...because I'll be using this thread to post things on my mind, at the time of posting.
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Entropy is the amount of uncertainty of a random variable. It's the amount of uncertainty we have when we don't know the result of an outcome. Conversely, it's the amount of information we gain when we do learn the result of an outcome.
Formally, it's the expected value of the self-information of all of the outcomes of a random variable.
H(X) = E(I(X)) for all x in X
I think the judges on Iron Chef may be prone to confirmation bias toward the iron chefs when they go through the judging phase on the program.
To remedy this, they should hide the identity of the dish creator from the judges, to ensure a completely fair and unbiased judging.
It would be interesting to see how this simple change would effect the results.
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Anonymous2009-05-08 23:01
I put remix into my iTunes search box, interesting stuff that I rarely listen to... this Country Musume version of Renai Revolution 21 is pretty good.
Name:
Anonymous2009-05-08 23:03
>>7
They should institute a triple blind instead, where the judges don't actually know what they are juding.
So I'm experimenting with Ruby and Tcl/tk, and even though the Tk bindings are part of the main windows distribution, you still need to download Tk separately.
The RubyHelp.chm doesn't make any mention of this fact, and so you literally need to find out ``the hard way'' that you need to download Tk separately.
The one thing about custom ringtones is that, you can have a really nice ringtone (example: Frank Sinatra - Somewhere Beyond the Sea), but nobody can ever appreciate it, unless you delay in answering your phone on purpose, which is generally considered a dick move.
I guess the trick is to find the balance between people appreciating your ringtone and not being a dick. For me, that would be after the second set of horns, just as Frank begins ``Somewhere...''
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Anonymous2009-05-10 6:56
>>13
Actually, Bobby Darin is the original composer of ``Somewhere Beyond the Sea,'' with the song being often misattributed to Frank Sinatra. In fact, there have been no known recordings of Sinatra ever singing Somewhere Beyond the Sea.
I must not fear.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain.
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Anonymous2009-05-13 4:12
In Galois Fields
Full of flowers
Primitive elements
Dance for hours
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Anonymous2009-05-13 5:02
>>18
In Galois Fields, full of flowers
primitive elements dance for hours
climbing sequentially through the trees
and shouting occasional parities.
The syndromes like ghosts in the misty damp
feed the smoldering fires of the Berlekamp
and high flying exponents sometimes are downed
on the jagged peaks of the Gilbert bound.
- S.B. Weinstein (IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, March 1971)
How about we'll all use this thread as our collaborative blog? ：）
I'll start:
＊☆★※★☆＊☆★※★☆＊☆★※★☆＊☆★※★☆＊ 【13 may 2009】
So dear readers, my day was kind of shitty today :<
I'm depressed pretty much all the time lately, since I can't get over a guy I really like ;_;
Anyway, so to keep my mind off my situation, I started coding a 2D tile-based game engine in pure C! No classes, no templates, no pig-disgustingC++. Feels good man. I'm going to use SDL and integrate a Lua scripting system, and after I'll finish the engine maybe also port it to the NDS. ٩（ ・∀・）۶
Expert C Programming:
C through the mists of time
Language "Feature" VS. Bug
Arrays are not Pointers!
Thinking of Linking
Poetry in motion: Runtime data structures
Thanks for the Memories
Halloween and Christmas
More Arrays
More Pointers
C++
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Galois Theory: Third Edition
Classical Algebra
Fundamental Theorem of Algebra
Factorizing Polynomials
Field Extensions
Simple Extensions
Degree of an Extension
Ruler and Compass Constructions
Idea behind Galois Theory
Normality and Separability
Counting Principles
Field Automorphisms
Worked example
Simplicity and Solubility
Solution by Radicals
Abstract rings and fields
Abstract field extensions
General Polynomials
Regular Polygons
Circle Divisiblity
Calculating Galois groups
Algebraically closed fields
Trascendental numbers
Seven Features of a Well-Designed GUI
Clear
Concise
Familiar
Consistent
Attractive
Efficient
Forgiveness (undo)
Eight laws of Memory:
Law of...
Comprehension
Interest
Previous Knowledge
Readiness
Associations
Sequences
Strong impressions
Inhibition
Features of a good API (Google):
Easy to learn
Easy to use (sans documention)
Hard to misuse
Easy to read
Powerful
Extendible
Appropriate (for target audience)
Operating Systems 7th Ed. Tenanbaum:
Introduction
OS Structures
Processes
Threads
CPU Scheduling
Process Sync.
Deadlocks
Main memory
Virtual memory
File-system interface
File-system implementation
Mass storage structures
I/O
Protection
Security
Distributed systems
Distributed file systems
Distributed coordination
Real-time systems
Multimedia systems
Windows
Linux
Ruby Phrasebook:
Converting between types
Working with strings
working with collections
working with objects
working with pipes
working with files
Manupulating text
Ruby one-liners
Processing XML
RAD and GUI toolkits
Simple CGI scripts/connecting to a DB
Working with networks
Working with threads
Documenting Ruby
Working with Ruby Packages
Basics of Compiler Construction:
Introduction
Lexical analysis
Syntax analysis
Symbol Tables
Intermediate code gen
Machine code gen
Register allocation
Function calls
Analysis and optimization
Bootstrapping a compiler
Shakespeare:
Comedy of Errors
Henry 6 Part 2
Henry 6 Part 3
Henry 6 Part 1
Richard III
Taming of the Shrew
Titus Andronicus
Romeo and Juliet
Two Gentlemen of Verona
Love's Labour's Lost
Richard II
Midsummer night's dream
King John
Merchant of Venice
Henry 4 Part 1
Henry 4 Part 2
Henry 5
Much ado about nothing
12th Night
As you like it
Julius Caeser
Hamlet
Merry Wives of Windsor
Troilus and Cressida
Alls well that ends well
Othello
Measure for measure
King Lear
Macbeth
Antony and Cleopatra
Corialanus
Timon of Athens
Pericles
Cymbelline
A Winter's Tale
Tempest
Henry 8
>>31
Type Checking between Symbol Tables and Intermediate Code gen.
Name:
Anonymous2009-05-14 17:04
Intel Architecture Vol 1: Basic Architecture
Overview
x64 and IA-32 architecture
Basic Execution Architecture
Data Types
Instruction set Overview
Procedure calls, interrupts and exceptions
General-purpose instructions
Programming for the x87
Programming for MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3, SSSE3 and SSE4
Input/Output
Feature determination and Process Identification
11: Clarinet Sonata in B-flat major
12: 3 Violin Trios in D major, A major and E-flat major
13: Piano sonata #8 "Pathetique" in c minor
14: 2 Piano sonatas in E major and G major
15: Piano concerto #1 in C Major
16: Quintet for Piano and Winds in E-flat major
17: Horn sonata in F major
18: 6 string quartets in F major, G major, D major, c minor, A major, B-flat major