353453
submission
Fishbat writes:
In a cutting
message to the Foundations of Mathematics
mailing list, Stanford's Vaughan Pratt had pointed out
an elementary mistake in the recently
announced
proof that Wolfram's (2,3) machine is universal.
258727
submission
bushing writes:
To quote the official site:
'Rumour is true and 4.7.0 has been released. Get yours now and be ahead of the curve.'
Go on!
98486
submission
amesolaire writes:
This is something most of us geeks have been contemplating on at least somewhat subconscious level since the day we started to realize the importance and the potential of community-based sites such as wikipedia, slashdot and digg. Now an undisclosed entity has put up a heartwarming manifesto with the stated intent to gauge the public interest in such an idea. Among the 10 points of the manifesto are: "wiki-style collaborative writing of proposed laws and bills" and "all politicians keep regularly updated blogs, with open comment systems, to maintain contact with their constituents". While it is slightly ironic that a site advocating openness and transparency misses to disclose the identities of the people behind the initiative and is all-around frugal on details, sparking serious discussion on the role of the "social Internet" in politics and government seems ever more pressing in the face of the failure that is the current US administration.