10 Sep
2003
10 Sep
'03
2:48 p.m.
> Q: If
such a critter were to start at page one of volume 1 of Knuth
> ("Numerical Algorithms"?) and eat straight through to the last page of
> volume 3 ("Sorting and Searching"), how far would he go? To simplify
> the
> arithmetic, we'll adjust the dimensions and say that each cover is 1/8
> inch thick, and the paper of each volume is 1 inch thick.
3 + 5/8 if you're going to start inside V1 and they're all 1" thick and 5
covers to go through. But V3, the only one I have, is at least 1.5" by
itself. Maybe indeed reincarnation is the true cosmology and what Sallam
encountered some early pioneer catching up on some great reading. Karma
would seem to indicate some early IBMer.