tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post2424951031527638045..comments2024-03-28T18:17:00.135-05:00Comments on Computational Complexity: Using the web you may run into self-referenceLance Fortnowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06752030912874378610noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-51905438878793973922009-08-07T11:12:18.905-05:002009-08-07T11:12:18.905-05:00It should be possible to search for a tune you re...It should be possible to search for a tune you remember.<br /><br />From Manuel Blum I learned about the "Directory of Tunes and Musical Themes":<br /><br /><a rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsons_code</a><br /><br />Now, we just need a program to automatically generate this code for a few million MP3 samples... if you don't like computing the code yourself, one could set it up so that if you hum into your microphone, the program translates the hum into Parsons code and then looks that up.ryanwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09644595632189419277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-816919836198317992009-08-07T02:20:45.327-05:002009-08-07T02:20:45.327-05:00Impossible to search on google for a tune that you...Impossible to search on google for a tune that you remember, but not the lyrics. <br /><br />Impossible to search for "that little town that I saw once with a cute church steeple, riverbanks that are great for a picnic, and a campground with a weird owner"<br /><br />Impossible to search for "that famous book whose title escapes me, some classic about a girl recounting her childhood memories, somewhat historical, with a very distinctive, fresh writing style"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-76986384445724894602009-08-05T14:05:42.366-05:002009-08-05T14:05:42.366-05:00Didn't a lot of science fiction books original...Didn't a lot of science fiction books originally come out as a series of fascicles? Perhaps this isn't quite correct usage though since they were often published as a running column in a magazine, perhaps not intended to be published as a book later.sorellehttp://kdphd.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-18315589654263092582009-08-05T13:48:14.159-05:002009-08-05T13:48:14.159-05:00Anon 3- AGREED I should
use BLOG POSTING instead o...Anon 3- AGREED I should<br />use BLOG POSTING instead of BLOG.<br /><br />Fred- Thanks, I NOW know what Woitian means!GASARCHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06134382469361359081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-55672641749784700642009-08-05T13:19:43.135-05:002009-08-05T13:19:43.135-05:00Fascicle (n): A bicycle which makes you run on tim...Fascicle (n): A bicycle which makes you run on time.CaptainSegfaulthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08835984898092426923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-61139021341090532452009-08-05T12:46:03.844-05:002009-08-05T12:46:03.844-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.GASARCHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06134382469361359081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-81571171500356581082009-08-05T12:11:06.497-05:002009-08-05T12:11:06.497-05:00Hi Bill,
A grammatical point: As I understand it,...Hi Bill,<br /><br />A grammatical point: As I understand it, in Scott's usage, "Woitian" referred not to the links themselves, but rather to some of Woit's posts, which consist of many links to un- (or loosely) related items. A link itself can not be Woitian; but a post consisting of "links, links, links" can. A good example is <a href="http://www.math.columbia.edu/~woit/wordpress/?p=2004" rel="nofollow">this</a> post.Fredhttp://babbage.clarku.edu/~fgreennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-63347264787402639422009-08-05T12:01:09.712-05:002009-08-05T12:01:09.712-05:00I find it really confusing when someone uses the w...I find it really confusing when someone uses the word "blog" to mean "blog post" or "blog entry". To me, a "blog" is a website on which one posts entries. It refers to the collection of posts (past, present, and future), not to a single post. <br /><br />At first I thought you meant Scott Aaronson used to have a whole blog (i.e. a whole site featuring a series of posts) named "a Woitian Link", and I was wondering why I had never heard of that before.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-23278822497075856662009-08-05T11:56:04.707-05:002009-08-05T11:56:04.707-05:00How to create a self-referential tweet: http://www...How to create a self-referential tweet: http://www.spinellis.gr/blog/20090805/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-31214252932372798842009-08-05T11:50:44.649-05:002009-08-05T11:50:44.649-05:00The 1st ed of the Oxford English Dictionary was fa...The 1st ed of the Oxford English Dictionary was famously released as a series of fascicles.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com