So I'm at work and have a couple hours off, and what do I do with my free time? Read about time series and regression!

I found an interesting pdf document (I think it's a book released as part of the GNU project).

Here is the linkAs you can see (if you clicked the link), it is published by a bunch of nazis...otherwise known as Germans. All the ( Read more... )

I just found a rather interesting article about some research under way at Mississippi State. Basically, microbiologists are trying to convert water treatment sludge into biodiesel. For those of you who aren't familiar with biodiesel, it is basically diesel fuel made from some kind of renewable resource. In this case: a nasty byproduct of water ( Read more... )

So now that Mississippi State is out of it, Southern Miss is my team (as I may have explained in my last journal entry...don't remember). They are playing LSU, whom I hate, as we speak. And...LSU just homered to make it 2-0. So anyways...pulling for Southern Miss as my wife did her undergraduate there, but it isn't looking good. The pitcher for ( Read more... )

I feel like I've been doing too much complaining on LJ since....I opened the account. When I was thinking of an entry to post, I was about to go on a rant about how FSN is covering the ACC baseball tournament instead of the SEC tournament. I realize Mississippi State is by far the worst team in the SEC (in baseball this year anyway), but I really ( Read more... )

I really feel bad for those lucky enough to spend four or more years at the W who are graduating today. The forecast for our truly blessed town of Columbus is calling for thunderstorms ( Read more... )

I am so content attending mississippi state. Going to a school that is probably 8-9 times bigger than where I did my undergraduate work is quite a pleasant shift. Every day I drive onto the campus and see a more "college" like atmosphere, I just feel like I am where I need to be. No offense to those who attended, but the W is basically just ( Read more... )

That's what I keep telling myself. "Just get through the next four weeks, and you've basically got this degree." I am taking the two hardest classes offered in the statistics department: Applied Probability and Mathematical Statistics II. Math Stats is just elementary statistics on steroids. We study data reduction, point estimates, hypothesis ( Read more... )

So, basically I'm a spoiled brat. My parents bought me an IPhone. Let it be known this is my first livejournal entry to be submitted via the IPhone. And it will probably be the last because it takes forever to type on this thing ( Read more... )

How I pulled a B on my applied probability test, I may never know. Long story short, I didn't have time to study much for it. I still can't honestly tell you what a poisson process is. The test was five questions, I felt confident about maybe 2 of them. I was having a major breakdown. I wasn't sure if graduate school was for me. Yesterday, I talked ( Read more... )

Mississippi State is ranked in the USA today/ESPN poll for college basketball. We're ranked 25th. Our stomping of Ole Miss brought them down to 22nd. ESPN hasn't put out the AP poll yet, but I'm hopeful we'll be ranked in both. We have a really good opportunity to move up in the rankings if we can beat Arkansas on the road and the key game is this ( Read more... )