User:ShearedLizard

List of 'mathematicians' (or computer scientists) that hate computers:

This list is incomplete, you can help by completing it

Editing Note:

As this is my page I hereby grant you (yes, you. Don't be shy. You hate computers more than you think) special privilege to add yourself to this list, ignoring notability concerns, as long as you put yourself below Dijkstra. He deserves the first place for pioneering work in hating computers. (people can edit others pages, right? If you're too shy, just ping me on my talk page) --A special announcement by ShearedLizard.

The actual list:

1. Edsger W. Dijkstra. There is no more profound computer hating computer scientist as Dijkstra. Even the type-writer he avoids. Known to (correctly) state that CS has nothing to do with computers.
2. Me (that is, the owner of this page). I'm not a person of note, but boy do I hate this awful device on which I'm currently typing!

TODO list

• Turing reduction: The definition given is formal. I think the definition given on my classes is formal enough to construct reductions and easier to grasp for the 'working computer scientist'. I should add (and source!) that definition.
• New article: Chazelle's algorithm. I should be able to create a stub, at least. I mean, I talk enough being baffled that this is a valid algorithm , but still unimplementable! That seems of encyclopedic interest to me!
• New article: Dutch Hogeschool. There is very little info on this, even on the Dutch Wikipedia. I think it is best to start from scratch.
• New article: Ulam distance. A restriction of edit distance to permutations. Is dual to LIS in the same way edit distance is dual to LCS. The page on Stanislaw Ulam refers opaquely to this distance and its applications in biology, but never explicitly mentions it.
• Put something silly in this list. Think of something witty or silly to put on this page other than this list.