Random talk thread: It just keeps happening

[TEEEPO]

http://www.urbanoutfitters.com/urban/catalog/productdetail.jsp?id=20064499&pushId=MENS_SHOES&popId=MENS&navCount=45&navAction=jump&itemCount=80&itemdescription=true&parentid=MENS_SHOES&startValue=1&sortProperties=+subCategoryPosition,+product.marketingPriority

i was so close to buying these.


so close. then i came to my senses. i'd rather spend half that and get some fantastic running/workout shoes.

[Shaka Khan]

I'll pay double what Arvie paid to get his name changed back. Just no.

[Boogie]

I'll pay double what Arvie paid to get his name changed back. Just no.

I'll chip in for the 25 cents too.

[Madrun Badrun]

I'll pay double what Arvie paid to get his name changed back. Just no.

just yes!

[BlueTsunami]

...

[Boogie]

A year ago today, the 2010 Winter Olympics opened in Vancouver.

And as cynical as most of us Canucks on here are, I truly believe those games helped to transform our country in a positive way...

[youtube=560,345]kz8tzP3oeDg[/youtube]

[youtube=560,345]bV_041oYDjg[/youtube]

[youtube=560,345]cowe84zw32c[/youtube]

We've always had patriotism.  But this helped us get the confidence to show it.

So many moments...

the tragedy of the Georgian Luger dying in his practice run.

The drama of Joanne Rochette winning bronze after losing her mother mere days before.

Winning more gold medals than any other country for a Winter games.

The drama of the overtime win for hockey gold.  (You Yanks were an epic and worthy opponent, and I salute you for it.  But that ending with Sid scoring the OT goal was right out of a movie)

Those three vids still choke me up a year later.  I'm a sucker, I know, but I wear my pansy-ness proudly.    and hell, if any of you had stood at the peak of Whistler mountain on a clear day, you'd be just as awestruck as I was.  I consider that as more proof of the existence of God as any bullshit put forth by Bill O'Reilly or Kirk Cameron over the past five years, easy.

[etiolate]

A year ago today, the 2010 Winter Olympics opened in Vancouver.

And as cynical as most of us Canucks on here are, I truly believe those games helped to transform our country in a positive way...

[youtube=560,345]kz8tzP3oeDg[/youtube]

[youtube=560,345]bV_041oYDjg[/youtube]

[youtube=560,345]cowe84zw32c[/youtube]

We've always had patriotism.  But this helped us get the confidence to show it.

So many moments...

the tragedy of the Georgian Luger dying in his practice run.

The drama of Joanne Rochette winning bronze after losing her mother mere days before.

Winning more gold medals than any other country for a Winter games.

The drama of the overtime win for hockey gold.  (You Yanks were an epic and worthy opponent, and I salute you for it.  But that ending with Sid scoring the OT goal was right out of a movie)

Those three vids still choke me up a year later.  I'm a sucker, I know, but I wear my pansy-ness proudly.    and hell, if any of you had stood at the peak of Whistler mountain on a clear day, you'd be just as awestruck as I was.  I consider that as more proof of the existence of God as any bullshit put forth by Bill O'Reilly or Kirk Cameron over the past five years, easy.

So after all that, I learned that 90% of Canadians wished they were Americans but just can't quite get past the border.

[Phoenix Dark]

no one even remembers their "Olympics"

[Madrun Badrun]

Boogies drinking the kool-aid on this one.

I heard the same comment on the news about this transforming our country.  I chuckled. 

[Madrun Badrun]

Came back from a condom fashion show and drank 5 bottles of stone gargoyle beer.

Condom fasion show?  Bet you went for the models. eh?

[Groogrux]

Maybe for the last year at least for the next few, the government decided to give me money back on my taxes again!  Woot!  Gonna pay off some debt, buy some stuff I've been needing/wanting to buy, and stop haggling with Demi over the cost of the cock pics I was gonna sell him!

[Brehvolution]

Just installed Google Talk, add me, you homos

jeremy.boriqua@gmail.com

Just added you.

Anyone can add me:  zerohero375(at)gmail.com

or

PM for google voice number if wants plz.

[Madrun Badrun]

Trying to do gradient decent for a robotics assignment.  I have no idea what I'm doing 

math overload
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gradient_descent

OK this is probably a dumb question

If I have a function U(q) and U(q) = U1(q)+U2(q), and I know how to get the gradients of both U1 and U2, does the gradient of U equal the sumation of the gradients of U1 and U2? Let G be the gradient sysmbol, so

if U(q) = U1(q)+U2(q), then GU(q) = GU1(q)+GU2(q)?

I'm pretty sure both GU1 and GU2 each are one place vectors.

[Positive Touch]

lol u made that post at 8 pm on a friday night

[Madrun Badrun]

Friday eh?

[BobFromPikeCreek]

Last Night

her: "You can come sleep at my place."
me: "Nah, that's cool. I only live like 5 minutes away."

*slams head on table*

[BlueTsunami]

aka WHY DIDN'T I GO UP FOR COFFEE?!

[BobFromPikeCreek]

FOREVER ALONE

[Positive Touch]

Friday eh?

i will FUCKING SLAP YOU ARVIE

[Madrun Badrun]

[Positive Touch]

 

[Madrun Badrun]

From my next assignment for my programming languages class

Question 4: A la carte (10 marks)
A certain restaurant has an appetizer menu with 6 items on it, with the following costs:
4
Mixed Fruit $2.15
French Fries $2.75
Side Salad $3.35
Hot Wings $3.55
Mozzarella Sticks $4.20
Sampler Plate $5.80
The problem to solve is to find combinations of these items so that the total cost is exactly a given
dollar amount. For example, for $15.05, you can get 7 orders of Mixed Fruit; or 1 order of Mixed
Fruit along with 2 orders of Hot Wings and 1 order of the Sampler Plate.
Your program should return one combination at a time, and should try to find more combinations
for the same cost when you press ";". You should probably use integers to represent the dollar
amounts in cents, rather than using real values. It's okay if your program nds the same answer
more than once.
Copy/paste a short demo of your program into a text file and submit it as well.

http://xkcd.com/287/

 

[Pringo]

Trying to do gradient decent for a robotics assignment.  I have no idea what I'm doing 

math overload
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gradient_descent

OK this is probably a dumb question

If I have a function U(q) and U(q) = U1(q)+U2(q), and I know how to get the gradients of both U1 and U2, does the gradient of U equal the sumation of the gradients of U1 and U2? Let G be the gradient sysmbol, so

if U(q) = U1(q)+U2(q), then GU(q) = GU1(q)+GU2(q)?

I'm pretty sure both GU1 and GU2 each are one place vectors.

Well the gradient is just the summation of the partial derivatives wrt x, y (and z depending if you're working in 2D or 3D) iirc. Do you know the actual functions U(q) and G? I don't think GU(q) = GU1(q)+GU2(q) in all cases.

[Madrun Badrun]

The gradient is the summation of the partial dirivates? I thought it was a vector of partial derivites?

by G i just meant the gradient not a funtion so grad(U).

Not having clac III and doing this stuff is hard

It's in 2d and I'll post the functions tommorrow, since it's 2am right now and if I stay up any longer I'll buy MORE stuff I don't really need.

Just got
civ 5, the dark knight dvd, lord of the rings bluray and sherlock holmes blue ray for $90.

[Pringo]

The gradient is the summation of the partial dirivates? I thought it was a vector of partial derivites?

by G i just meant the gradient not a funtion so grad(U).

Not having clac III and doing this stuff is hard

It's in 2d and I'll post the functions tommorrow, since it's 2am right now and if I stay up any longer I'll buy MORE stuff I don't really need.

Yeah, that's what I meant. Worded it a bit weird. As in <fx, fy, fz> = (df/dx)i + (df/dy)j + (df/dz)k.

Taking calc 3 before trying to do this kind of stuff probably would have helped.

Edit: if G is just the gradient then GU(q) = GU1(q) + GU2(q) should be true then.

[Diunx]

Math

[Madrun Badrun]

functions are

let q be a coordinate so [x,y], d(q,q-goal) is the distence between the current position and the goal, alpha, theta, and the threshold are constants to my choosing.  D(q) is the distenmce to the closet obstical.

U(q) = Uatt(q)+Urep(q)

Uatt(q) = 1/2 alpha d(q,q-goal)^2

grad(Uatt(q)) = grad(1/2 alpha d(q,q-goal)^2) = 1/2 alpha grad(d(q,q-goal)^2) = apha(q-q-goal)



Urep(q) = 1/2 theta (1/D(q) -1/threshold)^2, if D(q) <= threshold
              0                                            ,  otherwise

grad(Urep(q)) = theta ((1/D(q) -1/threshold)^2)*(1/D(q)^2)*grad(D(q), if D(q) <= threshold
              0                                            ,  otherwise



It's the 2d part that I don't get.  If q is really [x,y], does that mean I can apply these equations on an x coordinate and the y corridinate seperatly, that would give me some knew point, and then would the gradient between my current position be the line between the current position and this new point?

[Joe Molotov]

lol you made that post at 10am on a Saturday morning

[Pringo]

It's the 2d part that I don't get.  If q is really [x,y], does that mean I can apply these equations on an x coordinate and the y corridinate seperatly, that would give me some knew point, and then would the gradient between my current position be the line between the current position and this new point?

Looking at this I suppose you could do them separately. Is apha(q-q-goal) supposed to be alpha * d(q, q - goal)? Then I guess that would be the line, although I'm not really sure exactly what Uatt is.

[Madrun Badrun]

yes alpha * d(q, q - goal)

Uatt is suppose to the the attrative force towards the goal, while Urep is the repuslion force from objects I want to aviod.

[Groogrux]

All this talk about Alpha's and such is making me want to go watch Dollhouse.

[Groogrux]

I've got a stomach virus that started early this morning. 

And my father-in-law just dropped in, and asked where my son was.  I told him we had tried to lay him down for a nap.  My wife steps in and says he's been laying down for a while, and that she can get him up.  The man looks at me and asks why I said we had been trying to lay him down, like I had lied to him.  Wife takes his side even after he storms out of the house without seeing my son.  Fuck this.   

[Positive Touch]

dude man up and tell her (again) to cut this shit out.  you don't need to be disrespected by him because he chooses to come over and act like an asshole, and she needs to get her shit together and start siding with her fucking partner.

[Joe Molotov]

I've got a stomach virus that started early this morning. 

And my father-in-law just dropped in, and asked where my son was.  I told him we had tried to lay him down for a nap.  My wife steps in and says he's been laying down for a while, and that she can get him up.  The man looks at me and asks why I said we had been trying to lay him down, like I had lied to him.  Wife takes his side even after he storms out of the house without seeing my son.  Fuck this.  

Put it in her dad's butt while she watches and yell "Who's the dad now??"

[BlueTsunami]

That would be an awesome cultural right of passage. By banging the father in the butt you transfer all of his fatherly powers onto you.

[Madrun Badrun]

tried to sign up for a goolge account.  It wants to send me a text message to verifiy that I'm human.  I don't have a phone.

   



I don't have a phone. Can I sign up?
Why am I being asked to provide a phone number?
Will it cost money to receive the text message or call?
How long will it take to get the text message or call?
Will Google keep or use my phone number?
How do I know if my phone can receive text messages?
Why is my country not supported for SMS delivery?
I don't see the option to request a Voice Call.
I tried to use the voice call option but am seeing an error that the selected country is not supported. Now what?
I'm getting the notification that I've created the maximum number of accounts. Now what?

I don't have a phone. Can I sign up?

If you're trying to sign up for a Google Account, you may be asked to provide a phone number to verify your account. You'll have the option to receive a verification code by text message (SMS) or automated voice call. If you choose the text message option, make sure the phone you use has text-messaging capabilities. If you don't have a mobile phone, try using the voice call option. If you don't have a phone, ask a friend to use his or her number to receive the code via text message or voice call. If you use the voice call option, you'll receive a call and hear an automated message with a verification code. Enter the code on the page to complete the process.

 :'(  fuck you google.  This is clearly a case of sine-amice discrimination.  I should sue.

edit:  my post count is sexy.  I think I shall no longer make new posts, only communicate though editing old ones.

[Boogie]

Boogies drinking the kool-aid on this one.

I heard the same comment on the news about this transforming our country.  I chuckled. 

My kool-aid on Friday was Rye, of course.

But I still drink it sober.  I'm a sappy patriot.  I can't help it.

[drew]

edit:  my post count is sexy.  I think I shall no longer make new posts, only communicate though editing old ones.

yes please do this

[Joe Molotov]

tried to sign up for a goolge account.  It wants to send me a text message to verifiy that I'm human.  I don't have a phone.

Never heard of Goolge, what kind of services do they offer?

[Diunx]

Went to a job interview and had to read a text in english, I should start speaking english more often my pronunciation is pretty bad and without practice it becomes dreadful.

[BobFromPikeCreek]

Yesssssss..... situation rectified. Girl i didn't go home with made out with me tonight and she's coming over tomorrow. 

[Bacchus7]

Few things feel better than when your 140 minute seminar is cancelled an hour before it's supposed to take place due to professor illness. I guess I'll just have to watch Champions League instead, how tragic.

[Bacchus7]

He did say it was a "miese" Erkältung... but I think he's okay.

[drew]

who the fuck doesnt have a phone these days, just having the ability to record police traffic stops makes it worth carrying wherever you go

[demi]

Went to a job interview and had to read a text in english, I should start speaking english more often my pronunciation is pretty bad and without practice it becomes dreadful.

lol, so you do have a greasy mexican voice.

AYE ESE~

[Madrun Badrun]

2 week extension on robotics because only 1 of the 12 of us could get it to work.

[etiolate]

this is the kind of stuff my Mom IMs me late at night

Mom:  I watched Oprah today and carrie fisher who played princess liea was on with her mother doris day.  it was interesting
Mom: they r very funny
Mom: good night

[Madrun Badrun]

this is the kind of stuff etiolate posts at day's end

this is the kind of stuff my Mom IMs me late at night

Mom:  I watched Oprah today and carrie fisher who played princess liea was on with her mother doris day.  it was interesting
Mom: they r very funny
Mom: good night

[Madrun Badrun]

What does she mean?

hii
you popped up in a dream I had last night...very strange

ha
what was happening?

it was a long one. a lot. fun though!

haha
tell me more!

nope

hmm not fair
one day over a pint then?
but by then you will have forgotten

I won't forget. Deal.

You're a god. 

[drew]

girl responds in somewhat less than equally flirty and vague way towards possibly but probably flirty text conversation, this is at least a monthly occurence for any good looking guy in his 20's, which therefore is hardly worthy of proclaiming 'god" status.

[Bacchus7]

Sounds like Drew hasn't gotten his monthly text yet.

[cool breeze]

Few things feel better than when your 140 minute seminar is cancelled an hour before it's supposed to take place due to professor illness. I guess I'll just have to watch Champions League instead, how tragic.

but the poor professor 

last semester I had a class that ran 3 hours until 9 at night.  Before the third class I get an email from the teacher that says class is cancelled and I start cheering and fist pumping and dancing and marrying and stuff.  Then I read the rest of the email and it's like "SO my kid got hurt bad and my car broke down and I had to physically carry him to the hospital while thinking he might die in my arms.  I don't know how I'm going to tell my wife about this.  p.s. Read chapter 3 and 5 by Tuesday."

[drew]

Sounds like Drew hasn't gotten his monthly text yet.

sounds like arvie hasn't gotten a text message, ever

[Bacchus7]

Fair.

spoiler (click to show/hide)

I blame the typos in his openings.

[close]

[Brehvolution]

this is the kind of stuff etiolate posts at day's end

 

[Diunx]

Went to a job interview and had to read a text in english, I should start speaking english more often my pronunciation is pretty bad and without practice it becomes dreadful.

lol, so you do have a greasy mexican voice.

AYE ESE~

Yep :'( they called me for another interview today and the whole interview was in english I think I did awful, the interviewer was hot though and she went to my highschool.

[The Sceneman]

okay, strip clubs are fucking AWESOME

went to one last night. One stripper was hot as fuck, dyed red hair, pierced nipples and hot tattoos

definitely going back to "Dreamgirls"

[ferrarimanf355]

Started my new day job today. 

[Diunx]

Fuuuuuu! Electricity just went out!

[Diunx]

It came back!