Programming sounds like cookery.
On 27 March 2014 19:35, Chris de Morsella <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Russell, just ordered a copy as well. It will dovetail in nicely > with Max Tegmark's book, about to embark on Chapter 12 into the meat of his > argument; wish I had more time to finish it a single read. Going by your > sig I suspect you will get it... am in the middle of a spot of pretty intense > programming that has been swallowing my time and filling my thoughts. Kind > of walked into inheriting a hot potato that had been promised some time > ago, and never delivered, because the service that had been developed was > this byzantine bowl of spaghetti that nobody wanted to touch with a ten > foot pole. After struggling with this artfully horrible code for a month to > try to understand it well enough to take it on I finally convinced them > that it was a lost cause by showing that it was outputting a lot of bad > values. That was two weeks ago and in two weeks I essentially rebuilt the > entire thing from scratch. > > So Max has to fit within my lunch hour, in fact there are a few smudges on > some of the unlucky pages. Meaning no disrespect, I am afraid, my life > being what it is now that your translation of Bruno's book will also share > that same lunch hour risk... a little inadvertent splash off the plate of > curry perhaps, landing on the page . > > Apologies for the random detour into life... looking forward to reading my > copy when it arrives. > > Cheers, > > Chris > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *LizR > *Sent:* Wednesday, March 26, 2014 1:12 AM > *To:* [email protected]; [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [foar] Amoeba's Secret now available in paperback > > > > Thank you Russell, I have ordered my copy. > > > > On 26 March 2014 17:39, Russell Standish <[email protected]> wrote: > > From your Amazon store near you. > > http://www.amazon.com/Amoebas-Secret-Bruno-Marchal/dp/1495992799/ > > Cheers > -- > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) > Principal, High Performance Coders > Visiting Professor of Mathematics [email protected] > University of New South Wales http://www.hpcoders.com.au > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Fabric of Alternate Reality" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/foar. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
