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I'm curious, though. If you were really insistent, I'm not sure that the rephrasing would help at all. Perhaps someone could prove me wrong...
The treadmill guy is disappointingly not dressed up in any noticeable way
It's very strange when your folks, ahead of their early morning flight, have slept while you have not, and they start referring to events from "last night"
That confusion is compounded by the fact that Daylight Savings has switched over, and you're not quite sure what time it actually is/was/will be/willen haven been
Some may recall that the US Congress voted in an act to change Daylight Savings Time starting next year, in some sort of symbolic gesture of energy savings. I'd like to point out now that it's going to be a pain in the ass for anyone with any time-sensitive software, as anything that has an automatic DST changeover will need to be updated (on the flip side, software programmers will get a smaller taste of the good ol' days of Y2K.)
The fatigue-buzz I required for the drive home is wearing out. Better quit while I'm ahead
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April 03, 2006 -- 5:36 PM
posted by Par
Some of you may know the Monty Hall/Let's Make a Deal probability problem (it was mentioned in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time). If not, here's the story:
You are presented with three identical doors. Behind one of them is a car and behind the other two are goats. You want the car. Monty Hall tells you to choose one of the doors. Regardless of which door you choose, at least one of the two remaining doors will have a goat behind it. Monty Hall, who knows where the car is, then opens one of the doors that has a goat behind it. He then gives you the option of either sticking with the first door you chose, or switching your choice to the other unopened door.There are two common answers to the question, but the one that most people try is demonstrably wrong. I just had no idea how much the common person's insistence on their answer annoyed mathematicians. (I won't write the answer here; just click on the link to get the explanation.) It's an interesting problem, though. The mathematician in question tries to clarify the question by proposing it this way:
Question: What should you do? Should you stay where you are? Switch? Does it make a difference?
Suppose you had 100 doors. The doors conceal one car and 99 goats. You choose door number one. Monty Hall then opens 98 goat-bearing doors.
I'm curious, though. If you were really insistent, I'm not sure that the rephrasing would help at all. Perhaps someone could prove me wrong...
April 03, 2006 -- 2:23 PM
posted by nobody knows my face
ah yes, the infamous yellow river.
PS: what's my online banking password? I forget.
April 03, 2006 -- 12:03 PM
posted by edo
What, no jokes about "Fruit Explosion" muffins?
April 03, 2006 -- 11:13 AM
posted by Par
April 02, 2006 -- 10:27 PM
posted by eric
yet another adolescent summer:
new .moneen.
If Tragedy's Appeal.....(myspace download) |
Don't Ever tell Locke what he can't do (link to stream)
and i'm coming around to the new Thursday too
April 02, 2006 -- 7:49 PM
posted by eric
for those of you who don't have myspace, a bulletin from Matt Lissass
I'm doing a funny ha-ha set on wednesday the 5th at the Comic Strip in West Ed. If you're interested, let me know, I'll get you some comp. tix. It promises to be the best show ever held on that day in this town.
Matt
April 02, 2006 -- 12:04 PM
posted by alison
haha, on another note, apparently Shuyler Jansen's hobotron is "unclassifiable" according to the iTunes musical genre classification system... haven't had that one yet. I wonder what else will come up like that...
April 02, 2006 -- 12:00 PM
posted by alison
holy crap, I wish I'd found out about this earlier... when I might've had the opportunity to go...
Has anyone else ever heard of the Wakarusa music and camping festival? It's in Kansas, and despite that (haha) the lineup looks fabulous... if only... damn field season. we'll see what happens next year. perhaps I can make plans aroud that... hmm. And four day passes are $99 us for early bird... how awesome is that? though 'upgraded camping passes' are more (so that you don't camp in the parking lot) still, friggin' awesome! plus the non-musical activities include disc golf. ... so anyone think it might be fun to go next year?
I mean, the New Belgium brewery (source of the "Jeremy" bike riding videos) is sponsoring it, how cool is that? suddenly I'm sucked back to my summer in Yellowstone...
hee hee, and on that note, here's another one. "Jeremy" riding his bike at night...
Though, I think I can be pacified, the Edmonton Folk Fest is hosting ... Bruce Cockburn and Feist!! though... hmm... Calgary's Fest is bringing Son Volt, Dar Williams and Ani DiFranco
April 02, 2006 -- 5:29 AM
posted by Par
Some thoughts:
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