Did you want to know some facts on Cauchy? Well, here you are ...
and don't forget, if you know French, you can read the book by Bruno Belhoste at Google Books by just searching for it!
I hope it helps you ... Leave me a comment on youtube if you so desire. :D
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Augustin Louis Cauchy (a presentation in progress)
So far away ...
Such a wonderful song ...
I am rendered speechless.
So far away
Doesn't anybody stay in one place anymore
It would be so fine to see your face in my door
It doesn't help to know that ...
You're so far away ...
and so goes the song. Thank you very much Jennette for the song. You are a wonderful actress and a splendid singer.
The most hilarious error message so far
Oops FF3b4 5
Originally uploaded by KushalHada
The most hilarious error message on FF so far.
However, nothing beats http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Image:PopupBlocked.png haha
Monday, April 27, 2009
On the way to Fred's
a taste of flickr videos...
The video has nothing to do with Fred's
According to Wikipedia, Fred's, Inc. (NASDAQ: FRED) is a regional chain of discount stores based primarily in the Southeast and Midwest. It is headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee. http://www.google.com/finance?client=ob&q=NASDAQ:FRED
The video has nothing to do with Fred's
According to Wikipedia, Fred's, Inc. (NASDAQ: FRED) is a regional chain of discount stores based primarily in the Southeast and Midwest. It is headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee. http://www.google.com/finance?client=ob&q=NASDAQ:FRED
Just for the kicks ...
I wanted to stress the effect of over 2.1 billion... That is a big number. What is it about? Well, lets keep that a secret for now, shall we? We are still working out the details. (Ah, don't you like surprises?)
photo © René Mérou for openphoto.net CC:Attribution-ShareAlike
photo © René Mérou for openphoto.net CC:Attribution-ShareAlike
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Permutations and combinations - a cryptic message to self
36 * 36 * 36 * 36 * 36 * 36 = 2 176 782 336
That is over 2.1 billion possibilities!
That is over 2.1 billion possibilities!
Saturday, April 25, 2009
David Pogue: Pithy answers that just work
We all know what being pithy is. We all know how to avoid being pithy. David Pogue seems to have failed in not being pithy, on purpose.
Just read this one answer from this post at the new york times,
Just read this one answer from this post at the new york times,
Q: What camera should I get?
A: The Canon PowerShot SD880. Or, if you're willing to carry around a bigger, heavier model (an S.L.R.), the Nikon D5000.
Textbook disclaimers
Did you want to print out your own textbook disclaimers? Thanks to Swarthmore College, yes you can! Yes, even a PDF file is available for your use.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
A book for numerical analysis
Very recently, I stumbled across this book for numerical analysis/methods. While I have not had time to read it, it looks promising. Licensed under GFDL 1.2 (or later), this book is free (as in beer and as in speech).
My sincere thanks to the author for writing this book and making it available under a free license.
My sincere thanks to the author for writing this book and making it available under a free license.
Monday, April 20, 2009
Pi to a million places
http://3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944592.com/ is an interesting website.
Try to find out what you need to enter to get the answer.
If you cannot find the answer, try again! If you cannot do it and feel like giving up, don't! Click here ...
or better yet, just look at what I shamelessly copied here ...
oops, looks like Scribfire is getting a high fever ... Oh well, find out for yourself when you click the link ...
Try to find out what you need to enter to get the answer.
If you cannot find the answer, try again! If you cannot do it and feel like giving up, don't! Click here ...
or better yet, just look at what I shamelessly copied here ...
oops, looks like Scribfire is getting a high fever ... Oh well, find out for yourself when you click the link ...
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Who keeps fish?
I came across this question this morning and spent a good hour trying to solve it.
Hyperlink to the question
Here's what I did:
(I made a table with five rows and five columns and filled in as I went through. I used single alphabet representations in the table, where possible.)
The Norwegian lives in the first house.
The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
The second house is blue.
The man living in the house right in the center drinks milk.
My conjecture is that the red house is in the far right.
Now the British lives in the red house, leaving green and white vacant, for now.
The green house is on the left of the white house (next to it).
The Norwegian lives in a Yellow house.
My conjecture is incorrect as "The green house owner drinks coffee."
Thus the red house is in the center.
Thus, the green house is to the right of the red and the white house is to the right of the green. The order of the houses is complete: YBRGW.
Until now, only the Norwegian and the British have been located/moved in.
The Norwegian smokes Dunhill as "The owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhill. "
The man in the blue house keeps horses as "The man who keeps horses lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill."
"The owner who smokes Blue Master drinks beer." So it cannot be the Norwegian in the yellow house. Thus, the Norwegian does not drink beer. However, "The Dane drinks tea." So, the Dane does not drink beer either. Now, we have the Brit, the German, and the Swede. "The German smokes Prince." So, the German does not smoke Blue Master. We are down to the Brit and the Swede. However, we have already established that the Brit drinks milk. So the owner who smokes Blue Master and drinks beer must be the Swede.
As "The Swede keeps dogs as pets." and as we established, smokes Blue Master and drinks beer, he must live in the white house as that is the only possibility. (The Norwegian smokes Dunhill, the person in the blue house has a horse, the Brit drinks milk, and the owner of the green house drinks coffee).
"The Dane drinks tea." The Dane must live in the blue house as the Norwegian lives in the yellow house and we know what all the others drink. By elimination, the German must live in the green house. Thus, the order of nationalities is complete: NDBGS.
By elimination, the Norwegian drinks water.
"The man who smokes blend has a neighbor who drinks water." Thus the Dane must smoke blend.
"The German smokes Prince." Thus, by elimination, the Brit must smoke Paul Mall.
"The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds." Thus the Brit rears birds.
"The man who smokes blend lives next to the one who keeps cats." Thus, either the Norwegian or the Brit keeps cats. However, the Brit rears birds. Thus, the Norwegian must keep cats.
Hence, by elimination, the German keeps fish.
Hyperlink to the question
Here's what I did:
(I made a table with five rows and five columns and filled in as I went through. I used single alphabet representations in the table, where possible.)
The Norwegian lives in the first house.
The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
The second house is blue.
The man living in the house right in the center drinks milk.
My conjecture is that the red house is in the far right.
Now the British lives in the red house, leaving green and white vacant, for now.
The green house is on the left of the white house (next to it).
The Norwegian lives in a Yellow house.
My conjecture is incorrect as "The green house owner drinks coffee."
Thus the red house is in the center.
Thus, the green house is to the right of the red and the white house is to the right of the green. The order of the houses is complete: YBRGW.
Until now, only the Norwegian and the British have been located/moved in.
The Norwegian smokes Dunhill as "The owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhill. "
The man in the blue house keeps horses as "The man who keeps horses lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill."
"The owner who smokes Blue Master drinks beer." So it cannot be the Norwegian in the yellow house. Thus, the Norwegian does not drink beer. However, "The Dane drinks tea." So, the Dane does not drink beer either. Now, we have the Brit, the German, and the Swede. "The German smokes Prince." So, the German does not smoke Blue Master. We are down to the Brit and the Swede. However, we have already established that the Brit drinks milk. So the owner who smokes Blue Master and drinks beer must be the Swede.
As "The Swede keeps dogs as pets." and as we established, smokes Blue Master and drinks beer, he must live in the white house as that is the only possibility. (The Norwegian smokes Dunhill, the person in the blue house has a horse, the Brit drinks milk, and the owner of the green house drinks coffee).
"The Dane drinks tea." The Dane must live in the blue house as the Norwegian lives in the yellow house and we know what all the others drink. By elimination, the German must live in the green house. Thus, the order of nationalities is complete: NDBGS.
By elimination, the Norwegian drinks water.
"The man who smokes blend has a neighbor who drinks water." Thus the Dane must smoke blend.
"The German smokes Prince." Thus, by elimination, the Brit must smoke Paul Mall.
"The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds." Thus the Brit rears birds.
"The man who smokes blend lives next to the one who keeps cats." Thus, either the Norwegian or the Brit keeps cats. However, the Brit rears birds. Thus, the Norwegian must keep cats.
Hence, by elimination, the German keeps fish.
first attempt at the Cauchy facts
This is the first attempt and is NOT complete. Please read the video descriptions at youtube.
A L Cauchy an outline try 01
A L Cauchy an outline try 01
Friday, April 17, 2009
Google Pages going away
When I went to Google Page Creator today, I realized something new. It was a little notice on the top of the page confirming something Google had warned us many months ago.
There are some growing pains, as I myself got an error page when I clicked on the learn more link for one of my sites. If you use Google Pages, but do not intend to migrate to Google Sites, you have an option to download the site in its entirety (in split zip files, I believe).
Shai Agassi at TED
"Batteries not included": A bold new paradigm that Shai Agassi is talking about is getting ears to it. Cleve Thompson, for the New York Times, wrote about it today.
What do I think of it? In a sense, it is a very good idea. However, implementation is the key. How is it going to be implemented? Shai Agassi mentions that his model for selling cars will work like cell phones do in the US today. (Horror of horrors!)
The obligatory question is whether we will have competing proprietary battery replacement facilities. If yes, why should the government not tax it like everything else instead of rewarding it. If no, and if it is meant to be free and open standards (and open source in the essence that Shai's company shall not keep any secrets from any other company), how is he going to make money out of it?
I mean look at Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ:JAVA). Please refer to Chapter 3.7.1 in Bill Thompson's exposition where he says:
"It is as if McDonalds built a park (with no branding or marketing) and then put a restaurant by the entrance in the hope that people would buy burgers while visiting."
I wonder what Shai Agassi's thinking is in this matter. Will car companies need to pay him to make compatible car batteries and systems that will work with his visionary grid of swappers? Until we know the details, sadly, we must refuse the deal.
Please click here for the video (high resolution, MP4).
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
What is a sohopmoew senator?
Dark Angel once wrote in a text message to an SGA senator *. Anyways, "sophomoew" is probably just a typographical error. Stuff happens. A Google search shows that there are only two results for it.
Obviously, "sophomoew" here means "sophomore". Now the only question is—who do I vote for ...
* Not published due to privacy concerns for dark angel (name substituted),
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Google Voice Blog: Helping you fight Phone Spam
Google Voice Blog: Helping you fight Phone Spam
Did you want to tag a really annoying person you know as spam but were worried how that would affect your Google Voice account or the person's ability to call others? Fear not! Your tags as spam stay with you. According to Google: "Tagging a caller as spam only affects your account and is not shared with other users." So, even though Google is "blocking tens of thousands of calls on a daily basis", do not worry if that annoying person will lose their ability to call people because the blocks only affect "automated dialers that call thousands of numbers every day".
What is in it for you to tag someone as spam then? In Google's words, "future calls from that number will not ring your phones, will not be in your messages when you check voicemails from your phone, but will end up in a Spam folder that you can check whenever you feel like it, similar to your Gmail spam filter."
I hope this helps. :) I have been using GrandCentral and Google Voice for a while now, and am currently experimenting with Google Voice as a primary telephone number. If you have been doing the same, or using Google Voice in an innovative way, please share it with the rest of us. :)
Did you want to tag a really annoying person you know as spam but were worried how that would affect your Google Voice account or the person's ability to call others? Fear not! Your tags as spam stay with you. According to Google: "Tagging a caller as spam only affects your account and is not shared with other users." So, even though Google is "blocking tens of thousands of calls on a daily basis", do not worry if that annoying person will lose their ability to call people because the blocks only affect "automated dialers that call thousands of numbers every day".
What is in it for you to tag someone as spam then? In Google's words, "future calls from that number will not ring your phones, will not be in your messages when you check voicemails from your phone, but will end up in a Spam folder that you can check whenever you feel like it, similar to your Gmail spam filter."
I hope this helps. :) I have been using GrandCentral and Google Voice for a while now, and am currently experimenting with Google Voice as a primary telephone number. If you have been doing the same, or using Google Voice in an innovative way, please share it with the rest of us. :)
Friday, April 10, 2009
Get excited about Firefox 3.1
For those of you have been living in a cave for a long time and have not been able to update your Firefox to the latest version, let me tell you——there is good thing to come. (The rest of you, I presume, already read all about it.)
Private Browsing
Would you like to start Private Browsing?
Firefox won't remember any history for this session.
Firefox is not currently in Private Browsing mode.
In a Private Browsing session, Firefox won't keep any browser history, search history, download history, web form history, cookies, or temporary internet files. However, files you download and bookmarks you make will be kept.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
April's fools jokes
The first one I noticed is Autopilot.
Claiming to be "The easiest email could possibly be", it tries to explain that email is hard because people "actually read and respond to all their messages". Well, not any more!
Hang on ... would YOU want this to be a real feature (once it is possible to do so)?
Claiming to be "The easiest email could possibly be", it tries to explain that email is hard because people "actually read and respond to all their messages". Well, not any more!
Hang on ... would YOU want this to be a real feature (once it is possible to do so)?
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