Showing posts with label miscellaneous. Show all posts
Showing posts with label miscellaneous. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Expand (x+2)^2

One day, a teacher asked students the following question in a test:

Expand (x+2)^2.

A student gave the following answer:
(x+2)^2
= (x_+_2)^2
= (x_____+_____2)_^_2
= (x__________+__________2)__^__2
note: _ means space; ^ means `to the power of'

Jargon description of a person

Is it possible to describe a person with a few maths, control, and statistics jargons? These are a few on top of my head:

S/He is ...

isotropically [dumb]. - [dumb], judging from every possible angle.
a MPC controller. - can think for a few steps ahead, almost as good as optimal controller, but more practical
an optimal controller. - can think infinitely far ahead and execute every little steps optimally
in the right hand side of the s-plane. - going exploding
stochastically perturbed. - been pushed in random directions
Taylor series'ing. - disintegrating

Friday, August 05, 2005

A Travel Advertisement



Hello City Hoppers,

Have you even been traveling on all of the train lines (except V-line) in Melbourne?
Have you ever been traveling around Melbourne on the train for a whole day?

If you have answered 'no' to one of these questions, then please read forward.

Have you ever dreamt of having a train ride for a "Trip Around the Melbourne in 1 Day"?

If yes, then here is a deal just for you.
Sunday Saver Metcards can provide you an opportunity to fulfill your dream. It only costs $2.50. What's more, you can use it for the whole day in zone 1+2+3!

For people who has a dream and who are willing to achieve it, let's join the "Trip Around the Melbourne in 1 Day". The trip starts in the early morning on 14-Aug-05.

If interested, contact lcf. Be quick, book your place now before it is too late. (although, places are unlimited)

Regards,
Lcf's Travel.
[unregistered agent number: 007]

Sunday, April 17, 2005

大"腳"照


leg Posted by Hello

Opening...

After months of browsing through many weblogs and the related tools, I finally convinced myself to do two things: 1. to create a weblog for myself; 2. to create one without playing directly with the php scripts and database.