tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post1046028537714276520..comments2024-03-18T23:13:09.570-05:00Comments on Computational Complexity: CommentsLance Fortnowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06752030912874378610noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-34046443555051413802011-02-13T22:28:14.840-06:002011-02-13T22:28:14.840-06:00I like the ideas, however, similar to Habermas’ cr...I like the ideas, however, similar to Habermas’ critique of functionalist reason (his refinement of a more vaguely and globally defined ‘instrumentalist’ reason) is potent, he is often caricatured as a stool pigeon for a ‘grim,’ arrogant Enlightenment agenda. But reason isn’t somehow hostage to arrogance. Independent views, that are given rationally structured expression should not be taken as somehow exposing an inherently arrogant nature of reason. The capacity to think rationally isn’t hostage to anyone’s agenda, in particular to complex issue like this. That’s the whole point of a discursive theory of judgment. Nice blog otherwise.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-50240576879803483962010-08-30T00:50:14.202-05:002010-08-30T00:50:14.202-05:00USA helps bankroll Israeli dominance in the middle...USA helps bankroll Israeli dominance in the middle east with impunity in the 2nd half of the 20th century. Supported by Christian Bible Prophecy and Zionism.<br /><br />OBL gets real pissed (and has a lot of oil money!) but <i>never</i> attacks Israel directly.<br /><br />9/11: OBL attacks the financial nerve center of the US - NY.<br /><br />The US economy tanks.<br />Americans find out they're not invincible. They decide to softly ally with a "non-violent", "neutral" "democracy", India. Suddenly they are also into "green" ideology to attack the financial nerve center of OBL - oil.<br /><br /><br />Now, the Christians (jealous Berkelites and others) and Indians (who hate the $200,000 vote of no-confidence) are back at the throats of the Jews (Michael Sipser and Scott Aaronson) again!<br /><br />I can vouch based on the words of a Muslim who has spent time in Saudi Arabia that Muslims don't want to eliminate the Jews. Hindus want to eliminate Muslims for starters. Christians want to eliminate Jews and Muslims for starters!<br /><br />Goodbye, Jean Kippelstein!<br /><br />http://www.jinfo.org/Computer_Scientists.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-69598847313159341372010-08-29T11:20:34.016-05:002010-08-29T11:20:34.016-05:00For the historians of 2050 (as if they would reall...For the historians of 2050 (as if they would really need our help ;))<br /><br /><br />Here is the hidden British 007 James Bond connection to recent events:<br /><br />Columbia University (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solution_of_the_Poincar%C3%A9_conjecture#Perelman.27s_proof_based_on_Hamilton.27s_Ricci_flow" rel="nofollow">Ricci Flow GP Poincare conjecture)</a> - setup by the British <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_University" rel="nofollow">1754 </a><br /><br />USA - the main scene of the events - Express shipped out the British <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence" rel="nofollow">1776 </a><br /><br />News of GP's solution and rejection of the prize(s) arrives on <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/02/science/02math.html" rel="nofollow">July 1</a>. Dick Lipton pulls up a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._H._Hardy" rel="nofollow">British-Indian (Hardy-Ramanujan) </a> reference on <a href="http://rjlipton.wordpress.com/2010/07/01/can-amateurs-solve-pnp/" rel="nofollow">the same day</a>.<br /><br />(Anon. 26 points out Lance is Michael's <a href="http://www.genealogy.ams.org/id.php?id=65071" rel="nofollow">student </a>. And Dick Lipton was a <a href="http://rjlipton.wordpress.com/2009/03/07/finite-state-automata-binary-decision-diagrams-and-presburger-arithmetic/" rel="nofollow">teacher</a> of Michael's! <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Sipser" rel="nofollow">Michael Sipser's</a> MIT was <a href="http://scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=461" rel="nofollow">trapped</a> by teacher and student. Scott Aaronson is from Berkeley like Michael Sipser. So is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Cook" rel="nofollow">Stephen Cook</a>!)<br /><br /><br />Canada is a franchise of the British <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_II" rel="nofollow">queen</a>. No wonder <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Myers_%28actor%29" rel="nofollow">Canadians</a> fear and hate <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_2_%28Austin_Powers%29" rel="nofollow">Starbucks</a> for having more global franchises!<br /><br />Stephen Cook is in Canada.<br /><a href="http://gregbaker.ca/blog/2010/08/07/p-n-np/" rel="nofollow">Greg Baker</a> (The Great) is in <a href="http://www.cs.sfu.ca/~ggbaker/" rel="nofollow">Canada</a>.<br />Scott Aaronson <a href="http://www.csail.mit.edu/user/1324" rel="nofollow">was</a> in Canada.<br /><br /><br />BP disaster 2010 - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepwater_Horizon_oil_spill" rel="nofollow">British Petroleum</a><br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P_versus_NP_problem#Claimed_solutions" rel="nofollow">Vinay Deolalikar</a> - an <a href="http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Vinay_Deolalikar/" rel="nofollow">Indian</a> citizen, India was a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Raj" rel="nofollow">British colony</a> for about a century until 1947. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Day_%28India%29" rel="nofollow">August 15, 1947</a>. rjlipton broke the news a week before August 15th, 2010. On <a href="https://rjlipton.wordpress.com/2010/08/08/a-proof-that-p-is-not-equal-to-np/" rel="nofollow">August 8, 2010</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br />The British have obviously been going hard after the States with a World Misinformation War III!<br /><br />Hmmm. Not exactly a win for the British so far. But they’ll never give up trying to make the US a franchise again. <br />Ever wondered why nobody from the University of Toronto or University of Cambridge uttered a whisper so far? <br />Coz they are in the Control Center all the time, BUSY WATCHING US Silly! <br />It's the London weather if you're wondering... they want California :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-13256295027227453012010-08-29T07:37:44.354-05:002010-08-29T07:37:44.354-05:00Please delete 38. and 40. thanks.
39. is unoffensi...Please delete 38. and 40. thanks.<br />39. is unoffensive replacement to 38.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-49961591593634478672010-08-29T07:30:31.943-05:002010-08-29T07:30:31.943-05:00This work is dedicated to
for their struggle to e...This work is dedicated to<br /><br />for their struggle to educate my XYZ inspite of extreme poverty.<br />This work is part of myXYZ.<br />I am forever indebted to my wife for her faith during these years.<br />pious XYZ regards as his obligation to repay in this<br />life.<br /><br /><br />Shoot, WHY didn't I just GO have an AFFAIR??!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-17062729160306725622010-08-29T07:26:21.062-05:002010-08-29T07:26:21.062-05:00This work is dedicated to
for their struggle to e...This work is dedicated to<br /><br />for their struggle to educate my father inspite of extreme poverty.<br />This work is part of myMatru-Pitru Rin1.<br />I am forever indebted to my wife for her faith during these years.<br />pious Hindu regards as his obligation to repay in this<br />life.<br /><br /><br />Shoot, WHY didn't I just have an AFFAIR??!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-530156622683894802010-08-29T07:04:36.973-05:002010-08-29T07:04:36.973-05:00Mommy Mommy I just posted a proof on the arXiv can...Mommy Mommy I just posted a proof on the arXiv can I have my milk and cookies and an adult diaper change now? ROFL :DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-26341429448076069392010-08-29T06:43:13.626-05:002010-08-29T06:43:13.626-05:00http://scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=463#comment-46860...http://scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=463#comment-46860<br /><br /># Anonymous Says:<br />Comment #27 August 29th, 2010 at 6:34 am<br /><br />#Sev<br />I found the following quote on http://www.math.uwaterloo.ca/~lwmarcou/<br /><br />I tell them if they will occupy themselves with the study of mathematics they will find in it the best remedy against the lusts of the flesh.<br />–Thomas Mann<br /><br />So some cultures use threats of religion to keep you from the “flesh”, while others insidiously use mathematics! Same difference! Hmm! Mathematicians are quite gullible people for all their purported smartness…Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-6217135717279383682010-08-26T16:59:46.482-05:002010-08-26T16:59:46.482-05:00I second Richard Lipton, "This blog is a trea...I second Richard Lipton, "This blog is a treasure and I support it completely."<br /><br />I would not be surprised if after 50 years from now some historians and TCS researchers come to this blog to see how TCS folks were thinking half a century ago.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-24731807210990600852010-08-25T12:05:14.830-05:002010-08-25T12:05:14.830-05:00Tempers occasionally run high in the online world ...Tempers occasionally run high in the online world as in the real world :) Should cool down soon enough. Freedom of speech is gr8!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-7542475445962436212010-08-25T09:00:49.109-05:002010-08-25T09:00:49.109-05:00This blog is a treasure and I support it completel...This blog is a treasure and I support it completely. <br /><br />dick liptonrjliptonhttp://rjlipton.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-32191128259140563022010-08-25T06:26:09.579-05:002010-08-25T06:26:09.579-05:00Death threats should be reported to the police. Ev...Death threats should be reported to the police. Even for anonymous comments IP address would be recorded by blogger and the police can try and trace the originator of this threat. <br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Teen_charged_with_seven_felonies_related_to_threats_made_on_Wikipedia,_Wikinews_interviews_administrator_who_contacted_police" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Teen_charged_with_seven_felonies_related_to_threats_made_on_Wikipedia,_Wikinews_interviews_administrator_who_contacted_police</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-70144797933449050702010-08-25T05:15:01.168-05:002010-08-25T05:15:01.168-05:00First death threat of Computer Science after WWII!...First death threat of Computer Science after WWII!<br />Shows the ugly underbelly of CS community…Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-21493601016096065472010-08-24T23:40:19.128-05:002010-08-24T23:40:19.128-05:00you may receive death penalty by deliberately not ...you may receive death penalty by deliberately not understanding the world logically.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-32647398781206076292010-08-23T22:28:19.226-05:002010-08-23T22:28:19.226-05:0011011110 said...
My prfrnc wld b t cntn t llw...11011110 said...<br /><br /> My prfrnc wld b t cntn t llw nnyms cmmnts bt t mdrt thm mch mr strngntly — rmv r dsmvwl bvs trllng, pr-pdphl dvccy, tc. My xprnc is tht th frms tht d ths (.g. mtfltr, bng bng) r mch bttr bhvd thn th ns tht llw nns t cmmnt cmpltly frly (ths n, nd plnty f thrs tht r mch wors). f crs, ll tht mdrtn s mr wrk fr smbdy, nd 'm nt vlntrng t d t n nyn's blg thr thn my wn...<br /><br /><br /><br />So this shows that 11011110's idea of disemvoweling a troll is almost as effective as disemboweling a troll physically in public. To complete the process, remove all the 0's of the troll like this: 111111.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-51144974015463106462010-08-23T21:02:19.054-05:002010-08-23T21:02:19.054-05:00My preference would be to continue to allow anonym...My preference would be to continue to allow anonymous comments but to moderate them much more stringently — remove or disemvowel obvious trolling, pro-pedophilia advocacy, etc. My experience is that the forums that do this (e.g. metafilter, boing boing) are much better behaved than the ones that allow anons to comment completely freely (this one, and plenty of others that are much worse). Of course, all that moderation is more work for somebody, and I'm not volunteering to do it on anyone's blog other than my own...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-26968638762266712202010-08-23T10:08:05.180-05:002010-08-23T10:08:05.180-05:00.26 :) Interesting. But there's nothing wrong ....26 :) Interesting. But there's nothing wrong with being pedophiles, IMHO.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-75165019840646187812010-08-23T09:16:48.118-05:002010-08-23T09:16:48.118-05:00Anon 14.
The worst comment was in the Dana Moshkvi...Anon 14.<br />The worst comment was in the Dana Moshkvitz comments. There was a comment that accused Bill and Lance of being pedophiles. <br /><br />Also note that Lance's post came after comments which called Mike Sipser an idiot.<br />Mike was Lance's advisor and the comment was completely off topic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-84234487545994116332010-08-23T09:03:26.315-05:002010-08-23T09:03:26.315-05:00It seems that http://feedworld.net/toc is broken. ...It seems that http://feedworld.net/toc is broken. Does anybody know anything about it? Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-42326443808632208062010-08-23T00:15:16.553-05:002010-08-23T00:15:16.553-05:00Thanks for the comments.
First, I am certainly n...Thanks for the comments. <br /><br />First, I am certainly not married to the two-track idea, it is just a proposal for resolving the dilemma very nicely summarized by the previous poster: <br /><br /><em> Anonymity is good, trolling is bad, anonymity plus refusal to delete trolling = comment section turns into garbage.<br /></em><br /><br /> Anonymity in itself can be good, since people can express more freely. E.g., the recommendation letters are almost always anonymous. To be fair, most of the anonymous comments on this blog seem so non-controversial that they could be as well signed. Still, perhaps not all. <br /> <br /> However, anonymity also enables the troll behavior. Unfortunately, there are several reasons why simply ignoring the trolls does not work. Here are some of them:<br /><br />- There is a cost of sifting through trolly stuff. There is only so much nonsense you can read before it starts getting to you. Most people are put off by jerky speech or behavior. I know a few people who stopped reading this blog for precisely this reason. At some point you need to make choices.<br /><br />- We (as in, the TCS community) are not the only ones reading this blog. E..g., let's say there is a rumor that someone proved a major theorem, and people arrive at this blog to see what this TCS thing is all about. If there are unlucky to stumble on some of the threads, the impression is that we are a pretty mean crowd. "Insular" would almost sound like a complement in comparison.<br /><br />Now, going back to the two-track proposal. It is certainly not perfect. It has some advantages though: it is relatively low-maintenance; it still enables anonymous comments, so issues can be raised; everyone can switch tracks by (literally) just signing up; it provides incentives to sign a post (which often works as well). At the very least, I think this is something to consider. <br /><br />Best,<br /><br />PiotrPiotr Indykhttp://people.csail.mit.edu/indyk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-54339342908994795992010-08-22T11:36:08.963-05:002010-08-22T11:36:08.963-05:00Lance and GASARCH, thank you for saying this.
It...Lance and GASARCH, thank you for saying this. <br /><br />It's one more outstanding post, out of many.<br /><br />For me, there is a presumption that an anonymous post should be ignored, unless it clearly states with "I am posting anonymously because ..." with a solid reason given (the reason "I am a student" is good enough, for example).<br /><br />If more folks <i>CHOOSE</i> to sign their names, then perhaps that will help.John Sidleshttp://www.mrfm.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-74022643752615501612010-08-22T10:48:27.830-05:002010-08-22T10:48:27.830-05:00Yup, I agree with Greg that its hard to draw a lin...Yup, I agree with Greg that its hard to draw a line between the good and the bad, and to designate an axis of evil comments.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-5908684874379344632010-08-22T10:04:40.360-05:002010-08-22T10:04:40.360-05:00Anonymity is good, trolling is bad, anonymity plus...<i>Anonymity is good, trolling is bad, anonymity plus refusal to delete trolling = comment section turns into garbage.</i><br /><br />Yeah, that's always the trajectory. Eventually, moderators "refuse" to delete the trolling because they can't; there is no good place to draw the line.Greg Kuperberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16655664043505766628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-34410564662535685322010-08-22T05:17:29.697-05:002010-08-22T05:17:29.697-05:00Anonymity is good, trolling is bad, anonymity plus...Anonymity is good, trolling is bad, anonymity plus refusal to delete trolling = comment section turns into garbage.<br /><br />My preferred approach is treat this place like a classroom: yes, free speech is absolutely vital in society, so everyone is entitled to start their own blog and write what they want on it. THIS blog should not attempt to be a forum for that. So, encourage open, civil discussion, and on-topic questions (even if stupid), but delete trolling aggressively.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-25932841520384191652010-08-22T01:33:50.716-05:002010-08-22T01:33:50.716-05:00@Greg Kuperberg - The quote is an anonymous fabric...@Greg Kuperberg - The quote is an anonymous fabrication.<br />But AFAIK The French Revolution was real.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com