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Comment Re:gone? (Score 1) 3

by phaunt on Monday August 23, 2010 @06:50AM (#33338838) Attached to: Solar System older than previously thought

Thanks for the suggestion.

I already looked for it in the browser history but couldn't find it. Don't have the time to retype at the moment... next time, I'll write up the description in a text editor and copy-paste into the browser window. Frankly, I've had similar stuff happen before in a browser and should've learned this lesson already. Oh well.

Comment gone? (Score 1) 3

by phaunt on Monday August 23, 2010 @05:08AM (#33338438) Attached to: Solar System older than previously thought

This is the first time I'm submitting... but it looks like the description that I spent half an hour on typing is gone? Damn :-(

Submission + - Solar System older than previously thought (nature.com) 3

Submitted by phaunt on Monday August 23, 2010 @04:53AM

Comment Re:Makes my job easier... (Score 1) 457

by phaunt on Wednesday August 11, 2010 @09:55AM (#33214862) Attached to: Claimed Proof That P != NP

If I'd said NP-complete, I'd have said that there are plenty of NP-complete problems of which all instances can be solved in polynomial time, which is probably wrong :-) My statement is perfectly valid for the set NP, however.

Comment Re:Makes my job easier... (Score 1) 457

by phaunt on Wednesday August 11, 2010 @05:06AM (#33213050) Attached to: Claimed Proof That P != NP

No, my point is that you're talking about NP-complete. Remember that P is a subset of NP; whether or not it's a proper subset is (still) the question.

Comment Re:Makes my job easier... (Score 1) 457

by phaunt on Monday August 09, 2010 @08:10AM (#33187240) Attached to: Claimed Proof That P != NP

There are plenty of NP problems of which all instances are solvable in polynomial time. Remember that P is a subset (and if this paper is correct, a proper subset) of NP.

Comment obligatory very early xkcd reference (Score 3, Funny) 432

by phaunt on Thursday August 20, 2009 @07:22AM (#29131131) Attached to: Pi Calculated To Record 2.5 Trillion Digits

I'm surprised that nobody posted this yet.
"Unfortunanely, there seems to be no pattern yet", but what about secret messages?

Comment 'barbecue', not 'barbeque' (Score 1) 302

by phaunt on Friday August 29, 2008 @07:00AM (#24792227) Attached to: Labor Day, to me means primarily ...

The reason for this comment is the misspelled 'barbecue'. If you really want to spell it with a "q", then spell it 'barbequeue' to get the right pronunciation (just kidding, just kidding).

As to my vote: You insensitive clod!, because this poll seems aimed at US readers exclusively. In Holland, the first of May is not an official holiday but is observed by some.

The Wikipedia article on Labor day targets the U.S. holiday, whereas the article on Labour day discusses the general phenomenon (and references May Day and International Workers' Day).

By the way, on 7 September I'll probably go sailing, for the last time this year.

Getting Off NetHack? 141

Posted by Cliff on Wednesday January 11, 2006 @12:43PM from the worse-than-crack dept.

thetan asks: "Like a lot of Slashdot readers, I've played a little NetHack as a teenager. Alright, quite a lot - but it was no big deal and I just sort of grew out of it. Now I'm not proud of this, but I got my gf hooked and she's been using daily for a few years now. After she tired of the game, I tried sating the monkey on her back with new fixes like Angband and ADOM. Now, I no longer want be a party to her addiction and self-destruction. She acknowledges the problem but is not yet ready to take that first step. What can I do to help ween her off? Could interactive fiction act as a methadone - or does it result in just as much harm? What other strategies have users employed to get clean? Does anyone know of NetHack addiction support groups or a 12-step? I'm desperate to get her back!"

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