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As computer scientists, we really should assume he took the shortest path between the final set of destinations rather than travel between them sequentially.
by rcme 3y ago
As computer scientists, we really should assume he took the shortest path between the final set of destinations rather than travel between them sequentially.
- 0x6c6f6c 3y agoAssume, or optimize for.
- taylorius 3y agoWas thinking the same thing - travelling salesman problem, no?
- codethief 3y agoTraveling country musician :)
- M3L0NM4N 3y agoDijkstra's been everywhere, man.
- gnfargbl 3y agoJohnny Cash spent much of the 1950s and 1960s addicted to alcohol, barbiturates and amphetamines. Whilst we should assume he was probably familiar with contemporary work on finding shortest paths in weighted graphs, and almost certainly read the papers etc, it is likely that his addiction kept him from paying the proper attention that he would otherwise surely have done. Who knows how different the landscape of theoretical computer science might have been, had Cash spent more energy on algorithms and less on setting fires inside camper vans?
- wkat4242 3y agoAlso, tours depend on a lot more than travel. Venue availability, other major events impacting attendance, advertising and marketing. Travel optimization isn't really a priority.
- tetris11 3y agoYep. Seattle was an often missed point on the map for tours, until the punk/grunge evolved there. Then suddenly you couldn't stop people from driving that incredible distance from LA
- ZeroGravitas 3y agoI'm not sure if he would have covered that kind of material during his time with the Cryptographic Intelligence Unit anyway. https://military-history.fandom.com/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Security_Service https://military-history.fandom.com/wiki/United_States_Air_F...
- rospaya 3y agoOne of the best trivia pieces I have is that he is likely the first American to know Stalin died while he was posted in Germany, decoding morse code traffic.
- JasonFruit 3y agoI think the final picture adequately expresses Cash's response to your suggestion.