Re: Long division algorithm

From: Tom St Denis (tomstdenis_at_iahu.ca)
Date: 12/26/03 

Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2003 21:32:12 GMT

"Douglas A. Gwyn" <DAGwyn@null.net> wrote in message
news:bsi8na$6i7$1@ngspool-d02.news.aol.com...
> > "Arnold Stang" <stang13@anonymous.to> wrote...
> >> Tom St. Denis is a disturbed youth who desperately needs help. I hope
> >> someone at his community college can take him under his/her wing and
> >> give him the counseling he needs. Sincerely.
>
> "Tom St Denis" <tomstdenis@iahu.ca> wrote...
> > Tom St Denis contributions to the fields of CS, Math and Cryptography:
A
> > few. More the average poster.
>
> Truly delusional.

Um and how are you not a troll?

I never said my contributions were major and important. I said I
contributed a few things to the field. Last I checked Greg's published
Turing design references one of my designs. etc. etc.

You know what I don't really have to justify myself to the likes of you. If
you don't respect my work so be it. I don't really care.

> > Arnold Stang contributions to the fields of CS, Math and Cryptography:
> > ZERO.
>
> If that's Arnold Stang the great character actor, why should he also make
> contributions to those fields? But no matter who he is, all he needs for
> qualifications to make accurate comments on your mental state is the
> evidence gathered from your postings in the newsgroups he reads.

Well given that I've never spoken with him how is he qualified to judge my
mental state? I mean if that's all you need than group therapy could be
performed in an IRC chat room.

I'd say if Greg Rose came in here talking smack about me that would carry
more weight than some two-bit loser nobody that dropped out of the wind to
post some flame in usenet [Sorry Greg, I know you'd never do that, just
trying to make an example]

>
> > At least when I reply to people in the negative it's because I probably
> > have experience in the subject that makes me qualified to post
>
> No, generally when you reply in the negative it is to disparage the
> person to whose post you're responding. One doesn't have to be
> a professional psychologist to realize that most likely you're trying
> to fake a sense of self-esteem by pretending to be better than the
> other guy. You should thank Mr. Stang for his constructive advice,
> and then follow it.

I don't disparage people. I may discourage them from acting like f'ing
retards but that's totally different.

If I wanted to put people down I wouldn't reply to MKS the way I would do.

What tom is thinking during reply to MKS: OMG YOU MOTHER [BEEP] INCOMPETENT
[BEEP] LAZY [BEEP BEEP] PICK UP A [BEEP] [BEEP] Textbook/paper/website/etc
and [BEEP] read the [BEEP] contents for once!

What tom is writing during reply to MKS: Can you reduce your proposal to
some worthy assumption?

Big difference.

The fact that what I actually write comes off as crass or rude is because
the people I'm replying to are generally lazy, clueless and not willing to
sit still and learn something for a minute.

Getting back on topic though. You're suggestion to read TAOCP to learn how
to perform division was totally lame. HAC and heck even my Textbook have
been around for a while [HAC being around for MUCH longer]. They're both
free and both cover the topic [IIRC, been a while]. Certainly you could
have pointed him to the YEAR OLD LibTomMath or several year old GMP for
better references.

That would, of course, require you to spend an ounce of thought answering
the question instead of sniping out the most useless reply possible.

Tom

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