"yes, i can prove p = np"

[dr4b]

Link from jcreed: The trick question to root out a fake computer scientist

Actually, I really liked reading this story for some reason, even though I felt bad for the author.

And it reminded me of "NDP comics? I thought it said NP Comics!"

Also, a day late: HAPPY 25th BIRTHDAY KEVIN!!!!! (buoren that is). Can you believe it's been 5 years since that infamous Gullifty's dinner and the "How do you react when people sing to you in a restaurant?" scam?

(happy birthday to Becky and Kat and kconnors and all too, of course :) )

Comments

[mdw.livejournal.com]

pshaw, who CAN'T prove P = NP. puh-lease. ;)

[sorakirei.livejournal.com]

Wow, that story is so unreal. I'm glad the guy is ok but that was just... ugh. As for the p = np thing I have to read the laymen's guide.

It is amazingly simple to steal someone's identity provided you are a good B.S.er

[rmitz.livejournal.com]

That entry was AMAZING! I don't think I'd have come up with asking the P=?NP question. Wow.

[bk1e.livejournal.com]

Not as AMAZING as this MINI-DANISH!

[braeburn.livejournal.com]

Danish should be full-size. Come large, or don't come at all, that's what I say.

[dvarin.livejournal.com]

Irrefutable evidence of the amazingness of mini-danishes may be found here.

As to whether you like mini-danishes or prefer them to regular danishes or not, that's your free choice, and probably completely unrelated to their plainly evident amazingness. :)

[bk1e.livejournal.com]

Carl, you beat me to it.

[alibash.livejournal.com]

I don't get it. I dunno where this guy's blog is so I don't have time to track down the whole story, but, how on earth did this guy get so serious about a relationship without realizing he was talking to a person who doesn't know a thing about computer science/programming??? I mean, I don't care how many other things you have to talk about, CS is going to come up sometime, or you know, that's just not a healthy relationship! =p
So I was trying to figure out "work of fiction?" or "one stupid person getting tricked by a clever stupid person?" then the bit about "As a programmer who used to work in the P2P world and is about to start developing software to socially connect people" kind of resolved that...

[dr4b]

he deleted the entries anyway, I think. I kind of read through his blog a little and he did mention meeting some new girl but that was about it.

but yeah... when someone tells me they know about computer science, I can usually figure out pretty quickly whether or not they're lying. which is why it's so great when I meet other people who actually do know about CS stuff and laugh (or groan) at all my jokes :)

[tesposit.livejournal.com]

What a freaky story! Glad I know my girlfriend's credentials...since I've know her for 10 years (not dating all those years though).

At last, confirmation of what I always suspected ...

[soiwas.livejournal.com]

"mad computer science" == "Get me in front of a machine! I'll write 'Hello World' in half a dozen languages!"

Great link. Course you got me worried ... I'm gonna hafta grill my girlfriend about whether she really is a graphics designer tomorrow ...

Hope you're doing well ... it's been a while since we chatted. =-)