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A Treatise on Nothing

A Treatise on Nothing. Peter Mork 16-Sep-14. Outline. History. Given that the Internet is a wasteland of nothing useful: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF8&q=Nothing%27s+History&btnG=Google+Search. Pop Culture References. Pop Culture References. Seinfeld.

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A Treatise on Nothing

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  1. A Treatise on Nothing Peter Mork 16-Sep-14

  2. Outline

  3. History Given that the Internet is a wasteland of nothing useful: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF8&q=Nothing%27s+History&btnG=Google+Search

  4. Pop Culture References

  5. Pop Culture References • Seinfeld

  6. Pop Culture References • Seinfeld • Nut ‘N’ Honeycereal

  7. Outline

  8. Definition • American Heritage Dictionary:“No thing, not anything”

  9. Formal Notation •  • {}

  10. Outline

  11. Uses for Nothing Answer to: • “What are the orange building cards good for?” • What do you remember of PiMP and Hoare monitors? • What is “IT” all about

  12. Outline

  13. Conclusions

  14. Acknowledgements • Greta, Millie, Soren and the PoCSi committee. • Rachel Pottinger at the other database breakfast participants without whom nothing would have happened.

  15. History

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