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- From: damianj@castle.ed.ac.uk (Damian Jackson)
- Newsgroups: talk.bizarre
- Subject: Re: Why the Naming Contest Is Doomed to Failure
- Message-ID: <28236@castle.ed.ac.uk>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 22:00:57 GMT
- References: <BxMzG5.8v9@rice.edu> <1992Nov16.020818.18294@wetware.com>
- Organization: Edinburgh University
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- mlegare@wetware.com (Dr. Robert (BoB) Tech) writes:
-
- >talk.bizarre is a box for stuff. some of the stuff is box-shaped, and some
- >of the stuff isn't. people put stuff in the box. every once in a while
- >someone feels the need to sort the stuff in the box. sometimes this person
-
- Could you just _hold it right there_ please.
-
- Okay, who shouted "sort & post"?
-
- Come on, somebody shouted it.
- I'm quite prepared to keep you all
- right here in this classroom
- *all day* if necessary.
-
- >puts lots of little boxes into the talk.bizarre box to aid him in his
- >sorting. unfortunately, there always seems to be one less little sorting
- >box than is needed, so the sorter gets frustrated and stops sorting.
-
- So, like, is bizarre_sort O(n lg n)?
-
- The trouble with sorting talk.bizarre
- is that no matter how
- you shuffle the boxes
- there is always
- only one
- egg.
-
- Speaking of which, I wonder,
- do women who post to the
- same newsgroup gradually
- shift into the same cycle,
- all other factors being equal?
-
- Hmmm. Maybe somebody here
- could get a grant to
- research that.
-
- >talk.bizarre is a box for stuff. unfortunately, this box is not really
- >all that box-shaped.
-
- Amen to that, brother.
-
- Damian
- damianj@castle.ed.ac.uk
-