Re: [Math] How fast is fast enough?

2016-02-06 Thread Ole Ersoy
The one thing that's really ticking me off is that I realize that Phil's grasp of probability is a lot fresher than my own. Anyways don't worry about it. I hope we can piece all of this back together, because I have a lot more stuff to annoy some of you with. Cheers, Ole On 02/06/2016 05:3

Re: [Math] How fast is fast enough?

2016-02-06 Thread Phil Steitz
On 2/6/16 4:34 PM, Benson Margulies wrote: > 1. I don't understand the source of urgency here. If someone has a new > algorithm they want to release to the general public, they can put it > on github. It does not matter very much if a method is sitting in > Apache (commons) Math on any particular s

Re: [Math] How fast is fast enough?

2016-02-06 Thread Benson Margulies
1. I don't understand the source of urgency here. If someone has a new algorithm they want to release to the general public, they can put it on github. It does not matter very much if a method is sitting in Apache (commons) Math on any particular schedule. It's not like adding a feature to some pla

Re: [Math] How fast is fast enough?

2016-02-06 Thread Matt Benson
I don't know that Dave intended his comments precisely as an indictment in this specific situation, but he is certainly neither the first nor, almost certainly, the last person to express similar feelings. I appreciated your support during my recent release vote, Phil, and would be sorry to see you

Re: [Math] How fast is fast enough?

2016-02-06 Thread Phil Steitz
On 2/6/16 11:57 AM, dbrosIus wrote: > The problem with the revolutionary vs evolutionary post is that you say to > the revolutionaries "go off and play around. Invest all kinds of effort and > time" but we are going to not give you any kind of sense as to whether we > will do anything with what

Re: [Math] How fast is fast enough?

2016-02-06 Thread Oliver Heger
Am 06.02.2016 um 12:31 schrieb James Carman: > Okay, folks, this is definitely getting out of hand. Let's put a moratorium > on this thread for the weekend or something and try to come back together > next week and try to move forward. I would urge folks to watch this while > we wait: > > https:

Re: [Math] How fast is fast enough?

2016-02-06 Thread dbrosIus
The problem with the revolutionary vs evolutionary post is that you say to the revolutionaries "go off and play around. Invest all kinds of effort and time" but we are going to not give you any kind of sense as to whether we will do anything with what you produced. "WE" the status quo will decid

Re: [Math] How fast is fast enough?

2016-02-06 Thread Mark Thomas
On 06/02/2016 11:31, James Carman wrote: > Okay, folks, this is definitely getting out of hand. Let's put a moratorium > on this thread for the weekend or something and try to come back together > next week and try to move forward. I would urge folks to watch this while > we wait: > > https://m.yo

Re: [Math] How fast is fast enough?

2016-02-06 Thread James Carman
Okay, folks, this is definitely getting out of hand. Let's put a moratorium on this thread for the weekend or something and try to come back together next week and try to move forward. I would urge folks to watch this while we wait: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rOWmrlft2FI p.s. Phil, I do hope y

Re: Time is running out....CFP submission deadline is Feb 12th

2016-02-06 Thread Siegfried Goeschl
Hi folks, I made my proposal for “Apache Commons Email & Exec” today :-) Cheers, Siegfried Goeschl > On 05 Feb 2016, at 18:24, Melissa Warnkin wrote: > > Want to go to the beautiful city of Vancouver, BC? > > enjoy the evening receptions with the delicious (free) food and great > (free

Re: [Math] How fast is fast enough?

2016-02-06 Thread William Barker
As a veteran of the Great Tomcat Flame Wars let me show you how this should be done. Gilles is too ignorant of even basic statistics (as shown by his post on geometric distributions) to even be working on PRNGs. As a user of C-M I would never use any class authored by Gilles relating to random num