Monthly Archives: July 2008

Glenn Beck Answers His Own Questions

Posted on July 31, 2008 by

Glenn Beck put out a commentary today that is really sadly apathetic. I get his argument,.  His conclusion is weak though.   “But with more information, and more candidates than ever before, I find myself in some ways less interested. … Continue reading →

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Cuil Is Yet Another Bad Search Engine

Posted on July 28, 2008 by

This morning’s web 2.0, vc, internety buzz is all about this new search engine, Cuil. Even CNN devoted the top space to it. Here’s some more fan fare on TechCrunch. Cuil’s front end is built with CherryPy. This search engine … Continue reading →

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Netflix Prize Progress

Posted on July 27, 2008 by

Well I’m in the process of getting somewhere finally, let’s put it that way.  My initial efforts were piss poor with only slightly interesting improvements using some ad hoc messing with means and brute force approaches.  Nothing I did would … Continue reading →

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Oh, Ben Stein… Don’t be that way….

Posted on July 26, 2008 by

One of my great friends and confidants has pointed out, in a non-chiding way, that one of my favorite authors, Ben Stein, has been doing and saying some disturbing and annoying things lately. This phase of his career started to … Continue reading →

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What Is Mathematics – the follow up to Do Real Numbers Exist

Posted on July 26, 2008 by

A couple of posts ago I asked if real numbers exist (like pi). It really doesn’t matter. and I’ve come back around (one of these mental oscillations…) to the conclusion brought to my attention on the NKS blog. Here is … Continue reading →

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Machine Learning in Mathematica

Posted on July 25, 2008 by

Mathematica is rad. Machine learning is also rad. Check out these fine demos and code files for some nice informatics and machine learning ideas.

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Human Rights – Do They Exist? What the heck are they?

Posted on July 24, 2008 by

First, we all can read the backgrounder on human rights history and technical definitions/explanations. Now that we’ve got all that out of the way, is there anyone that can give a satisfying explanation for human rights and why we continue … Continue reading →

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Slideshow Outline for Any Web 2.0 Company for VCs

Posted on July 24, 2008 by

For anyone who has a VC pitch coming up, here are the slides you will generate (whether you need them, that’s a different question): Fancy “Splash Screen” Overview Bold Statement about Changing the Way We Think History of the Internet … Continue reading →

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Mental Oscillations

Posted on July 24, 2008 by

The world is full (might even be the RESULT OF) of mental, logical or physical oscillations – which to me is a better phrasing for “paradox”. Consider: This sentence is false. “Be spontaneous” Wave-Particle properties Optical illusions: Behavior is controllable … Continue reading →

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Do Real Numbers Exist?

Posted on July 23, 2008 by

Perhaps a refresher in real numbers would be useful. Perhaps widdle this question down.  Does pi exist? The area of a circle is pi r^2.  So, you can never really accurately figure out exactly what pi is so you really … Continue reading →

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