About a week ago I posted a link to an article about a computer program that solves problems without running. My friend Zimbo was nice enough to point me to this post which does a not-so-great job of explaining why the original article stunk.
Which led me to read another of his posts (this about Olympic skater, Sasha Cohen) and the associated comments which I give you the highlights below:
BTW - for those who don't know Yiddish or German, shayna maidel (schoene maidel) means pretty girl.
- Greg Kuperberg said...
Do you think that she would date a complexity theorist? :-)
- Scott said...
Not unless he did something like derandomize polynomial identity testing.
- Greg Kuperberg said...
Hmmm...I suppose that she isn't your type after all. Except for her looks, which ought to be anyone's type.
- Scott said...
I have a girlfriend now anyway. Come to think of it, we were going to go ice skating at some point...
- Anonymous said...
I thought Lance's blog was the dorky one...
- Scott said...
I was thinking: it must warm feminists' hearts to see these spunky young women breaking into the male-dominated world of sports. First football and boxing, now figure skating in skintight dresses ... what's next?
- Nagesh Adluru said...
Cool Scott, you have a girlfriend now! Can you suggest any tips on how to get one?
- Scott said...
Maybe that'll be a topic for a future post: Dating Secrets of the Quantum Complexity Theorists.
- Anonymous said...
One "schoene maidel," that Sasha.
- Nagesh Adluru said...
That's great! Thank you. Though I am not a Quantum Complexity Theorist, your views should be helpful:)
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