Posts Tagged ‘geek/tech’

So today I had a tutorial, in which I kinda had to admit that I didn’t actually know anything because I hadn’t done the problem sheet. So the tutor kept asking me if I understood what was going on. Rather luckily I did, he asked me to do a question up on the board and [...]

I’ve been thinking about this one on & off for a few days. Something that’s vastly better about the public transport in London as opposed to Birmingham or elsewhere is the quality and quantity of the signage.
I was sitting on a London Overground train - which on a tangential point had departed from Brondesbury station, [...]

Or, as it’s often called, the Many Worlds Interpretation. It’s one of these things that’s often misunderstood. You’ve probably heard of the idea that every time a choice is made, the universe branches in two, and in one branch the choice went one way, and in the other, the choice went a different way. It’s [...]

So I really want an Asus Eee. It’s roughly £200, although one place I’ve seen is selling at £189, and it’s possibly the teeny-tinest machine I have ever seen!
It’s about the size of a hardback book when closed, and doesn’t have a CD drive or a hard disk, but does have onboard flash memory [...]

So, I saw this the other day:

I’m sure this problem has a solution. There’s an infinite number of variables, but there’s a more infinite number of equations that relate them together, so I’d imagine in principle there’s a solution.
Of course, infinity is weird, so I guess that might not be true? Clearly, I’m going to [...]

Draw a square on the ground, and within it, inscribe a circle.
Throw rice into the square, as randomly as you can, counting how many grains of rice you’ve thrown.
Count how many land in the circle.
Divide by the number you threw, and multiply by 4.

Congratulations, you have estimated π. The more rice you throw, and [...]

I haven’t posted anything in just forever. Really it’s just symptomatic of my complete failure to have any discipline in any whatsoever. I really had grand plans for this blog, like learning XHTML/CSS and making it pretty and the like - all of which have been utter failures.
So, I think I’ll try and write either [...]