There has been lots of talk in the last 24 hours about coin flips. If a precinct had, for example, five delegates to award and the caucus-goers were evenly divided between two candidates, they would award two delegates to each and toss a coin to see which of them got the fifth delegate.

Most of the social-media that I've seen in response has been ( Read more... )

We both know it's been forever since I posted on LJ. This one's too long for Twitter and doesn't mesh well with my mostly-Lisp blog. 'Nuff said.

I've started reading The Golden Ticket: P, NP, and the Search for the Impossible by Lance ( Read more... )

Here's the situation. You're in an all-day meeting at work. It comes time to order the pizza for lunch. A quick survey of the 20 people present reveals that four of you are vegetarian. Obviously, since 20% of the people are vegetarian, 20% of the pizzas should be meat-free.

Of course, this fails to take into account the fact that some non- ( Read more... )

A good friend of mine recently discovered some of the fun things you can do with complex numbers if you're using them to represent points in the plane. Yesterday, I re-read a passage by Tony Smith about why one should be interested in Clifford algebras. Tony Smith's ( Read more... )

This post appears on my website, but I am duplicating it here to hopefully get more answers. Please, weigh in.

Since I moved my website to Wordpress, I have been watching what search-engine searches land people on my page.

Sadly, two of the things that get people to my page most often still have not been moved over to the new site from the oldC ( Read more... )

Clifford Algebras for the Non-Mathie

I was at a party last night. I mentioned to someone that I was a math geek.She asked, What kind of math are you into now?I said, I really want to learn about Clifford Algebras.She replied, What are they like?Me, I did the deer in headlights thing. I had no idea of her [...]
Trying ( Read more... )

Twin Cities Lisp Group Starting Up
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(defmeeting tc-lisp "Twin Cities Lisp Group Inaugural Meeting" :date '(9 June 2009) :time '((6 :pm) . (8 :pm)) :venue "Common Roots Cafe" :address "Corner of 26th and Lyndale in Minneapolis, MN")
Complete details ( Read more... )

I am trying to keep my website a good deal more fresh. As such, many posts that I would otherwise post here are there instead. Here is a sampling...

Study Clifford Algebras with Me
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I want to learn more about Clifford Algebras. I ( Read more... )

In my previous post, I mentioned looking for a polynomial for an application. I am working on an application that involves clicking or dragging tiles around. Once you release the tile, I want it to snap to where it's supposed to be.
( Playing with polynomials )

Isaac and I play a ton of Lego Star Wars on the PS2. I got sick of constantly answerring, Do you have more money than me? So, I sat down with Isaac and taught him how to ( Read more... )