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Tim wrote: >Do you _ever_ stop nattering on about RAND? Whatever, old man. Just you keep on sitting in front of that teevee. >Nearly every other post practically licks their boots. Nearly every other post of yours bitches about one of mine. Have you explored the option of filtering me so you can get back to your stimulating and rewarding coffeeklatch chitchat with all your mentally retarded Usenet friends? >> In 1952 Herman Kahn became involved with von Neumann in the design of >> the hydrogen bomb. To this end, Kahn simplified the Monte Carlo simulation >> while increasing its accuracy. Modeling a hypothetical hydrogen bomb became >> possible as a result. Later in his career, Kahn worked for the government's >> military consultation group, the RAND Corporation. >Stan Ulam was the main guy behind Monte Carlo methods. No shit, Sherlock. I don't know why you find the words "simplified" and "increasing its accuracy" so mystifying. Three words and a number: Kahn and Harris, 1948. >Giving Kahn this kind of credit is comparable to giving Nash the kind >of credit for game theory he got in the latest Hollywood biopic. Gee, I wouldn't know. Out of respect for Nash's acheivement, I refused to see it. >[Rest of Faustine's Choate/Jei-like forwarded article snipped.] Now there's a stretch. Your little territorial dominance displays are mildly amusing. Bad alphachimp, no banana. ~Faustine. *** He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself. - --Thomas Paine -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPsdk version 1.7.1 (C) 1997-1999 Network Associates, Inc. and its affiliated companies. (Diffie-Helman/DSS-only version) iQA/AwUBPHVZH/g5Tuca7bfvEQKSxwCgghfl8zA6zoCa9baouaFG/M5jHpwAni1I wfrWwozBKMwIdUUcy3pYqlsX =Nzok -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
