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Re: Fox 4 and Internet Addiction

Posted on March 27th, 2008 11:38am by Eric Celeste
Filed under Local News

Internet addictionTrey, that reminds me of a story the Dallas Observer ran in 1995 about a St. Marks student, Zach Loafman, who was supposedly “addicted to the Internet.” We giggled hard about that one. Oh, and, looks like Mr. Loafman did just fine in overcoming his “problem”: he went on to get his degree from a little place called Carnegie Mellon, with a double major in discrete mathematics and logic. Now, if we could just find some stories about how those darn video games are the new addiction concern: oh, wait, here ya go.

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7 Comments to “Re: Fox 4 and Internet Addiction”
  • Amandax9362 @ March 27th, 2008 at 11:57 am

    What the heck is discrete mathematics? 2+2=5?

  • Eric Celeste @ March 27th, 2008 at 11:59 am

    Off the top of my head, I believe that discrete mathematics, also called finite mathematics or decision mathematics, is the study of mathematical structures that are fundamentally discrete in the sense of not supporting or requiring the notion of continuity. Objects studied in finite mathematics are largely countable sets such as integers, finite graphs, and formal languages. Discrete mathematics and stuff has become popular in recent decades because of its applications to computer science. Concepts and notations from discrete mathematics are useful to study or describe objects or problems in computer algorithms and programming languages. In some mathematics curricula, finite mathematics courses cover discrete mathematical concepts for business shizzle, while discrete mathematics courses emphasize concepts for computer science majors. I think.

  • Amandax9362 @ March 27th, 2008 at 12:23 pm

    Wow, thanks, that cleared it right up :)

  • Bill M. @ March 27th, 2008 at 10:43 pm

    Not to be confused with discreet mathematics, which is mathematics behind closed doors. Mostly multiplication.

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