tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post113837951224676769..comments2024-03-28T14:56:46.834-05:00Comments on Computational Complexity: LUDDITES RevisitedLance Fortnowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06752030912874378610noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-1138640185607052632006-01-30T10:56:00.000-06:002006-01-30T10:56:00.000-06:00This is Stu. Sorry about omitting ML, it definite...This is Stu. Sorry about omitting ML, it definitely should have been included. Indeed, I've long claimed that all programming languages (well, almost all, since Prolog doesn't fit the mold) are converging on Lisp, ML, or Haskell. So Haskell should have made the cut too.<BR/><BR/>I guess if I really wanted to be offensive, I'd have grouped ML with Java...<BR/><BR/>Bill asked me a couple of questions about my choices (why lisp twice, why not Perl). The first is a bit obscure, as for the second -- Perl programmers can only write, not read, so of course they're selected against as readers of the quiz.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-1138520495115882602006-01-29T01:41:00.000-06:002006-01-29T01:41:00.000-06:00She was formed out of Uranus's blood and semen (wh...She was formed out of Uranus's blood and semen (which I find distasteful--Uranus is hipper than I am).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-1138520258590410042006-01-29T01:37:00.000-06:002006-01-29T01:37:00.000-06:00Have you seen the front of Papadimitriou's book en...Have you seen the front of Papadimitriou's book entitled "Computational Complexity"? It contains a naked woman. In fact, the goddess of love and beauty herself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-1138519479844438292006-01-29T01:24:00.000-06:002006-01-29T01:24:00.000-06:00I'm actually glad. How often do you get to hear ab...I'm actually glad. How often do you get to hear about "sex wars" in computational complexity blogs. Usually computer scientists have no idea what sex is (when at work?).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-1138518687799133312006-01-29T01:11:00.000-06:002006-01-29T01:11:00.000-06:00Oh crap. Is the computational complexity blog goi...Oh crap. Is the computational complexity blog going to go the way of pandagon with endless guest posters and sex wars? Who needs this crap?<BR/><BR/><BR/>What I find especially distasteful is the omission of the ML from the languages list. <BR/><BR/>But I am glad for the omission of Haskell, which I find distasteful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-1138513215714915462006-01-28T23:40:00.000-06:002006-01-28T23:40:00.000-06:00Did you notice what was referred to as "distastefu...Did you notice what was referred to as "distasteful"? Out of a list of many television shows (one, e.g. centering around gangsters, the mafia, and fantastical portrayals of drugs, sex, and violence), two were marked as "distasteful" (and not the one I described parenthetically). Those two happen to be shows whose titles at least hint at sexuality. I have a feeling that this is why the remarks seemed almost comically puritanical, as if the blogger were afraid to accidentally endorse something sexual.<BR/><BR/>Sex is bad. Especially sexual women.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-1138507259701623382006-01-28T22:00:00.000-06:002006-01-28T22:00:00.000-06:00Actually, three cheers for the parenthetical decl...Actually, three cheers for the parenthetical declarations of distaste. There sure is plenty of distastful things around that need to be called what they are. Add to the list violent video games.Macneil Shonlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16382866616548432101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-1138484795009824172006-01-28T15:46:00.000-06:002006-01-28T15:46:00.000-06:00Is Lance back yet? How long do we have to endure ...Is Lance back yet? How long do we have to endure these bizarre puritanical parentheticals (which I find distasteful)? There are probably some computer scientists you find distasteful as well. Some of them probably read this blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-1138432693901657162006-01-28T01:18:00.000-06:002006-01-28T01:18:00.000-06:00The true non-luddite uses bittorrent to get all of...The true non-luddite uses bittorrent to get all of their TV shows. How else to see shows on the BBC or other channels you don't even have? (And in my case, that would be all of them... I have no cable tv or any tv at all!)Macneil Shonlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16382866616548432101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-1138419816812918182006-01-27T21:43:00.000-06:002006-01-27T21:43:00.000-06:00Talking of VCR already makes you a luddite these d...Talking of VCR already makes you a luddite these days. Tivo, DVR, etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com