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This is really good stuff. Maybe this is how Lawrence Durrell would write if he knew about vtables. I feel very impressed and inspired to write myself after reading this. This needs to be expanded and become a book like right now. Beautiful. Thanks Peter.
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OK folks, I'm sick of being attacked for generalizations. Here's a basic course in statistics, based on the all-familiar six-sided dice. If you didn't read, or understand it, I'l label you, your family, and your nation moronic everytime you complain about a generalization.
But to start, I give you some things to fight against.
OK now for the statistics: assuming we have a perfect, six-sided die.
The average result of a die roll is 3.5.
What does this mean? The "average" is not necessarily a valid sample - no die roll will result in 3.5 eyes (unless your dice are scratched).
Still, the average is a meaningful value - rolling 100 dice, and adding up the eyes, gives a value roughly around 350. You can get 100, or 600 - but only on very lucky days. If you always score above 500, maybe you should be careful who you invite for the match (so, see, the average can save your life - and: The average gives clues about the individual samples.)
"Der Geist des Kriegers ist erwacht / Ich hab die Macht" StS
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So should I bet on 4 or 3 when playing dice games? Come on man, makes stats useful.
regards,
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
South Africa
Miszou wrote:
I have read the entire internet. on how boring his day was.
Crikey! ain't life grand?
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So when are we getting a new Peterchen's Love Life diary entry? I regularly check back here for an update
regards,
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
South Africa
Anna-Jayne Metcalfe wrote:
"Cynicism has it's place in life - but it should be kept well away from your inner self."
Crikey! ain't life grand?
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Ah you bastard
I started to blog this stuff (in german )- but only since it feels the most natural way of keeping a diary for me.
The short version is: not well, but I'm coping...
I'm kind of getting back the sh*t I was dishing out in summer. So it seems only fair, if this is an applicable concept
"Vierteile den, der sie Hure schimpft mit einem türkischen Säbel."
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Another reason to learn German then
Hope it pans out Peter. Good will follow bad as bad will follow good.
regards,
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
South Africa
Anna-Jayne Metcalfe wrote:
"Cynicism has it's place in life - but it should be kept well away from your inner self."
Crikey! ain't life grand?
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Ok... So. A little off topic.
When Ulla saw your name on CP she immediatly said that "That person is German", just from your CP name.
So... peterchen... what is it.. your name, a mixture of your name and something else, your surname?
Regards,
Brian Dela
http://www.briandela.com[^] IE 6 required. MFC.NET Application Wizard[^] Mix .NET and MFC easily.
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It's the dimunitive, like the "-ito" in spanish. Nothing like that in English...
"Vierteile den, der sie Hure schimpft mit einem türkischen Säbel."
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After switching my laylist, browsing CP for some new articles, this old friend caught me.
This one goes out to the one I love / This one goes out to the one I left behind
Suddenly, the regret, and the self-accusation are over me again. bad thing late at night, in a messy, sweltry apartment. Nothing worth to keep, but this was the first place to write it down.
This one: To the one I love.
"Der Geist des Kriegers ist erwacht / Ich hab die Macht" StS
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What have you to be accused of?
Paul Watson Bluegrass Cape Town, South Africa
Crikey! ain't life grand?
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Running away when I should have stayed.
Not fighting for it after realizing how much it meant to me.
It's been a long time ago, mostly it's just a partofmy past.
And no, nothing about Firenze
"Dor säggsische Dialeggt eechnet sich wie keeen onderor für den Ausdrugg zäärdlischor Gefiehle."
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peterchen wrote:
Running away when I should have stayed.
Not fighting for it after realizing how much it meant to me.
Ahh, things I imagine most of us can sympathise with. And you can add; Only realising later that she liked you too.
And contrary to popular belief... it does not get easier with time.
Paul Watson Bluegrass Cape Town, South Africa
Crikey! ain't life grand?
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Paul Watson wrote:
it does not get easier with time.
I know - nine years have told me :big grin:
it's a bunch of beautiful memories I couldn't throw awy anyway.
"Dor säggsische Dialeggt eechnet sich wie keeen onderor für den Ausdrugg zäärdlischor Gefiehle."
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It feels weird posting here - but the one friend I would want to talk with is away in Vienna, and in unsure maritial status, so it's a bit late to call - and then I remembered this post.
I got a phone number and an e-mail: I'm in town tomorrow till thursday. If you have time and want to meet, just call
I'ts been 12 years since. I feel weird. Really weirded out weird. So weirded out weird it even feels weird of thinking how weirded out I am.
And since I'm a geek, I post on that a message board
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- If it is free, and comes with advertisment, it's advertisement, but not free
- If it's free, and it's crap, it's free crap.
- If it's free and doesn't come with religion or propaganda, it's probably beer.
- The world is not fair. See, how could it be more fair than you make it?
- The world is full of marvels, every second contains a microchip
- Don't explain as malice what can be explained as stupidity. Really, your paranoia is so yesterday.
- Just because you can doesn't mean you have to. It's your choice, after all.
- If it's cheap, you get what you pay for. Do you want to buy cheap, or do you need it?
- The average rolle of a die is 3.5
to be continued...
"Der Geist des Kriegers ist erwacht / Ich hab die Macht" StS
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peterchen wrote:
If it's free and doesn't come with religion or propaganda, it's probably beer.
Free beer???? WHERE?!?!?!?
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peterchen wrote:
The average rolle of a die is 3.5
So if the first throw is 5 then according to the average law the second throw should be 2.
"When death smiles at you, only thing you can do is smile back at it" - Russel Crowe (Gladiator)
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having seen 1st part 2x, 2nd part 1x, and the first animatrix strip, just thoughts:
1) Agent Smith / Judas
(If you'd asked me who I'd would like to play in the matrix - it's him.)
To stick with the Religous Theme - is Smith a kind of Judas? He's adversary to the One, yet, without him, the One couldn't fulfil his destiny
* Without Judas betrying Jesus, Jesus wouldn't have been crucified, raised from the dead, ascended to heaven. He would have remained yet another prophet.
* Without Smith attacking hinm in the "forbidden level", Neo would have gone through the door too early. Whatever the door really is, Neo would not have met the architect. (Architect=Creator, next door with white light = death. See the pattern?)
2) Animatrix - 01 = Zion?
To remian wiht the allusions - Animatrix says "the machines founded 01 in the cradle of humanity". Zero-One == ZION?
3) The Zion Thing/ H2G2
OK what's up with the ZION thing? Is Neo inside the Matrix / Another matrix / outside when he stop the sentinels?
It did remind me of the Hitchhikers Guide: When Zaphod leaves the building to go into that thingie that shows him in relation to the universe... He leaves through the window instead of the door, so he actually remains inside the "matrix". There is a Zion outside, and there is a Zion inside. Just an idea.
Another thing: The "hidden level" - appeared in Part V of H2G2 as well.
4) The Merowinger - why did he have a French accent? Catering for the US citizens looking for an enemy? Or was it filmed before and is it just a coincidence?
5) Neo foresaw Smith "Jacking out". So yes, maybe the "traitor of Zion" is Smith. He's already there... The real one? The Matrixed one?
"Der Geist des Kriegers ist erwacht / Ich hab die Macht" StS
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peterchen wrote:
1) Agent Smith / Judas
hmm... you can make a case for it, but i don't think there's a one-to-one, at least nothing so obvious as with Cypher in the first one. The case seems to be made for Smith as a sort of Anti-Neo, opposed, but in a similar situation and with a of dependency or link...
peterchen wrote:
2) Animatrix - 01 = Zion?
I hadn't thought of this, but i like it a lot!
peterchen wrote:
4) The Merowinger - why did he have a French accent?
'Cause French villains are cool, and haven't been overdone as much as German villains.
peterchen wrote:
So yes, maybe the "traitor of Zion" is Smith.
Ya, that seems pretty obvious.
Shog9
So much he don't understand,
Just might never make it to a man...
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Shog9 wrote:
at least nothing so obvious as with Cypher i
Maybe this is just my personal "Judas" image, but seeing him as the canonical, plain "traitor" is a bit weak. He played his part (much as the keymaker, the oracle..) That makes Smith more Judas than Cypher. (BTW. there are some nice Judas interpretations - even Jesus asking Judas to betray him so the revelations are fulfilled)
Shog9 wrote:
Ya, that seems pretty obvious.
Well, took me a while
"Der Geist des Kriegers ist erwacht / Ich hab die Macht" StS
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peterchen wrote:
He played his part (much as the keymaker, the oracle..)
Yes, however remember - Judas was never concious of his true role. As far as he was concerned, he was jumping ship, getting out while he still could. That he was being used by The Powers That Be was irrelevant to him; that his treachery was fulfilling a role in some Greater Plan was unknown to him. While this might be made to fit in with the image of [wosname, the guy that was possessed by Smith & then left The Matrix], it seems too narrow for Smith himself (IMHO).
Smith is the rebel, driven by, and a prisoner to his own agenda. He can be anywhere, take over the bodies and minds of those he chooses (though they may fight him, and with help resist). He can get hit by a train and still come out with a straight tie and crisp collar. He hates humanity with a passion...
Shog9
So much he don't understand,
Just might never make it to a man...
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yep, it's probaly only the one aspect that I consider most interesting in the Judas figure..
Smith rocks. He's my hero since the very moment he "took away" Neo's mouth im Mx 1..
"Der Geist des Kriegers ist erwacht / Ich hab die Macht" StS
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