16 April 2009

"Anarchy does not rule"

From the front page of the Daily Express:


What? Say again! ANARCHY DOES NOT RULE UK.

Let me check.... Wikipedia says:

Anarchy (from Greek: ἀναρχία anarchía, "without ruler"):

  • "No rulership or enforced authority."
Therefore, the phrase above is stupid. By DEFINITION, anarchy is the state of not ruling. The phrase is as stupid as saying "the colour of a red apple is red".

Well, this is deep waters for a STUPID tabloid like Daily Express. In fact, any UK newspaper that has the word "Daily" in its title is less useful than wrapping paper.

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T H E B O T T O M L I N E

What measure theory is about

It's about counting, but when things get too large.
Put otherwise, it's about addition of positive numbers, but when these numbers are far too many.

The principle of dynamic programming

max_{x,y} [f(x) + g(x,y)] = max_x [f(x) + max_y g(x,y)]

The bottom line

Nuestras horas son minutos cuando esperamos saber y siglos cuando sabemos lo que se puede aprender.
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Αγεωμέτρητος μηδείς εισίτω.
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Sapere Aude! Habe Muth, dich deines eigenen Verstandes zu bedienen!
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