Re: JSH: Big collapse on surrogate factoring
From: C. Bond (cbond_at_ix.netcom.com)
Date: 03/10/05
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Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 16:10:28 GMT
jstevh@msn.com wrote:
> As far as I'm concerned I've just had a massive collapse in terms of
> getting surrogate factoring working, with a recent result that
> indicates you kind of need to know the factors of M ahead of time to
> guarantee a factorization.
There was no collapse. You never built a coherent supporting structure in
the first place.
> Yuck.
>
> But it happens.
You invite it. I know of no other individual who has exposed as many
failures to a public forum.
> Part of the fun of problem solving is knowing that at the end of the
> process you may just fail.
I'll bet you're great at a party if you think failure is fun.
> Ok, yeah, who am I kidding?
>
> Total failure is awful. It hurts in the gut, and you feel like just
> crawling into a hole...for a while.
>
> And then the feeling goes away.
That happens with bipolar disorders and binge drinking, too.
> I learned that years ago when I had FLT "Proofs" that I'd championed
> for months, only to finally accept that the arguments were flawed and
> what I had were not proofs.
Hmmm... Didn't you recently reaffirm your belief that you *do* have a proof
of FLT?
> I felt terrible. I felt awful. I berated myself for daring to presume
> to have solved the great problem.
>
> And then the bad feelings went away and I felt fine.
Perhaps there was some chemical intervention. Otherwise you are just
pathetic.
> In life we don't get to solve all the problems in front of us. If
> anybody did, then they wouldn't die, or their family members wouldn't
> die, or even their favorite dog wouldn't die.
But where would you be without dead raccoons to poke?
> But we all die.
>
> I'll try my best while I'm here to solve a few problems before I keel
> over,
With the progress you've made so far, it doesn't really matter which comes
first.
-- There are two things you must never attempt to prove: the unprovable -- and the obvious. -- Democracy: The triumph of popularity over principle. -- http://www.crbond.com
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