Thanks, klue. I just last month found out about chinesepod and was hooked after listening to a few casts. Initially I was impatient and it seemed an inefficient method for getting the information/practice (I'm not a big podcast listener), but it grew on me pretty quick. The Japanese podcasts look interesting, too--I'll check them out in my copious spare time.
filmgeek: here maybe? Google turned up a few other places as well.
What I could do with an instant paralysis or blood-draining horn....oh and global communication would be okay.
As far as being endangered, I guess technically narwhals are in the "Data Deficient" category, but I know very little about this. The lack of data does make sense considering their wily, calculating nature.
The cuff on the end of a billiard cue that holds the tip is also called a ferrule.
Egregore was in my head. Now I have "borborygmi egregore". Frabjous day, etc. In this list, "obdormition" is my fave, though I do like me some phosphenes and hemidemisemiquavers.
Wow, that was frustrating on a couple levels.
On one hand it was hard to listen to the verizon reps freezing up with a hole in their mind that they couldn't see. "I'm not a mathematician" made me sad. On the other hand, George seemed to just increase the anxiety. He was also frustrated, so I can understand. In the phone call, though, I don't think he actually went through the process of converting cents to dollars, which might not have helped, but it was a fundamental angle he missed.
0.002 cents/KB seems a little low to me and I don't even have a plan. One could look up some data rates to at least get an idea of the order of magnitude. George seems a little disingenuous here, but he is, after all, trying to get out of paying $71. Still, it comes down to what he was quoted on the phone, and many people will unfortunately read $0.002 as 0.002 cents. So George should only have to pay 72 cents, and Verizon needs to train their reps in basic numeracy, or failing that tell them to reference a website.
from the blog:
"I will be donating .999999% of all proceeds to a fund for the education of call center reps" Nice.
...the Ents didn't make any damn sense either, but I prefer to think that their mistreatment was more the result of time constraints than a complete misunderstanding of their import.
They would have had more time to treat the Ents as more than bumbling idiots if they hadn't spent so much screen time patching together the drastic non-Tolkien script additions.
Good point about Theoden, I'll add that to my list. Speaking of battles, I found it unfortunate that the strategy was all but lost in the adaptation. Eye candy (and very good at that) takes precedence, I guess.
Best meta-ironic line: Two Towers, Sam in Osgiliath saying "By rights we shouldn't even be here."
I have many geek-tastic bones to pick about the LOTR movies, and most of all about the second movie. Anyone that would care to hear them probably already knows them. However, Stan the Bat has a point, and I still enjoy watching the trilogy. Plus, have you seen some of the ideas that didn't make it into the movies? I'm amazed that they dodged as many bullets as they did.
Xeny:Be especially great for dvds with excessively long menu intros, like the Monty Python's Flying Circus set.
Good idea, I really don't need to see a 5 minute section change scene/animation every time I navigate to a new section. Imagine having to watch a zooming or whooshing flash animation every time you click the mouse. Oh, wait, you don't haveto.
Brilliant. For such a perfect angle on the tank, I smell subversion.
That gets me thinking. From another perspective, it helps to have names for the things that may be pointed at you. You know, not much, but still.
This is just excellent. I love the dossier-esqe feel and the necessary vocabulary for all your kids' operational communications (push, pull, bullet, military, artillery). Plus, the silhouettes in the corner are maybe for stickers, but also serve as in-the-field recognition practice. Now if it only it included battle language hand signals, it would be complete.
It sounded more like a romance novel than porn, but then is there really a difference?
Neat style to this radio program, bookmarked, thanks. The Genghis Khan one was interesting, too. 16 million descendants in 1000 years? So that implies how many children for him? To what extent were those numbers helped by his happily multiplying descendants (and perhaps emphasis on male children)? Wilt didn't have conquered nations going for him.
Not to derail...back to your regularly scheduled dead leaf porn.
My inertia is quite high: Monkeyfilter is usually the first place I go to when I get online, but it takes quite a bit to get me to post. I'm still here, though!
I can barely stand even lurking at MeFi, with the backbiting vibe I tend to run across. MoFi is easily more inviting to those like me who pop in to post only once in a while (or maybe I haven't incurred the wrath of the monkeys yet?). Thanks to all for that.
I find this counterintutive to the point of loveliness.
That's a brilliant summary of the thread, Torluath!
I agree, that's one of the more beautiful statements I've seen in a while.
I'm glad you figured it out, after the requisite cooking time. You got what I was going to write, that, once we are given what the witness saw, we only use two of the four probabilities. We enumerate all four mainly as a standard way to organize all possibilities/probabilities before we actually apply the "it is given that the witness saw blue" part. That way we're ready for anything the problem throws at us.
Thanks to you, too, and to all.
Probability the person who tested positive is a user is .095 / .14 = .6786
What am I doing wrong???
Nothing as far as I can see. You did it right. I didn't catch it before, but I don't know where the 21.1% comes from.
Professional lurker here. And I'm not a robot, I'm a human being. Do you believe me?
posted by xerxexrex 15 years ago
In "Just another beautiful Sunday for church....oh wait "
Maybe not so photoshopped (scroll down, too). (homepage)
posted by xerxexrex 17 years ago
In "Adventure Time"
"Mathematical! That was totally math! Rhombus!" Excellent. )))
posted by xerxexrex 17 years ago
In "Who wants to know?"
What comes after 999 trillion? 10^15
posted by xerxexrex 17 years ago
In "Language podcasts."
Thanks, klue. I just last month found out about chinesepod and was hooked after listening to a few casts. Initially I was impatient and it seemed an inefficient method for getting the information/practice (I'm not a big podcast listener), but it grew on me pretty quick. The Japanese podcasts look interesting, too--I'll check them out in my copious spare time.
posted by xerxexrex 17 years ago
In "Perfect Xmas gift "
filmgeek: here maybe? Google turned up a few other places as well. What I could do with an instant paralysis or blood-draining horn....oh and global communication would be okay. As far as being endangered, I guess technically narwhals are in the "Data Deficient" category, but I know very little about this. The lack of data does make sense considering their wily, calculating nature.
posted by xerxexrex 17 years ago
In "33 names of things you never knew had names."
The cuff on the end of a billiard cue that holds the tip is also called a ferrule. Egregore was in my head. Now I have "borborygmi egregore". Frabjous day, etc. In this list, "obdormition" is my fave, though I do like me some phosphenes and hemidemisemiquavers.
posted by xerxexrex 17 years ago
In "Verizon CSRs confused by math(s)"
Wow, that was frustrating on a couple levels. On one hand it was hard to listen to the verizon reps freezing up with a hole in their mind that they couldn't see. "I'm not a mathematician" made me sad. On the other hand, George seemed to just increase the anxiety. He was also frustrated, so I can understand. In the phone call, though, I don't think he actually went through the process of converting cents to dollars, which might not have helped, but it was a fundamental angle he missed. 0.002 cents/KB seems a little low to me and I don't even have a plan. One could look up some data rates to at least get an idea of the order of magnitude. George seems a little disingenuous here, but he is, after all, trying to get out of paying $71. Still, it comes down to what he was quoted on the phone, and many people will unfortunately read $0.002 as 0.002 cents. So George should only have to pay 72 cents, and Verizon needs to train their reps in basic numeracy, or failing that tell them to reference a website. from the blog: "I will be donating .999999% of all proceeds to a fund for the education of call center reps" Nice.
posted by xerxexrex 17 years ago
In "No hobbitses for you"
It's like Nerd Crossfire in here. Heh. <jon stewart>You're hurting Middle Earth</jon stewart>
posted by xerxexrex 17 years ago
...the Ents didn't make any damn sense either, but I prefer to think that their mistreatment was more the result of time constraints than a complete misunderstanding of their import. They would have had more time to treat the Ents as more than bumbling idiots if they hadn't spent so much screen time patching together the drastic non-Tolkien script additions. Good point about Theoden, I'll add that to my list. Speaking of battles, I found it unfortunate that the strategy was all but lost in the adaptation. Eye candy (and very good at that) takes precedence, I guess.
posted by xerxexrex 17 years ago
Best meta-ironic line: Two Towers, Sam in Osgiliath saying "By rights we shouldn't even be here." I have many geek-tastic bones to pick about the LOTR movies, and most of all about the second movie. Anyone that would care to hear them probably already knows them. However, Stan the Bat has a point, and I still enjoy watching the trilogy. Plus, have you seen some of the ideas that didn't make it into the movies? I'm amazed that they dodged as many bullets as they did.
posted by xerxexrex 17 years ago
In "The reactable "
You got your ring modulator in my sinusoid! You got your sinusoid in my ring modulator!
posted by xerxexrex 17 years ago
In "RIP VHS 1976-2006"
Xeny: Be especially great for dvds with excessively long menu intros, like the Monty Python's Flying Circus set. Good idea, I really don't need to see a 5 minute section change scene/animation every time I navigate to a new section. Imagine having to watch a zooming or whooshing flash animation every time you click the mouse. Oh, wait, you don't have to.
posted by xerxexrex 17 years ago
In "Combat colouring book"
Brilliant. For such a perfect angle on the tank, I smell subversion. That gets me thinking. From another perspective, it helps to have names for the things that may be pointed at you. You know, not much, but still.
posted by xerxexrex 17 years ago
This is just excellent. I love the dossier-esqe feel and the necessary vocabulary for all your kids' operational communications (push, pull, bullet, military, artillery). Plus, the silhouettes in the corner are maybe for stickers, but also serve as in-the-field recognition practice. Now if it only it included battle language hand signals, it would be complete.
posted by xerxexrex 17 years ago
In "Radio Expedition Into Ancient Egyptian Garbage"
It sounded more like a romance novel than porn, but then is there really a difference? Neat style to this radio program, bookmarked, thanks. The Genghis Khan one was interesting, too. 16 million descendants in 1000 years? So that implies how many children for him? To what extent were those numbers helped by his happily multiplying descendants (and perhaps emphasis on male children)? Wilt didn't have conquered nations going for him. Not to derail...back to your regularly scheduled dead leaf porn.
posted by xerxexrex 17 years ago
In "Curious George: The Dwindling..."
My inertia is quite high: Monkeyfilter is usually the first place I go to when I get online, but it takes quite a bit to get me to post. I'm still here, though! I can barely stand even lurking at MeFi, with the backbiting vibe I tend to run across. MoFi is easily more inviting to those like me who pop in to post only once in a while (or maybe I haven't incurred the wrath of the monkeys yet?). Thanks to all for that.
posted by xerxexrex 17 years ago
In "Confused George: Probability Problem"
I find this counterintutive to the point of loveliness. That's a brilliant summary of the thread, Torluath! I agree, that's one of the more beautiful statements I've seen in a while.
posted by xerxexrex 17 years ago
I'm glad you figured it out, after the requisite cooking time. You got what I was going to write, that, once we are given what the witness saw, we only use two of the four probabilities. We enumerate all four mainly as a standard way to organize all possibilities/probabilities before we actually apply the "it is given that the witness saw blue" part. That way we're ready for anything the problem throws at us. Thanks to you, too, and to all.
posted by xerxexrex 17 years ago
Probability the person who tested positive is a user is .095 / .14 = .6786 What am I doing wrong??? Nothing as far as I can see. You did it right. I didn't catch it before, but I don't know where the 21.1% comes from.
posted by xerxexrex 17 years ago
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