Re: Wolfram: 100 years since Principia Mathematica

2010-12-03 Thread Alec Battles
He may have some interesting points but... Anyone who makes grandiose claims and can't bother to give credit to the people who have helped them along the way deserves to be ignored. My feelings exactly. His perception of himself seems self-aggrandizing as well. Why is John Carmack the only

Re: Wolfram: 100 years since Principia Mathematica

2010-12-01 Thread Alec Battles
I thought his blog had some interesting points.  I enjoyed reading it.  Do I wish Mathematica was more affordable and/or open source?  Yes.  So what. That doesn't make Wolfram a lunatic or a fraud. Do you recall me saying that? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

Re: Wolfram: 100 years since Principia Mathematica

2010-12-01 Thread DeverLite
He may have some interesting points but... Anyone who makes grandiose claims and can't bother to give credit to the people who have helped them along the way deserves to be ignored. On Nov 27, 11:36 pm, Duane Searsmith dsearsm...@gmail.com wrote: I thought his blog had some interesting points.  

Re: Wolfram: 100 years since Principia Mathematica

2010-11-29 Thread Raoul Duke
On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 9:36 PM, Duane Searsmith dsearsm...@gmail.com wrote: That doesn't make Wolfram a lunatic or a fraud.  Remember that mathematicians like Mandelbrot where also considered frauds at first. mandelbrot came and talked at the place i was working ~5 year ago, during a book tour

Re: Wolfram: 100 years since Principia Mathematica

2010-11-27 Thread Alec Battles
Thought some Clojure folk might enjoy this: http://blog.stephenwolfram.com/2010/11/100-years-since-principia-mathematica/ Though I don't use Clojure (I follow this list out of curiosity), I have a hard time imagining why anything Wolfram writes is interesting, and furthermore why any a user of

Re: Wolfram: 100 years since Principia Mathematica

2010-11-27 Thread Duane Searsmith
I thought his blog had some interesting points. I enjoyed reading it. Do I wish Mathematica was more affordable and/or open source? Yes. So what. That doesn't make Wolfram a lunatic or a fraud. Remember that mathematicians like Mandelbrot where also considered frauds at first. On Fri, Nov

Wolfram: 100 years since Principia Mathematica

2010-11-26 Thread Alex Miller
Thought some Clojure folk might enjoy this: http://blog.stephenwolfram.com/2010/11/100-years-since-principia-mathematica/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Clojure group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts