The General Chit Chat Thread

[Spanks]

I used to be good at maths, then I gave up on it as it was the only subject requiring effort(you cant bullshit your way through maths).That was of cause in my high school days, now I don't need to know anymore then what I know.

[kureshii]

Um, derive it.

http://everything2.com/title/radar+range+equation

I used to be good at maths, then I gave up on it as it was the only subject requiring effort(you cant bullshit your way through maths).

LOL... That was the exact reason I switched from aerospace engineering to physics :\ Yeah, ok, so I am sort of masochistic...

[darkjedi]

You didn't have to kill it like that. : /

That's a good equation. Damn useful when I construct my armchair world war 3 planning x3

[kureshii]

You're going to need much more than that for armchair planning xD
Ever considered building a Beowulf cluster for a start? It'll be a fun summer project, I promise.

Equations aren't difficult until they involve derivatives, integrals, or combinations of those (and that's without mentioning special combos of those, like divs, curls and so on). And when the author starts using shorthand subscript notation to represent derivatives because that's the only way to fit the equation into 2 lines, you know you're screwed.

[darkjedi]

Difficult. Difficult.

My armchair planning just involves using the identified performance characteristics of different radar systems of each country and the RCS of each country's jet aircraft, and the weapons that each aircraft can carry to see which country can mount an aerial first strike on the other and the probability of it succeeding, etc. It also works for naval engagement in limited circumstances.

I also have to use radar horizon for that, and the necessity of the knowledge of the order of battle goes without saying. Terrain affects a radar's detection capability greatly.


Ok, I have a new problem.

After watching Toradora, I can't go to sleep.... T^T

[kureshii]

Precisely why you need a Beowulf cluster to input all that information, run simulations and calculate event probabilities Sounds like Monte Carlo methods will be of great help here.

It's no different from building a computer, you just have a different set of requirements for a Beowulf cluster as compared to a typical desktop/workstation. Just think of a Beowulf cluster as a networked group of computers that comprise a super computer you can actually afford

[darkjedi]

I'll get to it when, uh, I can understand what you are saying. ._.

I mean, eh, when I can understand how to build a beowulf system.

[kureshii]

kureshii's guide to building a Beowulf cluster:

1) Build n computers, where n is your budget divided by the cost of the cheapest quad-core system you can build, (i.e. ~200USD), rounded down to the nearest integer
2) Connect them to your router.
3) Secret patented network cluster setup
4) World Domination Time!

(click to show/hide)

I even have the parts list here
Athlon II X4
AM3 motherboard
some RAM
A PSU

Nope, I don't spend all my time thinking about building Beowulf clusters to run simulations of world domination... really >_> (just more like, umm, 30% of the time?)

[darkjedi]

Um, then the next step is to just make spreadsheet on MS excel then input all the equations and givens, and run them on the... cluster, right?

Truthfully speaking, I can't even fix a broken headphone. How do I wire all this? >_>

[kureshii]

The programming would be the hardest part, assembling the hardware is as easy as googling "how to build a computer" and then following instructions Or better yet, get someone who knows how to build one, to show you. He'll be done in 5 minutes or less (probably less, since we're not even putting it into a case).

Getting software to work on more than one computer through a network is pretty hard though, that's where you'll need to find a program that supports such a feature (that, or learn how to use OpenMPI in your program code, which IMO is even harder than final-year undergraduate mathematics.)

Of course, you can always start with your own PC first, and then when you find it excruciatingly slow you can start thinking about the cluster.

[darkjedi]

I might bust my PC doing this if I tried it right now.

Nonetheless, your technology transfers are well appreciated.


Now someone should help me forget Toradora or I won't sleep for another 5 hours ;_;

[Nikran]

Now someone should help me forget Toradora or I won't sleep for another 5 hours ;_;

try watching filler episodes of bleach or something similer over and over. the resulting rotting of your brain cells should help you forget Toradora =P

[darkjedi]

Yes. Umm, maybe School Days...

lmao

[Nikran]

Yes. Umm, maybe School Days...

OI! no need to go that far. You only want to forget, not transform yourself giant of mental retardation

[relic2279]

Saikano!

Relic's patented cure to take your mind off anything. Even school days!

The patent is still pending on using it as a cure for depression though. All my test subjects keep killing themselves.

[darkjedi]

Damn. You actually want me to die, don't you.

[Goroshi-sama]

please die

Goroshi-sama. Who's that loli? Is that loli?

Err, nvm. You've got too many >_> I can't pinpoint one.

your answer is on this link
but short answer: Vocaloid girls lolis (including one girl loli from Rozen Maiden :F)

btw.. I really wonder who actually was the first one who created Vocaloid girls?

[kureshii]

If you survive Saikano, try Texhnolyze. It's elephant-strength

[Nikran]

Saikano!

ergh. I read the manga, but i know for certain something was wrong with me while and after i finished reading it

[darkjedi]

Jeez. So many people here are living upside down. I fear for the future generations.


Goroshi-sama,

Just give me all the names of the loli's. Thank you.