Nice article by MarkCC on why C sucksis not efficient for numerically intensive applications - looks like that's an even better way to get comments and readers than the old "dis String Theory" trick.
Chad has a pointer to a beautiful entry by Aaronson on nifty theoretical things in computer science
So, like, read 'em.
If he writes a book - pop-sci or for "peeple hoo no calculus reel good" I'll read it.
Hell, I'll review it! (Hint)
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