Forum: Soap Box
2022-08-16, 20:24
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Replies: 21
Views: 264
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Forum: Soap Box
2022-08-16, 19:05
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Replies: 21
Views: 264
In much of the world publishing an invention...
In much of the world publishing an invention immediately renders it unpatentable. The US is an outlier in this respect.
I used to work for a US corporation and had close contact with patent...
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Forum: Soap Box
2022-08-15, 15:50
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Replies: 21
Views: 264
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Forum: Forum Feedback
2022-08-15, 15:47
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Replies: 39
Views: 949
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Forum: Forum Feedback
2022-08-14, 20:56
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Replies: 39
Views: 949
Everyone, please try to use technical terms...
Everyone, please try to use technical terms correctly. The quoted material from Stargate38 is quite correct. Some of the preceding statements are very seriously incorrect.
Downloading any...
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Forum: Forum Feedback
2022-08-14, 20:31
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Replies: 39
Views: 949
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Forum: Soap Box
2022-08-11, 08:49
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Replies: 58
Views: 4,561
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Forum: Lounge
2022-08-08, 20:52
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Replies: 1,973
Views: 237,136
Olivia Newton-John...
Olivia Newton-John (https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-62472100)
Daughter of Bletchley Park cryptographer.
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Forum: sweety439
2022-08-06, 18:51
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Replies: 6
Views: 209
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Forum: sweety439
2022-08-06, 10:01
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Replies: 9
Views: 398
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Forum: FactorDB
2022-08-05, 14:25
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Replies: 573
Views: 108,488
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Forum: FactorDB
2022-08-03, 15:48
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Replies: 71
Views: 19,015
Ok, so it's only 2.5TB, which fits easily on to...
Ok, so it's only 2.5TB, which fits easily on to an external USB disk (I cart a 4TB model around with me). Not very big at all and easily transferred by sneakernet. Running a global GCD once or twice...
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Forum: FactorDB
2022-08-03, 10:30
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Replies: 71
Views: 19,015
How big is the database at present?
A...
How big is the database at present?
A massive GCD computation, along the lines of "Ron was wrong, Whit is right" by Lenstra et al. would find all common factors.
That paper should be on every...
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Forum: Hardware
2022-08-03, 10:24
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Replies: 7
Views: 837
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Forum: Lounge
2022-08-02, 08:46
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Replies: 1,394
Views: 120,130
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Forum: Science & Technology
2022-08-01, 20:34
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Replies: 76
Views: 40,808
Got it in one.
I find that visualizing...
Got it in one.
I find that visualizing high dimensional objects easier by working upwards from their low dimensional counterparts. For instance:
Take a one-dimensional line and join its...
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Forum: Miscellaneous Math
2022-07-31, 20:43
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Replies: 4
Views: 545
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Forum: Lounge
2022-07-31, 19:56
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Replies: 1,973
Views: 237,136
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Forum: Cunningham Tables
2022-07-28, 09:02
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Replies: 19
Views: 16,897
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Forum: Lounge
2022-07-27, 19:31
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Replies: 1,973
Views: 237,136
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Forum: Lounge
2022-07-27, 19:30
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Replies: 13
Views: 313
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Forum: Msieve
2022-07-27, 19:06
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Replies: 10
Views: 270
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Forum: Languages -- Ancient & Modern, Human & Machine
2022-07-27, 18:43
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Replies: 29
Views: 3,449
Generically known as Mondegreens.
"The girl...
Generically known as Mondegreens.
"The girl with colitis goes by" is another by the Fab Four.
Is this the real life, is this just Battersea?
Beelzebub has a special sideboard for me.
Spare...
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Forum: Lounge
2022-07-25, 19:07
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Replies: 1,973
Views: 237,136
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Forum: Science & Technology
2022-07-24, 19:25
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Replies: 3,017
Views: 325,796
If the humidity is low enough and enough cold...
If the humidity is low enough and enough cold water is available to drink, temperatures well over 100C are tolerable for significant periods of time.
I've spent enjoyable periods of 10 minutes at...
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