Author Topic: The General Chit Chat Thread 2 (Read 389442 times)

harpy · « **Reply #3500 on:** December 29, 2011, 08:37:09 PM »

Quote from: AceHigh on December 29, 2011, 07:30:20 PM

Lucky you, after all Russian literature is very rich and you are unlikely to run out of books any time soon.

I rather read Russian classic in Latvian or English. That level Russian is still out of my reach.
I am currently reading - Tatyana's Tolstaya's (Татья́нaТолста́я) novel "The Slynx/Kys" (Кысь) and its a struggle. She have such rich language and she uses "old" words. I know conversational and modern literal language not the classical one

Quote from: Sta1ned on December 29, 2011, 08:29:38 PM

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Quote from: Burkingam on December 29, 2011, 05:18:25 PM
Why do people hate math? I like math.

I don't hate math. I just think it's too simple. There's a right answer for everything. Everything with no room for interpretation is boring.

Have to agree - it is mostly boring. But its not simple.

he he well, I do hate math as I have almost no logical thinking. I can deal with the theory but I can never apply it

JoonasTo · « **Reply #3501 on:** December 29, 2011, 09:19:36 PM »

Quote from: harpy on December 29, 2011, 08:37:09 PM

he he well, I do hate math as I have almost no logical thinking. I can deal with the theory but I can never apply it

Well, seeing as you're a woman it comes naturally.

Bob2004 · « **Reply #3502 on:** December 29, 2011, 09:51:18 PM »

Normally I'd make a diplomatic post about how I personally don't enjoy maths, but can see why some other people would. However, I have just spent the last 4 hours revising solidly for my upcoming statistics exam, and right now my opinion is that everyone who likes maths must be completely, 100% evil, and should be burnt at the stake for witchcraft.

...unless you can explain the central limit theorem and how you use it to ascertain whether the mean of your sample means is an accurate representation of the mean of the overall population to me in simple terms I can actually understand - in which case I'll make an exception and allow you to live.

JoonasTo · « **Reply #3503 on:** December 29, 2011, 10:02:15 PM »

You have a number of people, P, and the average difference of height between them, H.
When there is enough people the people put in rows according to height resemble a triangle like shape, the bell curve. How many people you need for this to happen is dependent on the average difference of height between people.

So when H is big, P needs to be big and when H is small, P can be smaller to get this.

Bob2004 · « **Reply #3504 on:** December 29, 2011, 10:14:59 PM »

Quote from: JoonasTo on December 29, 2011, 10:02:15 PM

You have a number of people, P, and the average difference of height between them, H.
When there is enough people the people put in rows according to height resemble a triangle like shape, the bell curve. How many people you need for this to happen is dependent on the average difference of height between people.

So when H is big, P needs to be big and when H is small, P can be smaller to get this.

I'm thinking more like this: I have a production line producing nails, and I want to check that it's making them the right length. Since it produces millions of nails, I take 10 samples of 100 nails each, and find out the average length of each of these samples. I then find the average of these 10 average lengths, and the distribution. What I *think* I need to be able to do (my lecturer's notes are completely useless, so I'm not even 100% sure about that) is find out whether this average accurately represents the average length of all the nails being produced, and isn't just a fluke result caused by only picking extra long or short nails for the samples.

I've had two lectures on it, and I still don't have a clue where to even start on working it out =/ If there's one subject I've never been able to get my head around, it's maths, lol. I have some friends studying a maths degree who are used to having to explain problems to me in the simplest terms possible, so I think I'm probably going to end up asking them for help again

JoonasTo · « **Reply #3505 on:** December 29, 2011, 10:17:20 PM »

And you'll get a number which represent some percentage of chance that the actual result is within your measurements. Yeah, that's right.

metro. · « **Reply #3506 on:** December 29, 2011, 11:00:01 PM »

We're still talking about math? Ugh.

I just registered for my labs this semester, two more labs at 6 and 630, huzzah...

kurandoinu · « **Reply #3507 on:** December 29, 2011, 11:04:34 PM »

I smell like chocolate!

That is all.

metro. · « **Reply #3508 on:** December 29, 2011, 11:05:12 PM »

Quote from: kurandoinu on December 29, 2011, 11:04:34 PM

I smell like chocolate!

That is all.

Stop covering yourself in it then.

kurandoinu · « **Reply #3509 on:** December 29, 2011, 11:06:26 PM »

But but but...

You ruin all my fun.

Roven · « **Reply #3510 on:** December 29, 2011, 11:12:35 PM »

Who the fuck would let a dog play basketball?!

metro. · « **Reply #3511 on:** December 29, 2011, 11:20:52 PM »

Quote from: kurandoinu on December 29, 2011, 11:06:26 PM

But but but...

You ruin all my fun.

I am so good at it though

Saras · « **Reply #3512 on:** December 30, 2011, 02:18:33 AM »

Quote from: Roven on December 29, 2011, 11:12:35 PM

Who the fuck would let a dog play basketball?!

The guy who wants my money.

froody1911 · « **Reply #3513 on:** December 30, 2011, 02:35:41 AM »

Quote from: Roven on December 29, 2011, 11:12:35 PM

Who the fuck would let a dog play basketball?!

Why not, sounds amusing.

metro. · « **Reply #3514 on:** December 30, 2011, 03:38:21 AM »

I want to go so damn bad.

Soryon · « **Reply #3515 on:** December 30, 2011, 03:45:05 AM »

Quote from: metro. on December 30, 2011, 03:38:21 AM

I want to go so damn bad.

...OH MY GOD...

Kraftwerk, Justice, New Order, and just... Well, those 3 alone are enough to make any show epic as hell, but a bunch of other nice acts, too.
If only it wasnt 1300 miles away.

Akecu · « **Reply #3516 on:** December 30, 2011, 03:59:52 AM »

Quote from: Soryon on December 30, 2011, 03:45:05 AM

Quote from: metro. on December 30, 2011, 03:38:21 AM
I want to go so damn bad.
...OH MY GOD...

Kraftwerk, Justice, New Order, and just... Well, those 3 alone are enough to make any show epic as hell, but a bunch of other nice acts, too.
If only it wasnt 1300 miles away.

There's this little pond in my way called "The Atlantic Ocean" and also a mandatory service in army

metro. · « **Reply #3517 on:** December 30, 2011, 04:22:41 AM »

Lol yeah I'm not in the right Country. Or the right age, as most of these things are 21+

Avicii, Kaskade, Afrojack, Mord Fustang.

Gah! And that's only Phase 1, there's more to come!

Jesus I need to stop looking at that poster.

harpy · « **Reply #3518 on:** December 30, 2011, 04:48:23 AM »

Quote from: JoonasTo on December 29, 2011, 09:19:36 PM

Quote from: harpy on December 29, 2011, 08:37:09 PM
he he well, I do hate math as I have almost no logical thinking. I can deal with the theory but I can never apply it
Well, seeing as you're a woman it comes naturally.

We women do have a logic - a women's logic

It might provoke a un-logical wish to bang your had on the wall till it splits up, but still we do have logic

Soryon · « **Reply #3519 on:** December 30, 2011, 05:00:50 AM »

EDIT- A bunch of stuff about irrational numbers and womans logic as it pertains to previous quote... and then I changed my mind.