Thanks, don't know how I missed that. He was kind enough to geek out with me several years back; had I realised he'd had any connection to Mills' Mess we'd have had another topic of conversation.
I talked to Ron about that. For some years the rumour had circulated that he and Steve worked on it, but that Ron actually did the final inventing, but Ron convinced me that while they did work on it together, they only had a "half" version, and it was Steve who put together the "final" version.
He seems like an accomplished guy: comfortable in his field and in life to explore other parts of it outside his chosen field. This balance is something I’d like to achieve — to be secure enough in what I do to devote time to roger things.
In British English (not sure where you’re from), roger is a slang verb for a male to have sex with someone. Eg ‘did you hear Robert was rogered behind that bus stop?’ Your comment made me chuckle.
Imagine if Einstein had lived another 30 years into the 1980’s. Richard Feynman was 2 years younger than Olivia de Havilland, but he only lived to be 69.
There's a woman living in Japan who was born before George Orwell. It's incredible to think that one could be in their 60s and still have half a century left.
I made this comment on an earlier post about Ron, but it seems relevant.
It's via Ron that I have my Erdos number (of the first kind) of 2. He was warm, welcoming, kind, enthusiastic, engaging, and a wonderful person to be with, let alone work with.
I wrote[0] about how I first met him, and while we didn't meet often, it was always a pleasure, and he always greeted me warmly. I'm sad to think I won't see him again. I'll miss him.
I don't know your background, so I don't know at what level I should pitch my reply.
At the time, as far as we know, no one in the world had done it with the possible exception (in hindsight) of Paul Klimek, Bengt Magnusson, Bruce Tiemann, Mike Day, Adam Chalcraft, and me.
At the time it just wasn't known. When I was at juggling conventions I could torture 7 ball jugglers by getting them to try 441, 5551, and 66661. If you've never done SiteSwaps they feel seriously weird.
If that doesn't answer your question, tell me more about your background, what you know, whether you can juggle, and I'll tailor my answer further.
Actually, it's not just that it was unknown, it's also that it was particularly weird. It's not just a pattern, it's a cool pattern. Not just previously unknown, but of a previously unknown type.
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[ 1.1 ms ] story [ 53.7 ms ] threadIn a different universe, he might have been a Magister Ludi: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Glass_Bead_Game
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23958566
Imagine if Einstein had lived another 30 years into the 1980’s. Richard Feynman was 2 years younger than Olivia de Havilland, but he only lived to be 69.
It's via Ron that I have my Erdos number (of the first kind) of 2. He was warm, welcoming, kind, enthusiastic, engaging, and a wonderful person to be with, let alone work with.
I wrote[0] about how I first met him, and while we didn't meet often, it was always a pleasure, and he always greeted me warmly. I'm sad to think I won't see him again. I'll miss him.
[0] https://www.solipsys.co.uk/new/MeetingRonGraham.html?tg26hn
At the time, as far as we know, no one in the world had done it with the possible exception (in hindsight) of Paul Klimek, Bengt Magnusson, Bruce Tiemann, Mike Day, Adam Chalcraft, and me.
At the time it just wasn't known. When I was at juggling conventions I could torture 7 ball jugglers by getting them to try 441, 5551, and 66661. If you've never done SiteSwaps they feel seriously weird.
If that doesn't answer your question, tell me more about your background, what you know, whether you can juggle, and I'll tailor my answer further.
That's what made it especially interesting.
(Graham's number applies to Ramsey's theory.)
https://www.solipsys.co.uk/new/InfiniteRamseyTheorem.html?tg...
That's just a taste of the ideas. For an entire book there's this:
https://www.amazon.com/Ramsey-Theory-2nd-Ronald-Graham/dp/04...
Many books on Graph Theory will have a section about it.