Why so little parallelism?
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From: Nick Maclaren on 16 Dec 2006 08:16 In article <1166270992.352425.37640(a)t46g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>, "BDH" <bhauth(a)gmail.com> writes: |> |> [ Parallel Dirichlet tesselation ] |> |> > |> I claimed I could see *how* a *decent* partition *could* be done for |> > |> the general case. |> > |> > OK. Now please put up or shut up. Let's see a write-up of your design. |> > In other words, publish OR be damned as a blowhard. |> |> That's an unsolved problem? Yes. Regards, Nick Maclaren.
From: Thomas Lindgren on 16 Dec 2006 09:12 nmm1(a)cus.cam.ac.uk (Nick Maclaren) writes: > In article <1166270992.352425.37640(a)t46g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>, > "BDH" <bhauth(a)gmail.com> writes: > |> > |> [ Parallel Dirichlet tesselation ] > |> > |> > |> I claimed I could see *how* a *decent* partition *could* be done for > |> > |> the general case. > |> > > |> > OK. Now please put up or shut up. Let's see a write-up of your design. > |> > In other words, publish OR be damned as a blowhard. > |> > |> That's an unsolved problem? > > Yes. Well, you shouldn't have told him. The best way of getting an unsolved problem solved is to present it as homework. (Cf. George Dantzig.) Best, Thomas -- Thomas Lindgren "Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better."
From: Nick Maclaren on 16 Dec 2006 10:14 In article <87odq49cp3.fsf(a)dev.null>, Thomas Lindgren <***********@*****.***> writes: |> |> > |> [ Parallel Dirichlet tesselation ] |> > |> |> > |> > |> I claimed I could see *how* a *decent* partition *could* be done for |> > |> > |> the general case. |> > |> > |> > |> > OK. Now please put up or shut up. Let's see a write-up of your design. |> > |> > In other words, publish OR be damned as a blowhard. |> > |> |> > |> That's an unsolved problem? |> > |> > Yes. |> |> Well, you shouldn't have told him. The best way of getting an unsolved |> problem solved is to present it as homework. (Cf. George Dantzig.) Well, yes, but given his attitude, I don't think that telling him will make any difference! I will be impressed if he can pull it off, but suspect that he will merely reinvent one of the solutions for the easy cases. Regards, Nick Maclaren.
From: Del Cecchi on 16 Dec 2006 11:11 "Thomas Lindgren" <***********@*****.***> wrote in message news:87odq49cp3.fsf(a)dev.null... > > nmm1(a)cus.cam.ac.uk (Nick Maclaren) writes: > >> In article <1166270992.352425.37640(a)t46g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>, >> "BDH" <bhauth(a)gmail.com> writes: >> |> >> |> [ Parallel Dirichlet tesselation ] >> |> >> |> > |> I claimed I could see *how* a *decent* partition *could* be >> done for >> |> > |> the general case. >> |> > >> |> > OK. Now please put up or shut up. Let's see a write-up of your >> design. >> |> > In other words, publish OR be damned as a blowhard. >> |> >> |> That's an unsolved problem? >> >> Yes. > > Well, you shouldn't have told him. The best way of getting an unsolved > problem solved is to present it as homework. (Cf. George Dantzig.) > > Best, > Thomas > -- > Thomas Lindgren > You will be especially assured of getting a solution if you post your homework to comp.arch del
From: BDH on 16 Dec 2006 20:59
> |> > |> That's an unsolved problem? > |> > > |> > Yes. > |> > |> Well, you shouldn't have told him. The best way of getting an unsolved > |> problem solved is to present it as homework. (Cf. George Dantzig.) > > Well, yes, but given his attitude, I don't think that telling him will > make any difference! I will be impressed if he can pull it off, but > suspect that he will merely reinvent one of the solutions for the easy > cases. Yeah, whatever. On my list of choices for things to do when I have time it goes. Yes, the actual solution takes little time, but even writing it down can take a while. |