraction." We guess we could call what Jim does ... dog-lovin'
DoglovingJim wrote:I respect this Grigori Perelman guy. Of course I respect many Russians and people with facial hair regardless but this guy has earned a deeper respect, he's got integrity (if that's the right word).
CarrieVS wrote:Calculators take the tedious bits out of maths. Maths and arithmetic are not synonyms.
aviel wrote:I was going to say; I am impressed that Windy has a calculator that can prove the Reimann-Zeta hypothesis and factorize numbers in polynomial time.
DoglovingJim wrote:Out of curiosity how does an average Joe utilize those things in the real world though?
Windy wrote:CarrieVS wrote:Calculators take the tedious bits out of maths. Maths and arithmetic are not synonyms.
Anything that humans know how to do, you can program a calculator to do it faster.
Humans can't do that either.
Terry Pratchett wrote:The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.
Windy wrote:I trust humans even less than computers. At least I know a computer isn't actively plotting my downfall.
Windy wrote:I trust humans even less than computers. At least I know a computer isn't actively plotting my downfall.
Malfeasinator wrote:Also, computers are always going to have some level of error involved, like rounding extra decimal bits, and those can get out of hand.
Terry Pratchett wrote:The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.
Windy wrote:I trust humans even less than computers. At least I know a computer isn't actively plotting my downfall.
NathanLoiselle wrote:Windy wrote:I trust humans even less than computers. At least I know a computer isn't actively plotting my downfall.
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