Comment Re:Time flies like an arrow... (Score 2) 95
Thanks! Just a derivation of the famous phrase: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_flies_like_an_arrow;_fruit_flies_like_a_banana
Comment Time flies like an arrow... (Score 5, Funny) 95
... fruit flies like a bottle of booze.
Comment Re:Wha? (Score 1) 234
I just read the wikipedia article for Costas arrays, very interesting concept (I know little of discrete maths). I still don't like the way the guy at the talk presented the concept, but thanks for clearing it up :-D.
Comment Wha? (Score 2) 234
It would help if there were some definitions for "random" and "pattern-free" in this context. I find it annoying that he several times says that random music is not pattern-free.
It is true that their definitions are not equivalent, but it seems that he is implying that you cannot generate "pattern-free" music using randomly played notes, and that -depending of the definition of "pattern-free" of course- seems very, very unlikely.
Still, I can appreciate the effort to maximize information entropy, and the divulgation of discrete math.
It is true that their definitions are not equivalent, but it seems that he is implying that you cannot generate "pattern-free" music using randomly played notes, and that -depending of the definition of "pattern-free" of course- seems very, very unlikely.
Still, I can appreciate the effort to maximize information entropy, and the divulgation of discrete math.
Comment Re:Yeah bro (Score 1) 129
Not a play on words, it's merely redundant verbiage tacked on in a pathetic attempt to sound cool, just like all the comments that contain a useless "This."
This.
Comment Re:News at 11 (Score 1) 350
Could you elaborate on the differences beyond the different settings (SF vs Heavy Metal Fantasy)?
(Honest question, I haven't played Brutal Legend)
Comment Re:News at 11 (Score 1) 350
Battlezone was a team multiplayer game, not single player..
That is false. It has a single player campaign. Maybe you're thinking of some other game?
Comment Re:Obituary != Birthday Card (Score 1) 164
Unless your grandma is John Lennon or something.
PS3 Owner Refunded For Missing "Other OS" 353
Toxicgonzo writes "Amazon has given a European PS3 owner a 20% refund for removal of the PS3's OtherOS feature. (We recently discussed hacker Geohot's efforts to restore this feature.) The owner cited European law Directive 1999/44/EC — which states that goods must (1) comply with the description given by the seller and possess the same qualities and characteristics as other similar goods, and (2) be fit for the purpose which the consumer requires them and which was made known to the seller at the time of purchase. How many other European PS3 owners will follow suit? If Amazon forwards the bill to Sony, how will Sony respond?"
Comment Re:Surveillance. (Score 1) 313
Heh, I wonder if "I can has cheezburguer" sounds to a native english speaker as funny as "yo puedo tiene hamburguesa" sounds to a native spanish speaker.
Comment Re:Legacy of Kain (Score 1) 251
Alas, poor Nupraptor! I knew him well... well, not really.
Comment Re:you're kidding (Score 1) 184
And sometimes it's just homotopic to a 3-ball.
Comment Re:Sailing the myriad seas? (Score 2, Insightful) 197
The Apollo Program used to reveal cities back in the day :P
Comment Re:The comet's shape (Score 1) 108
Well, my reply was actually tongue-in-cheek because of the generality of my definition (used in algebra). I assumed the OP was talking about the integers, not the natural numbers. The integers are an integral domain, so the definition of primality becomes the one for integral domains.
So no, it's not redundant, given the conditions I assumed (I feel I have to say it explicitly this time :-P)
So no, it's not redundant, given the conditions I assumed (I feel I have to say it explicitly this time
Comment Re:The comet's shape (Score 0, Redundant) 108
Sorry for the self-reply, but I meant that the "positive" condition is not redundant. The nonzero condition is redundant all right.
