From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 2002:a37:b886:: with SMTP id i128mr8648905qkf.410.1582170492390; Wed, 19 Feb 2020 19:48:12 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 2002:a9d:4f02:: with SMTP id d2mr7087611otl.368.1582170492126; Wed, 19 Feb 2020 19:48:12 -0800 (PST) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.gegeweb.eu!gegeweb.org!usenet-fr.net!proxad.net!feeder1-2.proxad.net!209.85.160.216.MISMATCH!news-out.google.com!nntp.google.com!postnews.google.com!google-groups.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 19:48:11 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: google-groups.googlegroups.com; posting-host=47.185.239.228; posting-account=zwxLlwoAAAChLBU7oraRzNDnqQYkYbpo NNTP-Posting-Host: 47.185.239.228 References: <2ece65b1-763f-4f6a-b4b3-0b925a15fdfa@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <982259e0-3575-4ed6-b392-db7c3ad6323d@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: I am like a genius From: Optikos Injection-Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2020 03:48:12 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Xref: reader01.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:58093 Date: 2020-02-19T19:48:11-08:00 List-Id: On Wednesday, February 19, 2020 at 8:26:07 PM UTC-6, Randy Brukardt wrote: > aminer68@gmail.com writes: >=20 > >I am like a genius, because i have invented many scalable algorithms ... >=20 > Did you misspell "delusional"? Algorithms are "created", not "invented",= =20 > because similar algorithms have been written hundreds of times by hundred= s=20 > of other people (many of whom didn't have time, energy, or the delusions = of=20 > grandeur needed to write about them). >=20 > Moreover, virtually all ideas in software have a value of nothing. The on= ly=20 > thing that has value is how the idea is used - Google has value, map-redu= ce=20 > by itself does not. Even the credit typically goes to someone that had=20 > little to do with the original idea. (Those who claim otherwise typically= =20 > are planning to make money by leaching off of those who build stuff rathe= r=20 > than "invent" ideas). >=20 > Finally, in the rare case that someone is actually looking for an algorit= hm,=20 > they'll be looking at credible sources, not unmoderated newgroups. Most= =20 > likely, they'll be looking for a tested and trustworthy implementation in= =20 > their programming language (here, Ada), not some rambling textual=20 > description. If you have to roll-your-own anyway, you might as well creat= e=20 > an algorithm tailored to your problem. >=20 > Randy. >=20 > P.S. It's amazing that comp.lang.ada has survived this long as an=20 > unmoderated newsgroup. This is nearly the only place on the internet wher= e=20 > there is anything sane yet is not moderated. I have to moderate Ada-Comme= nt=20 > and ARG and ACAA and ... to avoid clouds of junk that comes daily. Not su= re=20 > why most of it never seems to get here (the OP excepted, of course). What if Amine is not a human being at all, but rather is some sort of AI ch= atbot-esque experiment of some kind? His postings repeatedly fail the Turi= ng test in a creepy uncanny-valley kind of way. What especially stands out= to me is that Amine behaves inhumanely when asked (by us and by multiple o= ther groups) to refrain from such faux pas and breeches of netiquette. We = have assumed that this inhumane callousness to obey rules and to comply wit= h requests are symptoms of insanity or mental illness of some kind, when it= might be merely the lack of build-out so far of that portion the AI's desi= gn. Even an insane or mentally ill person would eventually try to port his inve= ntions to all the non-Pascal languages to which he posts his postings. But= Amine never tries to port to C++ or to Ada or the other languages of the p= rogramming groups to which he posts. This lack of porting to languages oth= er than his beloved Pascal is strikingly odd, given that he certainly despe= rately yearns for cultivating a far greater following to fawn praise on his= work. Randy, you've been relatively quiet lately on c.l.a. I hope that indicates= nose to the grindstone on something quite good forthcoming. :-)