Tiny Transactions on Computer Science
April 10, 2012 8:28 AM Subscribe
Tiny Transactions on Computer Science ...the premier venue for computer science research of 140 characters or less.
The way the SC140 went was as a bunch of individual tweets, a few of which later became a download / digital synthesis album.
posted by idiopath at 8:44 AM on April 10, 2012
posted by idiopath at 8:44 AM on April 10, 2012
Almost forgot, the link to the <140c source code for each composition (if you download supercollider, you can recreate each of the pieces).
posted by idiopath at 8:45 AM on April 10, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by idiopath at 8:45 AM on April 10, 2012 [1 favorite]
Not much you can prove in 140 characters or less. At that point you can almost assert (don't forget
posted by spamguy at 9:09 AM on April 10, 2012
assert.h
, hurr hurr) anything as true, or rehash the conclusions of another paper.posted by spamguy at 9:09 AM on April 10, 2012
If you look at the rules, they allow for a longer abstract and title. See the example paper.
posted by idiopath at 9:16 AM on April 10, 2012
posted by idiopath at 9:16 AM on April 10, 2012
This is really silly. The SuperColider thing makes a certain amount of sense, but it has a totally different purpose. A 30 second talk has more value than a 140 character "research paper".
posted by demiurge at 9:26 AM on April 10, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by demiurge at 9:26 AM on April 10, 2012 [1 favorite]
Is there any actual content here, or is it just an announcement that you could write a 140 character paper for them? It seems like you're just going to get submissions like this:
P = NP. I have discovered a truly marvelous demonstration of this proposition that this margin is too narrow to contain.
posted by charlie don't surf at 9:42 AM on April 10, 2012 [4 favorites]
P = NP. I have discovered a truly marvelous demonstration of this proposition that this margin is too narrow to contain.
posted by charlie don't surf at 9:42 AM on April 10, 2012 [4 favorites]
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