gphil

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   by gphil 17y ago

   Maybe the contemporary way to get a new flag adopted is simply to introduce it to the masses (in this case via Wikipedia) and see if it sticks.
2. 302.▲
   by gphil 17y ago

   I wonder how many numbers between 0 and 9! (if any) cannot be generated by each method.
3. 303.▲
   by gphil 17y ago

   The article states that Lisp has "not been thought suitable for mass-market applications due to difficulties in packaging the executable bits and running them on end-user hardware." I'm not sure this is really what has prevented Lisp from b
4. 304.▲
   by gphil 17y ago

   It may be true that people come up with algorithms and mathematical constructs without patents as an incentive, but I still don't see how the same incentives (patents) are necessary for people to build novel material goods if they are not n
5. 305.▲
   by gphil 17y ago

   I'm not so sure that patents on software are any more or less "silly" than patents on real (physical) devices. What is it about software patents that makes them inherently different from patents in general? Obviously, there are arguments fo
6. 306.▲
   by gphil 17y ago

   > At one level, do we care if it's true? I don't think we do (at least I don't.) What is interesting to me is the premise behind the story, whether or not the story is true. A lot of the attention being paid to Microsoft on the net is l