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#2326 2013-03-04 17:35:34
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Re: What do you think?
I think they already know.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
Probability is the most important concept in modern science, especially as nobody has the slightest notion what it means.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
#2327 2013-03-04 17:37:35
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Re: What do you think?
No surprise, considering how many people are probably watching you this very moment. That is one thing I particularly dislike about America.
The limit operator is just an excuse for doing something you know you can't.
“It's the subject that nobody knows anything about that we can all talk about!” ― Richard Feynman
“A secret's worth depends on the people from whom it must be kept.” ― Carlos Ruiz Zafón
#2328 2013-03-04 17:38:45
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Watching you as in surveillance?
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
Probability is the most important concept in modern science, especially as nobody has the slightest notion what it means.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
#2329 2013-03-04 17:43:42
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No, watching you as in watching you to get information on you. I believe what I am talking about are called spy organizations.
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The limit operator is just an excuse for doing something you know you can't.
“It's the subject that nobody knows anything about that we can all talk about!” ― Richard Feynman
“A secret's worth depends on the people from whom it must be kept.” ― Carlos Ruiz Zafón
#2330 2013-03-04 17:47:29
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Get used to it. Cameras are going up all around the world.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
Probability is the most important concept in modern science, especially as nobody has the slightest notion what it means.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
#2331 2013-05-04 03:06:36
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New problem
C is asked to do a simulation for a Vegas casino. He does not trust the built in random number generators in his favorite language so he constructs his own.
with x0 = 3
On the basis of his simulation a suspected cheating dealer is fired. The dealer appeals and an outside consultant, you guessed it, B is called in. B runs his own simulation and recommends keeping the dealer and not paying C because his work is faulty. C is outraged and carries the argument in here:
C says) That was a rotten thing to do B! My simulation was right on the money.
A says) I think B has finally snapped. It must be all those aliens he believes exist.
E says) Your simulation? Ha!
B says) Sorry C but you are one halaciously bad programmer and an even worse statistician.
D says) Halaciously? I must write that word down.
B says) I made it up D. The usually adjectives do not fit C!
E says) You mean adverbs?
A says) I checked C's generator and it is great, I think they should have fired B.
Can you figure out what might have went wrong?
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
Probability is the most important concept in modern science, especially as nobody has the slightest notion what it means.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
#2332 2013-05-04 14:24:31
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Hi bobbym,
"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense" - Buddha?
"Data! Data! Data!" he cried impatiently. "I can't make bricks without clay."
#2333 2013-05-04 15:51:41
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Hi gAr;
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
Probability is the most important concept in modern science, especially as nobody has the slightest notion what it means.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.