I just un-signed myself from one of my courses again. That means, this term, I'll only study 25 points. It's unusual for me to step down from my high horses and do something like this, but in the interest of my sanity I think it best not to juggle too many courses at once.
So, no more IT for me this term - henceforth, it's all probability, Fourier analysis, and Chinese. Hopefully this will be a workload more easily balanced. I know one thing for sure - the weight in my stomach just lessened considerably. It feels very, very, very good.
In other news, I wish Google would stop reading my mind. It's starting to get on my nerves that it seems to telepathically open every function I'm trying to access without me noticing it.
tisdag 27 oktober 2009
A Wisdom of Words
The ancient Japanese Zen masters tell a short story;
A monk asked Joshu, “Does a dog have the Buddha nature?” Joshu retorted, “Mu!”
"Mu!" is an answer stating that the question is without meaning; it "unasks" the question, it states "the answer is not defined". It is the answer to "What is ten divided by zero?" and the answer to "Have you stopped beating your wife yet?" assuming you've never done so.
I now want to tell a similar, but not identical story - with a similar, but not identical meaning.
A monk asked Joshu, "Does a dog have the Buddha nature?" Joshu retorted, "Lol!"
It has always surprised me that so few philosophers see a value in the whimsical and the random, the comedic and the light-hearted. Just because something is funny, doesn't mean it's not true. It doesn't mean it's not important either. When the answer isn't defined, what you have is ridiculous.
A monk asked Joshu, “Does a dog have the Buddha nature?” Joshu retorted, “Mu!”
"Mu!" is an answer stating that the question is without meaning; it "unasks" the question, it states "the answer is not defined". It is the answer to "What is ten divided by zero?" and the answer to "Have you stopped beating your wife yet?" assuming you've never done so.
I now want to tell a similar, but not identical story - with a similar, but not identical meaning.
A monk asked Joshu, "Does a dog have the Buddha nature?" Joshu retorted, "Lol!"
It has always surprised me that so few philosophers see a value in the whimsical and the random, the comedic and the light-hearted. Just because something is funny, doesn't mean it's not true. It doesn't mean it's not important either. When the answer isn't defined, what you have is ridiculous.
tisdag 20 oktober 2009
Two down, one to go!
Programming and Probability have both been handled, and I think, passed. So now only remains the devilishly difficult transform methods, which I have until tomorrow.
I'm wishing a lot that we didn't get to bring a formula booklet, because then there would be more to remember and less to practically do, which would have been a lot easier. There are so many steps to the kind of problems we're supposed to solve that I tend to get dizzy and confused, and so far it's been a rarity that I've solved anything exactly right - most of the time I make small errors everywhere.
Today will be spent studying for most of the day I think.
I'm wishing a lot that we didn't get to bring a formula booklet, because then there would be more to remember and less to practically do, which would have been a lot easier. There are so many steps to the kind of problems we're supposed to solve that I tend to get dizzy and confused, and so far it's been a rarity that I've solved anything exactly right - most of the time I make small errors everywhere.
Today will be spent studying for most of the day I think.
fredag 16 oktober 2009
ALSO
SQUARE ENIX (is that pronounced eee-nix or EN-ix?) AND POPCAP.
The game is called Gyromancer.
Look it up.
The game is called Gyromancer.
Look it up.
Holy crap!
Brutal Legend
Tim Schafer makes a game starring Jack Black. Wielding an axe and an electric guitar. Fighting demons. On a motorcycle.
What is up with that?
Also today I have my first exam, go me!
Also, for those who have missed it, google "Marblecake also the game" to see a reason why hackers are actually the most influential people in the world.
Tim Schafer makes a game starring Jack Black. Wielding an axe and an electric guitar. Fighting demons. On a motorcycle.
What is up with that?
Also today I have my first exam, go me!
Also, for those who have missed it, google "Marblecake also the game" to see a reason why hackers are actually the most influential people in the world.
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