should have done it by now, but I didn't
June 22, 2004
June 22, 2004
A kind reader pointed out to me that I made a similar mistake as Bill Gates did in his book, in saying "factor large primes". I had the luxury of a head injury at the time (as the passage was keen to point out), so that's my excuse. What I meant to say on June 17th, was "factor large numbers into their prime factors" rather than "factor large prime numbers". Thank you, sir (I don't know your name, but I can say 'mr dkl tessellated who is uberpedantic'), and I'm pleased to know that I already had the ability to factor large primes, in constant time, err well logarithmic time, actually, since each digit takes time to write out... [edit: or I suppose, saying "factor large numbers into their prime factors is redundant, I could just say "factor large numbers"] In other news, just finished reading (last night) The Confusion by Neal Stephenson. So good. I can't wait for the third book in the series. I LOVE YOU NEAL. YOU RULE. CAN I BUY YOU A CHOCOLATE TREAT? :) Now I gotta decide what to read next, until September. In the mean time, ordered an Amtel AVR starter kit. mmm. Oh the irony, that on Webdog, I'm the only one (of Nullsoft) who's updated his .plan this year, and I don't even work there anymore! HAHA.
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