February 2012
Illegal prime - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia →
cab1729:
An illegal prime is a prime number that represents information that it is forbidden to possess or distribute. One of the first illegal primes was discovered in 2001. When interpreted in a particular way, it describes a computer program that bypasses the digital rights management scheme used on DVDs. Distribution of such a program in the United States is illegal under the Digital...
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Watchisomorphismes:
averaging averages of averages to find a fixed point of a function
linear combinations of electrical signals, polynomials, waveforms, or vectors
in LISP/code > linear combination is (* scalar (+ vector vector))
computer science = magic, not done on computers
computer science is about process, new ways to do things, and in particular making computers do things you wouldn’t...
Four telescopes combine to create world’s largest... →
electronics-geek:
Engineers combine four telescopes to create world’s largest virtual device, allowing astronomers to see significantly more complex objects throughout the universe …
“Moore’s three-dimensional law is a remarkable “epiphenomenon” … a statistical...”
– Doug Hofstadter, Moore’s Law, Artificial Evolution, and the Fate of Humanity
grâce à Virgil
(via isomorphismes)
January 2012
Watchintothecontinuum:
Music generated with Otomata! Continuous variation in the parameter “a” starting at a = 0 Unknown code parameters : r, a(final), s
Visuals created with Mathematica code:
Manipulate[
Graphics[
Line[
Table[
{-r^n*Sin[n*a], r^n*Cos[n*a]}, {n, 0, s}]],
PlotRange -> .01],
{r, .1, 1}, {a, 0.001, 4*Pi, .00001}, {s, 1, 10000, 1]
Beyond Between Good and Evil
isomorphismes:
“Adults have to deal with moral grey areas”
“I’m not liberal or conservative, I guess I’m somewhere in the middle”
“On a sliding scale from 1 to 10, how happy are you with life?”
“The truth lies somewhere in between”
People talk about “grey areas” as if [0,1] is so much more sophisticated than {0,1}. I find such rhetoric limiting. After all, the convex combinations of black...
≹
isomorphismes:
It’s not always possible to say A ≻ B or A ≺ B. Sometimes
neither A nor B is smaller. A≹B
neither A nor B is more successful. A≹B
neither A nor B is prettier. A≹B
neither A nor B is smarter. A≹B
you don’t love A any more or any less than you love B. ℒ(A)≹ℒ(B)
neither A nor B is tastier. A≹B
neither A nor B is closer. |A−x|≹|B−x|
neither A nor B is more fair. A≹B
neither A...
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Polynomials as Sequences
isomorphismes:
One reason polynomials are interesting is that you can use them to encode sequences.
In fact some of the theory of abstract algebra (the theory of rings) deals specifically with how your perspective changes when you erase all of the x^297 and x^16 terms and think instead about a sequence of numbers, which actually doesn’t represent a sequence at all but one single functional.
...
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Mitt’s Income vs. Your Income →
How long would it take the GOP candidate to earn what you make in a year?
This makes me sad! :(
Get rid of the anti-Missing-E fear-mongering...
I use missing e! Do you?
If you do…
tj:
I am tired of Tumblr, Inc.’s ongoing tantrum about Missing E.
If they hadn’t grossly exaggerated and relied on FUD for their message, I might be more sympathetic.
Now I just want to make sure I never see it again.
If you feel the same way, here’s how to get rid of it.
~ Chrome ~
If you use Google Chrome, get Stylish and then install...
adelaide asked: Whoa, where in Texas do you live? I live in a suburb right outside of Ft. Worth...
