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Classic maths puzzle cracked at last (May lead to advances in particle physics & computer security)
NewScientist.com news service ^
| 03/21/2005
| Maggie McKee
Posted on 03/25/2005 8:50:03 AM PST by bedolido
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To: AmishDude
I saw Ken Ono give a talk on this. It's a very interesting result and excellent work, but I don't think worthy of a writeup in this magazine -- and such a bad one at that. They're not really telling what this means in any real sense.How many folks are smart enough to understand these things, but aren't out there doing research themselves instead of writing about someone else's for low-circulation science magazines? My guess is, not many. Always part of the problem in science reporting: the folks smart enough to report on these topics well are either researching or (if they haven't got great financial ambitions) teaching (or both).
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posted on
03/25/2005 9:36:44 AM PST
by
No Longer Free State
(The last thing Reuters wants is a free and unfettered Iraqi press)
To: DC Bound
Only the zaphod's heads don't look like I imagined.
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posted on
03/25/2005 9:37:24 AM PST
by
MacDorcha
("Do you want the e-mail copy or the fax?" "Just the fax, ma'am.")
To: Larry Lucido
who was it that said "you know the sound of two hands clapping... but what is the sound of one hand clapping"... besides Shelly Berman in the 60's.
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posted on
03/25/2005 9:37:38 AM PST
by
bedolido
(I can forgive you for killing my sons, but I cannot forgive you for forcing me to kill your sons)
To: AmishDude
I think you have me lost. Care to elaborate?
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posted on
03/25/2005 9:38:41 AM PST
by
MacDorcha
("Do you want the e-mail copy or the fax?" "Just the fax, ma'am.")
To: No Longer Free State
No, science can be reported to a general audience because most scientists aren't very . . . what's the word . . . bright. Mathematics can't. And when they try, you get an effort like this.
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posted on
03/25/2005 9:39:19 AM PST
by
AmishDude
(The Clown Prince-in-a-can of Free Republic!)
To: rock58seg
Now go do your Gazinta's. Did someone sneeze?
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posted on
03/25/2005 9:40:20 AM PST
by
talleyman
(E=mc2 (before taxes))
To: MacDorcha
The article tries to talk about the problem without explaining it. You can't do that. You can't give a "feel" or an "idea" of what's going on. You have to explain it in detail. And then nobody reading the New Scientist would care.
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posted on
03/25/2005 9:40:24 AM PST
by
AmishDude
(The Clown Prince-in-a-can of Free Republic!)
To: AmishDude
Ah. Yes, that's true. No application of it is implied.
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posted on
03/25/2005 9:43:04 AM PST
by
MacDorcha
("Do you want the e-mail copy or the fax?" "Just the fax, ma'am.")
To: rock58seg
thanks for all the fish! Mostly Harmless...
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posted on
03/25/2005 9:44:11 AM PST
by
talleyman
(E=mc2 (before taxes))
To: MacDorcha
Well, applications are for wimps. They don't even explain the theory in the article. For any particular application, the answer could be checked by computer.
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posted on
03/25/2005 9:44:29 AM PST
by
AmishDude
(The Clown Prince-in-a-can of Free Republic!)
To: rock58seg; MacDorcha
To: talleyman
I'd like to see a Freeper poll of how many people have read at least one Hitchhiker's Guide book.
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posted on
03/25/2005 9:48:23 AM PST
by
DC Bound
To: CharacterCounts
I invented the "clapper" but forgot to patent it. I'd bet that a bunch of WWII GIs caught it before you invented it...
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posted on
03/25/2005 9:49:46 AM PST
by
Zeppo
To: DC Bound
I'd like to see a Freeper poll of how many people have read at least one Hitchhiker's Guide book.I started, however, I found them too silly to continue.
To: Graybeard58
Somebody needs to take a grammars class.In Britain, "Maths" is correct. They spell some words funny over there too. (Tyre, endeavour, glamour, etc.
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posted on
03/25/2005 9:51:53 AM PST
by
zeugma
(Come to the Dark Side...... We have cookies! (Made from the finest girlscouts!))
To: DC Bound; RadioAstronomer
What about a thread then? Or ping list?
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posted on
03/25/2005 9:52:27 AM PST
by
MacDorcha
("Do you want the e-mail copy or the fax?" "Just the fax, ma'am.")
To: governsleastgovernsbest
and sport rather than sports.
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posted on
03/25/2005 9:52:48 AM PST
by
farfromhome
(The UN, always looking for kids. I mean looking out for kids.)
To: All
Bah!! I just use my trusty RPN HP Calculator.
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posted on
03/25/2005 9:53:37 AM PST
by
Hoboto
(I blame Hippies.)
To: zeugma; MadIvan
They spell some words funny over there too. They also crap in the loo.
Where's "MadIvan? He knows the language throughly.
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posted on
03/25/2005 9:55:04 AM PST
by
Graybeard58
(Remember and pray for Spec.4 Matt Maupin - MIA/POW- Iraq since 04/09/04)
To: MacDorcha
What about a thread then? Or ping list?Leave me off that one. LOL!
I truly did not like that book.
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