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michael_nielsen
on June 4, 2009
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Donald Knuth: Mathematical Ideas, or Algorithms, S...
It's a joke. 2^20 = 1,048,576. And the patent sounds a lot like Knuth's scheme for getting corrections to his books...
aswanson
on June 4, 2009
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And epoch time is a dead giveaway for the issue date.
ZachPruckowski
on June 5, 2009
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Especially since New Year's Day is a US government holiday...
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