tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1725975489373372070.post9133918988784884685..comments2024-03-02T17:35:58.818-08:00Comments on Spike is Best: Orwellian?Paul Stilwellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04446241126728692642noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1725975489373372070.post-75779422018484202272013-01-04T21:47:56.370-08:002013-01-04T21:47:56.370-08:00It just occured to me as funny that for me, as a m...It just occured to me as funny that for me, as a mathematician, the adjective "free" can have quite a different connotation than for other folks; particularly, it often lacks any suggestion of goodness <i>except for a particular purpose</i>. A <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_group" rel="nofollow">free group</a>, for instance, has trivial word problem and their homomorphisms to other groups involve no computation, but they're rather large, paying for what ease-of-use they have by lacking a <i>compact</i> notation for most things in them.Belfry Bathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00514867101036143597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1725975489373372070.post-62613619489083814532013-01-04T21:24:17.503-08:002013-01-04T21:24:17.503-08:00if you're barefoot, I'll make you a shoe. ...if you're barefoot, I'll make you a shoe. If I'm hungry, you'll make me a sandwich.<br /><br />I Thess. 4: 11-12<br /><br />We'll exchange prayers before the throne.Charles Van Gorkomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00886831302245832973noreply@blogger.com