Re: Surrogate factoring, update on research

From: Jesse F. Hughes (jesse_at_phiwumbda.org)
Date: 01/19/05 

Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 21:26:08 +0100

"Richard Henry" <rphenry@home.com> writes:

> <jstevh@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:1106091432.238985.195470@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
>
>> On Usenet a lot of the traffic is from people who don't know much if
>> anything about the subject they're commenting on.
>
> Has anyone called "dibs" on this for sigfiles yet?

Dime a dozen. Here's some examples of similar .sigs. Well, some of
them are similar. Others are included as an act of self-indulgence.

"If anything is true in general about Usenet, it's that people can go
on and on about just about anything." -- James Harris speaks the
truth.

"And that's what's wrong with Usenet. You people [...] can reply to a
post [...] and then convince yourselves that you're great. Because
you can open your mouths you think what you have is worth saying that
you have proven your value." -- James S. Harris masters self-diagnosis

"That's what's annoying about Usenet as some loser will state a case,
get their ass kicked, but STILL keep coming back as if nothing
happened." -- James Harris explains his strategy.

"I post for many reasons [...] and there's no reason to think that
I'll stop." -- James S. Harris

"Sure, [my Usenet presence is] like Shaq playing against you in your
backyard, but that has its perks, as I find ways to have my fun *and*
I can send messages to certain people in the United States Government
without concern that the rest of you understand them." -- James Harris

"My experience indicates that the people who post on this newsgroup
are about at the level of a 10 year old in the year 2060."
                    -- More wisdom from James Harris, time traveler

"Usenet is demonstrably dangerous. It needs to be regulated."
             --James S. Harris, voice of reason and moderation

"My proof has been checked very thoroughly, both by me and others.
Those others apparently decided that they would not believe the proof
was correct, but cannot support that position using mathematics. But
hey, they're just human beings." --JSH, prover of Fermat's Last Thm

"It's easy folks. Just talk about my approach to your favorite
mathematician. If they can't be interested in it, they've
demonstrated a lack of mathematical skill." -- James Harris

"Time and again, history has shown that people who think their beliefs
trump reality lose, and lose badly. Luckily, I don't have to listen
to you." -- James Harris on reality avoidance

"Yup, as far as I'm concerned, if you live out your lives smiling the
entire time full of pride in your *believed* accomplishments, when you
never had any, well that's ok with me."
             --James Harris, a man of remarkable accomplishments.

"Ultimately, I can bring the entire mathematical establishment to its
knees... Live in a fantasy world if you wish, but to me that's just
an expression of your intellectual inferiority." --James Harris

"Well, I'm a pragmatist. I've been wrong MANY TIMES and it seems to
me that it would be simpler to be wrong with this paper."
                         --James S. Harris explains his latest paper

"People make mistakes. Better to live today and learn the truth, than
to be one of those poor saps who died deluded, thinking they knew
certain things that they just didn't. Thinking they had proofs that
they didn't." --James S. Harris, almost too sad for a .sig

>
>> Dumb-asses can step to the side now.
>> Let the professionals work.
>
> Dibs! Dibs!
>

That's a good one I think. Here's a few .sigs loosely related to
hubris and projection.

"I AM serious about this being a short route to a Ph.d for some of
you, but just remember, I'm the guy who proved Fermat's Last Theorem
in just a bit over 6 years [...] My standards are kind of high."
                  --James Harris, founding a new mathematical school

"Reality has a fascinating ability to check us when we get a little too
big for our britches... Make no mistake. There isn't a mathematician alive
today that I can't now touch, and not a mathematical career on the planet
that I can't now affect." --James Harris, render of worlds

"That's what's brutal about mathematics! When you're wrong, you can
have spent years, and lots of effort, and come out at the end with
nothing." -- James S. Harris on the path of self-discovery (?)

"You lack the ability to reason, but instead get an idea in your head
and hold on to it against all evidence. I don't find you credible,
and reject your claims, as coming from a flawed source."
  -- James S Harris shoots for Projection Post of the Year (2004)

"What you call reasonable is suspect since you've proven yourself to
be an enemy of mathematics." -- James S. Harris defends the cause.

"I don't know why I live in a world with so many supposed
mathematicians who are all so dumb AND rude. Why oh why couldn't
someone like Gauss or Dedekind still be around? Shoot, I'd even take
someone like Hardy at this point." -- James S Harris compromises

"History will hate you and love me. I'm the misunderstood and
persecuted genius. You're the assholes." -- James Harris

"The papers are currently at journals. [When published,] make no
mistake, there will be no place on this planet where you can hide.
Remember, I'm not talking about something vague here. I'm talking
about publication in journals." James S. Harris. Wow. Journals.

"Basically there are two angry groups. I am a harsh force of
one. Against me is a society of mathematicians. So far it's been a
draw." -- JSH gives another display of keen insight.

"It seems to me that some of you don't realize that [...] some day the
truth comes out. It doesn't matter if you're dead. I've made certain
that your name will live in infamy if it's known at all: Wiles, Ribet,
Granville, or anyone else from this generation." --JSH beyond the grave

"And hey, if you're moping and miserable because mathematics tests you,
then maybe, if you think you're a mathematician, you might want to try
a different field." -- Another James S. Harris self-diagnosis.

"If you are a mathematician, then you cannot dispute the result. If
you dispute the result [...] then you are NOT a mathematician. Anyone
who disputes this result [...] is not a mathematician. I am a
mathematician, which is how I could find the result."--James S. Harris

"Sorry, wakeup to the real world. You're on your own dependent on me
as your guide. Luckily for you, I'm self-correcting to a large extent,
so if the proof were wrong, I'd tell you. It's not wrong."
  --- James Harris confirms that his proof is correct.

"To [mathematicians] amateur mathematicians are worse than scum, and
scarier than nuclear bombs."
                     -- James S. Harris on mathematicians' phobias

"I'm talking about mathematics--hard, brutal, extreme ... pushing your
mind beyond the limits to understand what no one else can because
they're afraid to risk it all, to lose their freaking worthless minds
in the push to know." --James Harris, for the Nike Derivator

"I am a force of Nature. Time is a friend of mine, and We talk about
things, here and there. And sometimes We muse a bit [...] and then We
watch them go... in the meantime, Time and I, We play with some of
them, at least for a little while." --- JSH and His pal, Time.

"There are VERY FEW real mathematicians and I am one of them. Few of
you can handle the pressure of real mathematics, like being wrong,
while I demonstrably can." -- James S. Harris

"I often told you of the dangers of hubris, and most importantly of
all, I TOLD you that I wanted to change the institution of mathematics
worldwide." -- James Harris, on the evils of pride

(The following is /not/ an example of .sig serendipity. I chose it.) 

-- 
Jesse F. Hughes
"Yes, I'm one of those arrogant people who tries to be quotable.
There is actually at least one person who quotes me often." 
                                                 -- James Harris
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