Category Archives: Words

Hardness of NP

Posted on 3/22/2012 by chb

In computer science, NP-hard problems are widely believed to be intractable, not because they have been proved so, but on the empirical evidence of no one having found a fast algorithm for any of them in over half a century … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Nitpicker's Paradiso, Words | 1 Comment

Sonnet 59

Posted on 2/12/2010 by Pontifex Praeteritorum

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Posted in Extralusionary Intelligence, Off The Deep End, Physics, Read You Tweed, Science, Words | 9 Comments

Everday Orthogonality

Posted on 1/12/2010 by Pontifex Praeteritorum

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Posted in Mathematics, Science, Words | 19 Comments

Science Fiction Prototyping

Posted on 11/18/2009 by Pontifex Praeteritorum

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Posted in Neologista, Off The Deep End, Read You Tweed, Science, Storytime, Technology | 21 Comments

Humor as a Guide to Research

Posted on 7/13/2009 by Pontifex Praeteritorum

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Posted in Computer Science, Funny Ha Ha, Go Ahead, Waste Your Time, Neologista, Off The Deep End, Physics, Science, Self: Meet Center. Center: Meet Self. | 26 Comments

State of the ?

Posted on 2/1/2009 by Pontifex Praeteritorum

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Posted in Funny Ha Ha, Neologista | 1 Comment

Brains, Brains, Brains, Brains

Posted on 1/30/2009 by Pontifex Praeteritorum

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Posted in Extralusionary Intelligence, Neologista, Science, Science 2.0, Society | 39 Comments

A Curmudgeon’s and Improv’s Guide to Outliers: Introduction

Posted on 12/29/2008 by Pontifex Praeteritorum

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Posted in Extralusionary Intelligence, Health, Neologista, Off The Deep End, Read You Tweed, Society | 6 Comments