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2004

New range of fruit bars coming to a store near you: Almost Apple, Possibly Pear, Ostensibly Orange, Probably Plum, Believably Banana.

New from Mattel: Brabie, comes with detachable body parts and Dr Plastic's no-fault indemnity warranty.

Brigitte Jones' Diary out now.

If the corporate boardroom is a temple then morals are the shoes you take off to enter.

01/11/2003

Latest spam subject header: "Free Brain Enlargement- Impresz her in bed....one crossword at a time".

11/06/03

Is it still solitary confinement if the person inside has Multiple Personality Disorder?

08/06/03

"The three little pigs still can't get insurance."

05/2003

Just because some terrorists are Muslim, it does not mean that all Muslims are terrorists. I think some people forget that. Also, just because communism was implemented under a totalitarian regime in Russia, I don't think that means that that form of implementation is  the only one and that all the horrible things that happened in the Russian arena are a necessary part of communism.

07/05/03

There is an extreme difference between facts and the ability to learn facts. Teachers can either teach you facts, or the ability to learn more facts. Unfortunately a lot of teachers appear to teach only facts.

Another thought: The Fletcher Stupidity Scale: The number of times your mother has to tell you to stop doing something before you stop. This is a much better measure than IQ tests, as it shows how much common sense you have as well. I have been tested on this scale, and on it I score 482 SPs (Stupidity Points).

13/04/2003

War and elections seem to be closely related. The people overboard issue was related to an election. People were trying to get into the country because of war. Thus, war and elections are interrelated.  :->

17/03/2002

Follow up:  I know a bit more about linear/non-linear equations or at least what they are not! I'm  about to embark on matriculation math and have been looking for good online resources for matriculation math (grades 9-12) to fill in the blanks. I'd love to discuss Michael Chrichton books - my favourite author, & fractals which has led to my intention to create a fractal-drawing  java applet (a project that came out of response to these thoughts).

11/03/2002

I'd just like to offer my own personal thoughts on the differences between linear and non-linear equations and what happens when they cross over:

Chaos theory is a way to describe that complex things are inherently unstable. But, even then there is an apparently re-occurring pattern which doubles back upon itself. Not a pattern, a look:

-if you look at a tall mountain peak you will see a distinctive shape, then if you look at a small peak of that mountain you will see the same pattern as on the mountain itself and you can keep doing this, looking further and further in until you get to a tiny grain. This is part of what is non-linear equations.

Now, linear equations are like the basic things like normal
current/simple ways of looking at things like mathematics.

Now, I think, that the most complex thing in the world could be where a non-linear and a linear system interact.

These thoughts have been prompted by my most recent reading of Michael Crichton's Jurassic Park.

Past thoughts:

I think I've discovered the one true universal: McDonalds!