I must also confess to being one of the "overzealous contributors" and
"prime offenders." I am also one of the overzealous "semiprime
offenders." Be that as it may, I have endeavored to learn as many
different areas of Mathematics as my attention and capabilities allow,
and to submit sequences in as many different areas as I find in books,
journals, or my collaborative pursuits. I have no problem with
Dr. Neil J. A. Sloane's tastes nor dicta. He has been immensely
helpful and supportive in every way. <br>
<br>
For those, such as the nice and enthusiastic Zak Seidov who feel
rejected, I assure them that my experience is that rejection is not
personal, nor inherently damaging. I only achieved my hundreds of
publication, presentations, and broadcasts by having experienced over
5000 (5*10^3) rejection notes and rejection letters from editors of
magazines, journals, and books before I learned how to properly deal
with rejection. My Physics professor wife and I just took an
all-day screenwriting seminar in Hollwood, where the professor from
UCLA Film School summarized: "Rejection is not the end of the
process. It is only the beginning." <br>
<br>
Finally, the greatest joy of the Web is its use as
"collaborationware." The OEIS is not as well-known as
collaborative efforts such as Wikipedia. Yet it is in many ways
the greatest collaborative instrument on the internet, and Neil
deserves a MacArthur Fellowship for its human, scholarly, and social
impact. Let a million flowers bloom.<br>
<br>
-- Jonathan Vos Post<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 12/5/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Rob Pratt</b> <<a href="mailto:Rob.Pratt@sas.com">Rob.Pratt@sas.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Zak,<br><br>You are one of the "prime" offenders. A search on "prime seidov" returns 1174 sequences.<br><br>Rob<br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: zak seidov [mailto:<a href="mailto:zakseidov@yahoo.com">
zakseidov@yahoo.com</a>]<br>Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 11:11 AM<br>To: Rob Pratt; <a href="mailto:seqfan@ext.jussieu.fr">seqfan@ext.jussieu.fr</a><br>Subject: RE: OEIS on vacation in December<br><br><br>--- Rob Pratt <
<a href="mailto:Rob.Pratt@sas.com">Rob.Pratt@sas.com</a>> wrote:<br><br>> Because overzealous contributors have swamped the database with<br>> sequences that have a contrived relationship to prime numbers.<br>>
<br>> Rob Pratt<br><br>OK!<br><br>But dear Rob, dear Neil, dear co-editors, and dear seqfans!!<br><br>Why not simply to reject such "probably not"<br>submissions???!!!<br><br>I "have swamped the list with this Q"
<br>and have never got a reasonable explanation....<br><br>WADR (=with all duty respect),<br>Zak<br><br><br>><br>> -----Original Message-----<br>> From: Thomas Baruchel [mailto:<a href="mailto:tbaruchel@free.fr">
tbaruchel@free.fr</a>]<br>> Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 9:19 AM<br>> To: <a href="mailto:seqfan@ext.jussieu.fr">seqfan@ext.jussieu.fr</a><br>> Subject: Re: OEIS on vacation in December<br>><br>> On Wed, 29 Nov 2006, N. J. A. Sloane wrote:
<br>> > - don't send in sequences that you made up (unless<br>> > they are really beautiful - and if they<br>> > are base dependent or involve primes<br>> > they are probably not)<br>><br>
> Just a question ; I do understand very well why base dependent<br>> sequences aren't really beautiful, but I sincerely wonder why<br>> sequences which involve prime numbers "are probably not". Why? Aren't
<br>> they the most beautiful ones?<br>><br>> Regards,<br>><br>> --<br>> Thomas Baruchel<br>><br>><br><br><br><br><br>____________________________________________________________________________________
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