Bam! Boom! Onomatopoeia! Onomatopoeia is not a word you use everyday, yet hardly a day goes by that we don't use several onomatopoeic words and phrases in daily conversation. Onomatopoeia refers to words that imitate the sound they represent such as "kerplunk" or "boing" in English or "doki doki" in Japanese. We might not hear onomatopoeic words used in formal written speeches so often, but we certainly hear them used in everyday conversation. I knew of Emeril's "Bam!" There is really nothing educational about this post of mine today. LinkOnomatopoetic English-Japanese Dictionary
User:Piecraft/Dieselpunk Description[edit] A manipulation on an alternate version of a future 1950s from the developed technology and society of the 1930's, where the Great Depression never arrived and World War II is still being fought as a prolonged Cold War. In turn, Japan continues its progress towards technological modernization, developing the earliest computers and terminals. Nazi scientists continue experimenting by taking the route of biotechnology, sparking off a genetic revolution of bio-mods, clones, and organ harvesting. Whilst the Americans and British take both of these technologies to develop mind-control devices, spawning man-machine interfaces and sparking the atomic-powered machine age. Themes that usually surface in the genre relate to: The Red Scare - fear of intrusion sparking mass hysteria.Space Race - conquest of Outer Space. see also: Diesel cycle Dieselpunk post-apocalypse[edit] Art & Culture[edit] Examples: the cinema of Fritz Lang, F.W. Dieselpunk politics[edit]
computer parts, computer hardware, laptop computers, desktop computers - Geeks clever algorithms Welcome to Clever Algorithms! This is a handbook of recipes for computational problem solving techniques from the fields of Computational Intelligence, Biologically Inspired Computation, and Metaheuristics. Clever Algorithms are interesting, practical, and fun to learn about and implement. This introductory chapter provides relevant background information on Artificial Intelligence and Algorithms. What is AI Artificial Intelligence The field of classical Artificial Intelligence (AI) coalesced in the 1950s drawing on an understanding of the brain from neuroscience, the new mathematics of information theory, control theory referred to as cybernetics, and the dawn of the digital computer. Russell and Norvig provide a perspective that defines Artificial Intelligence in four categories: 1) systems that think like humans, 2) systems that act like humans, 3) systems that think rationally, 4) systems that act rationally [Russell2009]. Neat AI Scruffy AI Natural Computation Computation with Biology
The Nice programming language JavaScript Implementation of AES Advanced Encryption Standard in Counter Mode AES is a ‘symmetric block cipher’ for encrypting texts which can be decrypted with the original encryption key. For many purposes, a simpler encryption algorithm such as TEA is perfectly adequate – but if you suspect the world’s best cryptographic minds, and a few million dollars of computing resource, might be attempting to crack your security, then AES, based on the Rijndael algorithm, is the tightest security currently available (approved by the US government for classified information up to ‘Secret’ – and in in 192 or 256 key lengths, up to ‘Top Secret’). AES was adopted by NIST in 2001 as FIPS-197, and is the replacement for DES which was withdrawn in 2005. I developed this JavaScript implementation to to illustrate the original AES standard (NIST FIPS-197) as closely as possible. Much of the Rijndael algorithm is based on arithmetic on a finite field, or Galois field (after the mathematician). (In counter mode, a text could decrypt correctly even if the cipher routine was flawed).
Heroin and Cornflakes » Blog Archive » Circumcision: Should it be Illegal for Under 18’s? “All truth goes through three stages. First it is ridiculed. Then it is violently opposed. Arthur Schoepenhauer. Following my recent article, ‘Circumcision, AIDS and Human Rights‘ questioning the legitimacy of circumcision, I posted this question on an official White House discussion board; ‘Is it time to make circumcision illegal for under 18′s? My aim was to help facilitate discussion and debate regarding this subject. I asked…. What about the rights of newborn babies and children? Don’t they need protection? As a Manager at United States Department of Defense put it; “the arguments flew from irrational, to emotional, to religious, to parental rights!” Part of my opening arguments were as follows: Human rights as listed by the U.N. And the relationship within these rights and the pain endured by the infant. Because according to a comprehensive study, newborn responses to pain are ‘similar to, but greater than, those observed in adult subjects.’ The foreskin is then torn from the glans. and….. and…
What You See is What You Hear By Although you certainly know the difference between a 2 and a 5, identifying the number of times that the figure "2" is printed onto the tile to your left is not necessarily the easiest of tasks. If you are like me, you will have to concentrate and look at the picture line-by-line to distinguish the essentially quite similar symbols that we use to denote twos and fives. The task would be easier of course, if the 2's and 5's came to us in different colors as they do on the tile below. Or as they do for people who experience synesthesia , a particular neurological condition in which one sensory input is involuntarily linked to another sensory experience. Hearing color, seeing sounds as shapes, or — as in the opening example - numbers as colors are all examples of different kinds of synesthetic experiences. I find synesthesia fascinating although — or maybe it is because — it seems so far removed from what most of us commonly experience.
Compressing Sudoku - Push cx At least a few times a week I see someone playing Sudoku while commuting on the L, and it’s always annoyed me. The problem is that Sudoku is a small 9×9 grid with 10-20 numbers on it, and a book is a chunk of dead tree. How inefficient! There’s a tiny amount of very compressable data in a large, uncompressable phsyical object. I can’t do anything about the book, but I could imagine one with a grid on the back, a dry-erase marker in the spine, and two dozen puzzles per page in some kind of notation. The straightforward approach is to look at the puzzle as a Cartesian grid, as seen here. The problem with numbers is that it’s confusing to keep track of which are labels and which are game symbols. A problem with coordinates is that while nearly everyone will number the x-axis left-to-right, the y-axis could plausibly go either way. This is my approach, drawing on what makes Sudoku more than just a grid.
Puzzles and Illusions _______ Click on a figure to enlarge it or to start a Java applet. Home | Art | Fun, Games | Java | Philosophy | Riddles | Science | Stereograms | Virtual Reality/QuickTime | Web Cameras | Search BallDroppings Railway engines (Thomas and Friends) This article lists the standard gauge railway engine characters of the television series Thomas & Friends. These are the characters that run on The Fat Controller's railway. Thomas Thomas can be described as a cheeky, fussy little engine. Thomas's character can change from time to time, from cheeky like Percy to wise like Edward. Voice Actors Edward was the first character to appear in The Railway Series by the Rev. Edward is the oldest and wisest engine in the core fleet, and other engines often find themselves indebted to his knowledge and sharp skills. Henry is a 4-6-0 engine, one of the first engines to appear in The Railway Series books. Henry's character can be difficult to pinpoint. Gordon was the second engine to appear in The Railway Series. Gordon has always viewed himself as the most important engine, mostly because of his size and strength, and that his main task is to pull the Express. He is the youngest engine of the whole fleet. Emily Emily is a "Stirling Single" engine.