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Interesting words I learned today.
According to the General Relativity textbook I picked up at the library, a manifold in N dimensions is a region of space, every point of which can be described by N coordinate values x1 to xN.
A diffeomorphism is a map between two different manifolds (that is, a mathematical description that relates points in one manifold to another) which can be ( Read more... ) -
A meme.
bonita_chaotica asked me to do one, and so I have.
Click here.
Take the quiz.
Post your results.
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Back in the Kingdom, now
New term's about to begin. Got a literature review to write on the decoherent histories interpretation of quantum mechanics--about one-fifth of the way done. The holiday's turned my brain to shit--three months of living easy, and now I keep forgetting things. Important things. Leaving them behind wherever I've put them while I walk away. ( Read more... ) -
Well, Crap.
To the folks who commented on my last post, sorry, but I've had to delete it. Nothing serious, but I'm afraid I've had to lose your comments as well.
Again, sorry about that.
Um.
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A Note
Apparently, the pork liver and intestines in the porridge my Dad got for breakfast aren't really as inedible as I've led myself to believe all these years, after all. Neither, for that matter, is the cow stomach in the noodles I had for lunch.
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Today a hornbill came and perched on the ledge outside my window. It was a marvelous bird, greater than the common flock we find here in Singapore, magnificently coloured, its great beak and crest curved like the horns that give it its name. Such a fine creature is not meant for such a city as this. I brought out my camera to capture it, but as ( Read more... ) -
Photo tour of Chinatown, today.
First, a couple of the older buildings in this district. Paradoxically, they're Indian in origin, not Chinese.
First, the Sri Mariamman Temple. I pointed this building out in the photo yesterday. Here's a shot from across the road:
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Bombs in London
Bastards ( Read more... ) -
Generic Update Stuff
All's been quiet. Nothing much to report. readeriif's brother came, stayed a few days, and left for Boston. readeriif, if you're reading this, I now have your brother's keys, and also your autographed set of Angelic Layer DVDs. Any idea when I can give them back to you?
Was watching Live 8 on Saturday with bonita_chaotica. Pretty interesting stuff, plus some really good ( Read more... )
