I have recently witnessed my friends 9-year-old cousin become upset with his twin sister and spat out, in the most vicious way a 9-year-old is capable of, the most sinister insult he could think of: "F-you!" However, he didn't use the real "F" word, just the letter "F," combined with "you." To him, and the ruffian dirtballs he hangs out with and learns these things from, that's just about as "bad" of an insult as he can think of, even if he doesn't actually know what he is saying. This is a classic example of the development of bad language and the insult. My friend's cousin is moving out of what I would classify as the "development innocence" of that art of insult into a more advanced, and unfortunately, less original (and certainly less funny as you'll see later in this article) stage of colorful language.

The art-of-insult is one of the defining cornerstones of human interaction. Social mockery among friends is the key to any well-balanced relationship. Without it, quite simply, a relationship exists as a superficial artifice made-up of meaningless chatter and mindless small talk (conversations would never make it past "Hey, what's up?"). In other words, without the ability to insult one's own friends, relationships are nothing more than acquaintances, and acquaintances are boring.

The actual art itself is something that evolves as a person matures, and like all things, it is at its most pure when a certain level of innocence still exists. For this reason, the greatest period in anyone's insult development is when the word "poop" is both the funniest and most insulting word you can use against a person. This is because at its most basic level, the act of using the word "poop" as an insult is incredibly juvenile, and as people mature and become more aware of how serious they need to be at all times in a world that is so uptight, they appreciate the opportunity to act juvenile.

As "poop" transcends its physical and literal definition and becomes something usable in day-to-day conversation as a part of speech, it transforms into the single most versatile insult-word in a very large catalog of insult words. "Poop's" genius is the various ways in which it can be used and the other words it can be combined with to add extra insult, or funniness (and if you're lucky, both). As an adjective, it is deadly. As a verb, it is lethal. It is in these two modes of usage that the word is both distinguished and made immortal as an insult word.

As an adjective, the function of the word "poop" is best realized with the choice of a proper word that it can modify. Usually, if combined with another body part, both funniness and insult can be achieved. Some of the classic examples of this are combinations like poop-face, poop-mouth, poop-hair, and poop-head. Combining the word "poop" with body parts (usually in the area of the head) belongs to the insult developmental category associated with the very early developmental stages. As you become more proficient with combining the word "poop" with other words, you learn that it is most effective when used with nouns that are more complex. Good examples of this are combinations like poop-eater, poop-licker, and poop-sniffer.

Examples of good combinations are almost infinite because really, you can combine the word "poop" with any word and it would hold up as a legitimate insult. To make your insults when using the word "poop" more stinging and lethal, however, you need to learn how to use the word as a verb and/or adverb.

When used as a verb, the word "poop" becomes more than just a description; it becomes an action done unto someone that, depending on the effectiveness by which you use it as a verb, is both hilarious and vile at the same time. For instance, the simplest way to use "poop" as a verb is to say you will "poop on someone," if they don't give into whatever request you've made of them. To be honest, at this point in the article, I'm sort of baffling myself with my own immaturity. As a result, I am bestupifying (my word) myself and can't really think of other ways to use poop as a verb. I believe, however, that you get the point, so I'll just simply reiterate the fact that when one perfects the art of using the word "poop" as a verbal insult, one has necessarily reached the pinnacle of one's insult capabilities.

All in all, this was a dumb article, and I'm really immature for writing it. But if you didn't think it was at least somewhat entertaining—dare I say even funny—then you're nothing more than a stupid, stinking poop-head!

At American River College in Sacramento, a group of Christians have decided to "take over" the Student Association.

From the American River Current:

It's not completely official yet, but early results indicate nine out of the 10 candidates elected in the recent Student Association election are members of the former Christian Civilization Club.

The near-sweep is historical in that representatives generally are elected as individuals, rather than as a bloc.

Members of the former club, known for hosting a booth in the Library Quad denouncing Islam, organized an electoral campaign promoting club members, candidates who were on the CCC mailing list, or candidates who ascribed [sic] to the principles of the Christian Civilization Club.

That sounds interesting.  But apparently the CCC used to be actively involved on-campus, but after their faculty advisor resigned they lost their academic standing, as they were unable to find a new  advisor for the group.  Apparently the group was very active in recruiting voters to their cause appealing not only to the religiosity of the Christians on campus, but also along ethnic lines.

The group "targeted especially Christians," according to Yuriy Popko, a member of the former club.

"We basically consider ourselves Christians, so we go to our base," said Popko.

That base includes both Christian students and ethnic communities on campus that closely identify with the Christian community, including Slavic and Romanian students. "The communities are close-knit," Popko said.

While the former club members distributed literature on campus, they also asked representatives supported by their campaign to go [to] their respective churches to campaign.

Of coures, the Slavic and Romanian communities that they appealed to were not just your average ethnic community.  No, these communities are well-known for their radical hatred and fear of homosexuals.  It's a lot of fun to read the club's forum where a great deal of this sort of thing can be found.  Here's one lovely posting:

EVERYWHERE I LOOK, ON TV IN SCHOOL EVERYWHERE BUT IN CHURCH ALL I SEE IS GAY THIS, GAY RIGHTS THAT OPEN DISPLAYS OF THIER LIFESTYLE BEING PUSHED DOWN OUR THROATS, I KNOW THAT JESUS LOVES THE SINNER BUT HATES THE SIN, IT JUST APEARS THAT, THAT SIN IS BEING THRUST UPON US IS THERE NOTHING THAT CAN BE DONE, IS THIS WHAT WE HAVE TO LOOK FORWARD TO, SODOMITES RUNNING AROUND, OPENLY PROMOTING THIER LIFESTYLE, GAY MARRIAGE, GAY PASTORS, GAY CHURCHES, ITS LIKE GETTING OUT OF CONTROL, AND ITS VERY SAD TO SEE THIS DAY COME TO LIGHT, AND THERE IS NOTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT IT.
THATS THE SADDEST THING EVER

Need I say more?   But even some of his fellow posters, perhaps an infiltrator, made a pretty decent point:

Ever considered why you care? That's a bit of an obtuse observation. You see "gays" everywhere? But do they see you? Do they judge you? Webster's Medical defines paranoia as "a tendency on the part of an individual or group toward excessive or irrational suspiciousness and distrustfulness of others"–why do you distrust homosexuals? 

This could definitely be a case of repressed homosexuality à la Ted Haggard and Larry Craig.  I wonder how often these Christians go into the bathroom and accidentally tap their toes a bit too much.

Either way, these students apparently want to get their ignorance enshrined in the curricula of anthropology and biology at the college.  But I think the student newspaper there puts it best:

This goal may not mesh with reality, however.

And I really think that sums this whole situation up.  These people's beliefs don't mesh with reality, why should anyone expect their goals to?

Driving around town I often slow down so I can read church signs. Some
of them are just plain, just giving schedule of services and name of
the preacher. But some of them having wise and witty sayings. On one
in town is this sentence, "April 1st -National Atheists Day."

I think that all of us are aware of what April 1st is in our country.
It is called "April Fools Day." It is where people "fool you" about
something and then yell, "April Fools." How many of us have not been
tricked this way with a "your shoes are untied" or other such funny
tricks? Most of it is done in good humor.

The Bible tells us that we should be careful about calling another
person a fool (Matthew 5:22). While the text in Matthew seems to deal
with being angry with a brother and not a harmless joke like April
Fools Day it is true that we should be careful about attributing to
another the descriptive term fool.

But what better day could one pick for National Atheists Day than
April 1st, April Fools Day? The Bible makes this clear. "The fool hath
said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done
abominable works, there is none that doeth good" (Psalm 14:1). The
Bible says that anyone who denies God is a fool!

Why is the person who denies God a fool? The Bible clearly tells us.
In Romans 1:18-22.

"For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness
and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness,
because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has
shown it to them. For since the creation of the world His invisible
attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are
made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without
excuse, because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as
God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their
foolish hearts were darkened. Professing to be wise, they became
fools,"

While this refers specifically to the Gentiles of Paul’s day who had
departed from God and had worshiped idols instead of the living God,
it clearly fits our present day atheists as well. Paul says that there
is no excuse for not believing in a personal God who created the
universe. God has simply left too many "hand prints" all over His
creation for man to not be able to see Him. One need only look at the
world and everything in it to see that there must be a God. Paul says
that there is simply no excuse for a person denying the existence of
an intelligent creator. He concludes by stating the obvious concerning
all the great thinkers who deny the existence of God, "professing to
be wise, they became fools"

Come to think of it, April 1st might be the perfect day to celebrate
"National Atheists Day." Nothing in life is more foolish than denying
the existence of God, since He has left us indisputable proof of his perfection!

i believe it was thomas jefferson that once said that "if this is the best god can do, he should be fired"

or something along those lines!

http://mail.google.com/mail/help/customtime/index.html

im sorry... im just in absolute histerical tears here... FINALLY! i told you google was the stuff... puh, only they could defeat me in the search for the answer! puh, and yet al-gore got the nobel prize... tut tut tut...

what is the world coming to!

Graph Theory

There are many occasions when we use a group of points joined either by lines or by arrows to depict some situation which interests us; the points may stand for people or places or atoms, and the arrows or lines may represent kinship relations or pipelines or chemical bonds. Diagrams like these are met with everywhere, under different names: they are called variously sociograms (psychology), simplexes (topology), circuit diagrams (physics, engineering), organizational structures (economics), communication networks, family trees, etc. Mathematician D. Konig was the first person to suggest that the generic name 'graph' be used for all of them, and was the first to help make a push to undertake a systematic study of their properties.

It is a matter of common observation that different disciplines often use analogous theorems; the concept of the 'incidence matrix' which was introduced by Kirchoff to help in the study of electrical circuits, was taken up again in topology by Henri Poincare as a basis for his 'analysis situs'; the idea of an 'articulation point' which has long been known in sociology has appeared more recently in electronics, and there is no end to examples such as these. The Theory of Graphs itself has just begun to be developed in a formal and abstract manner in order that it may be usefully applied in all these different domains.

In fact, even though mathematics may define the fundamental concepts such as 'chain', 'path', or 'centre' in abstract terms, the basic ideas are closely linked with reality, and can easily be identified in any specific case. This is one reason why the theory of graphs should not be confused with the theory of algebraic relations, in which the emphasis and interests are given an entirely different slant. On the other hand, modern combinatorial topology, which ignores the orientations of the edges and which is almost entirely concerned with ideas capable of being generalized to the n dimensions is mathematical graph theory to the extreme, making few contributions to the study as a whole.

In the development of the theory of graphs the aim has been to provide the students with a mathematical tool which can be used in the behavioral sciences, in the theory of information, cybernetics, games, transport networks etc., as well as in set theory, matrix theory and any other appropriate abstract discipline.

Graph theory truly gained its beginning in the early 18th century with the problem solved by Leonard Euler: The seven Bridges of Konigsberg (published in his book; Solutio problematis ad geometriam situs pertinentis). It was a famously solved mathematics problem inspired by an actual place and situation. The city of Konigsberg, Prussia (now Kaliningrad, Russia) was set on the Pregl River, and included two large islands which were connected to each other and the mainland by seven bridges. The problem was to decide whether it was possible to walk a route that crossed each bridge exactly only once.

A map of the original Konigsberg Prussia should be on the left, Euler being the abstract mathematician he was, realized that the shape of the problem had no impudence upon the authentic outcome, as long as the logic behind the meaning of the problem was kept true and straight, the outcome should as well be unchanged. What that means is that the shape of a graph may be distorted in any way as long as there was no changing of the graph itself, so long as the links between the islands or 'nodes' are unchanged. It does not matter whether the links are straight or curved, or whether one node is to the left or right of another.

What this allows is a greater amount of abstraction in the drawing and formulation of methods of visualizing problems and or situations. Euler solved the problem stated above, by doing just that. First, he eliminated all other distractions, leaving just islands to represent the land masses and yellow ribbons to represent the crossings. After this, he simplified it even more, replacing the landmasses, with nodes or 'dots' and replacing the bridges with arcane shaped lines called 'arcs'. Using this, he was able to hypothesize a method for an algorithm to solve and analyze the situation needed.

Euler realized that the problem could be solved in terms of the degrees of the nodes. The degree of a node is the number of edges touching it; in the Konigsberg bridge graph, three nodes have degree 3 and one has degree 5. Euler proved that a solution of the desired form is possible if and only if there are exactly two or zero nodes of odd degree. Such a solution is called an Eulerian path or Euler walk. Further, if there are two nodes of odd degree, those must be the starting and ending points of an Eulerian path. Since the graph corresponding to Konigsberg has four nodes of odd degree, it cannot have an Eulerian path, i.e., it cannot have a solution.

Shortly after this, problems of the same nature soon popped up everywhere, asking to be solved using the logic that only the rudimentary logic of graph theory could provide. Of these problems was the free roaming Night theory, first presented by Vandermonde, and finished, solved, and graphed by a mathematician known as Hamilton; because of which the visual representations of the solution to the wondering Night's tale have thus forth been known as Hamiltonian Graphs.

Hamiltonian Graphs are graphs usually applied to that of a moving entity, usually found in problems dealing with poker, or chess. We now see the first signs of graph theory springing out of the mathematical field, and into the world of structured probability; the world of uncertain functionality, the world consisting of either the truth, or the falsehood.

            This Hamiltonian graph, led to another process in graph theory pioneered by Gustav Kirchhoff, Arthur Cayley , James Joseph Sylvester, and stressed heavily by George Polya; the Tree Diagrams.

            A Tree Diagram is a graph that is used in situations that come across the use of cutting something directly in to two or more pieces. The capabilities of tree diagrams was not developed to a realistic use until Alexander Crum Brown took the theory and applied the diagram to the field of chemistry, creating the first diagrams still used today in displaying and representing the relationships between atoms and their chemical bonds.

            With all of these breakthroughs in Graph theory, it is important to note that graph theory wasn't really noticed till a letter was found written by Leonard Euler to a mathematician by the name of C. Goldbach, specifying that the angles of any polyhedronal surface should exceed the number of sides by at least two. Euler, however, was unable to finish his proof, and it was left unsolved until in 1813 a conceptual cartographer named A-L Cauchy obtained the proof using unique theorems available only to topology, thus, exceeding the uses of graph theory by a HUGE category.

Once introduced to topology, another scientist (primarily a medical doctor) had studied Cauchy's and Browns work in Romania and saw a potential to represent objects both past and present. It isn't quite known where it first began, but a scientist by the name of Jacob Levy Moreno gave birth to the sociometer. He was one of those extraordinary people who planted conceptual seeds, explored social structures, produced interaction, pioneered methodologies, created and tested concepts, and wrote of his discoveries. He identified the social atom at the time RutherfordVienna (1909 – 1917) he produced the theatre of social interaction; he worked to build relationships amongst refugees, ensuring their capacity to live life after social network devastation. His concern for the 'social network' is at the heart of modern day psychology. His unshakable belief in the creative genius in each person to have the ability to change any situation is said to be the birth of psychodrama, and the beginning of the term 'social network'. He was a central participant in developing group psychotherapy.

As one can undoubtedly see, the beginning history of graph theory at its roots is rich in diversity and would not be what it is today if it hadn't been for the varied interest of the topic, and its ability to morph so easily into different fields. Other fields such as physics and engineering have also benefited from this very abstract theory. It is also good to keep in ones inner eye that graph theory is still a very young and vibrant topic. Like all modern theories, the theory of graphs has its own shorthand notation which allows considerable economy of thought and makes it both more effective and easier to manipulate; although the shorthand is doubtlessly familiar with the classical theory of sets, it is an important fact to note.

Languages, graphs, problems, networks, and bonds… so many things that can be represented with such an abstract mode of thought. Yet, so many possibilities still remain, what will come of graph theory in the next 200 years? To think that such a complex concept could come out of a problem of such simplicity. One thing we CAN be certain of, in the last 200 years the theory represented by graphs has evolved into a dynamic network of correlation. And in the future years to come, perhaps the theory of graphs will be expanded to even more representation in fields of arcane orientation.

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Naturally, im all for giving a free quality education free of charge. so what im going to try and do, is buy the book:

 Bertsekas, Dimitri P., and John N. Tsitsiklis. Introduction to Probability. Belmont, MA: Athena Scientific Press , June 2002. ISBN: 188652940X

and put it in pdf format for all of you to be able to download. Also, two recomended texts from my bosses were:

Drake, A. Fundamentals of Applied Probability Theory. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1988. ISBN: 0070178151.

Ross, S. A First Course in Probability. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2005. ISBN: 0131856626.

This should be a top notch level course. if you decide you need tests or quizes, i can readilly provide them as well. just send me a message, and ill put those two in pdf format.

Good Luck.

Course readings.

Ses	Topics	readings
L1	Probability Models and Axioms	Sections 1.1-1.2
L2	Conditioning and Bayes' Rule	Sections 1.3-1.4
L3	Independence	Section 1.5
L4	Counting	Section 1.6
L5	Discrete Random Variables; Probability Mass Functions; Expectations	Sections 2.1-2.4
L6	Conditional Expectation; Examples	Sections 2.4-2.6
L7	Multiple Discrete Random Variables	Section 2.7
L8	Continuous Random Variables - I	Sections 3.1-3.3
L9	Continuous Random Variables - II	Sections 3.4-3.5
Q1	Quiz 1 (Covers up to L7)
L10	Continuous Random Variables and Derived Distributions	Section 3.6
L11	More on Continuous Random Variables, Derived Distributions, Convolution	Section 4.2
L12	Transforms	Section 4.1
L13	Iterated Expectations, Sum of a Random Number of Random Variables	Sections 4.3-4.4
L14	Prediction; Covariance and Correlation	Sections 4.5-4.6
L15	Bernoulli Process	Section 5.1
L16	Poisson Process	Section 5.2
Q2	Quiz 2 (Covers up to L14)
L17	Poisson Process Examples	Section 5.2
L18	Markov Chains - I	Sections 6.1-6.2
L19	Markov Chains - II	Section 6.3
L20	Markov Chains - III	Section 6.4
L21	Weak Law of Large Numbers	Sections 7.1-7.3
L22	Central Limit Theorem	Section 7.4
L23	Strong Law of Large Numbers	Section 7.5
L24	Interactive Exploration
	Final Exam (During whatever you think finals week should be Finals Week)

Oh, and yes... its in MLA format.

Aww classes! things to do! well, earliear today, i went to the eops to get my book voucher for several of my classes, and it seems that since i had already registered before the bog could go through, that now i have to drop all of my classes, and have been dropped, and will not be allowed to enroll till i pay 30 dollars and ask all my professors for add codes. so currently i wated in line for about 3 hours today, got dropped from all my courses, have to ask every instructor for another add code, got no books, and the like... so now, THIS is what its looking like for my classes:

CSIS 10A saturday 9a-2p 0867 4.0

Engr 1 T 3p-6p 0284 2.0

ENGR 50 F 3:45p-6p 0285 1.0

ENGR 196.3 F 2p-6p 1037 .5

GENT 20 TTH 8:30a-12:30p 0442 3

GENT 21 TTH 8:30a-12:30p 0443 3

HIST 47 MWF 12p-1p 0420 3

MATH 16 ONLN 1019 3

MATH 31 MTWTH 1p-2p 0538 3

PHIL 6 M 6p-9p 2007 3

PHED 1B W 7:00p-9p 0961 .5

PHYS 3B MWF 10a-11a TH 10a-11a TH 2-5 4

i think thats ALL! let me count, 4 + 2 + 1 + .5 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3+ 3 + 3 .5 + 4

4 + 4 + 6 + 6 + 6 + 3 + 1

10 + 10 + 9 + 1

20 + 10

30

now, MINUS the gent, and both .5s and stats, and your left with:

30 - 6 - 1

24 - 1

23 units, equivelant.

so in essence, im taking 30, but really, its 23! and im still going to start up my lecture series, and my freelance inventing club in about a month. plus, my duties as vp of finance.

but currently, im enroled in absolutely nothing!

its going to be a BUSY semester. so, my goofing around is going to be pulled down dramatically. and this semester, given my new aspirations to try and transfer my acceptance from MIT to stanford, or calteach, or apply to someplace TOTALLY different! it all depends, so, im going to try and get nothing but hundreds or what not, on all of these. So, if you see these and see your in them, know that as the einstein once wrote:

Know that no matter how bad your problems are... mine will always be greater.

see you around!

More or less, the majority of you have prbobly ceased to care, but here i am about to ramble on about something you dont care about, well... sounds like me? no?? anywho...

some setbacks have incurred, for one, i have been alittle BUSY on the weekends if anyone ants to know why it is i dont work on it then, on my off time... and the majority of the rest of my free time i use 'relaxing' which drew up a comparison of me to hallabi,

: 'what do you MEAN relaxing? your a FREELANCE INVENTOR! you dont RELAX! HALABI relaxes!'

so i have decided to state my issues and obstacles currently in my way.

numero UNO: no place to build the thing, i was going to uild it in he machining labs of the Monterey institute for the reasearch in astronomy, but realised that the place is only open from 9-5 weekdays, and not on the weekends, so its open when im working, and closed when im not  :)

SECOND: i need to find a cheap and very inneficeint mechanism to create the needed ingredient. in this case i believe a modified lawnmower engen would do. but first, i need to find one currently not in use, nor have the current owners donate me one and expect it to function properly when Im through with it.

THIRD: i need to find an excellent way to mold plastic without toxicating myself.

FOURTH: i need to find a way to bind cloth to a dome shaped medle surface with the dome posisioned upwords, and the eptyside pointed down... a way that wont fall apart when a generous amount of friction and heat are applied.

thats pretty much it for now.

LENDZ!

PS: for all interested, i have live cds for SuSE, KNOPPIX, Ubuntu, and others coming... so if you would like one of these linux disks, feel free to ask, or tell... either works!

NOTE: they are live cds, so you can first check and see if you like the operating system or not, and install if you do. its that simple. and...

NO VIRUSES! and you can have a dual artition of windows for games, and linux for online use. it CREATS the partision for you. so, ja, have fun!

im seriously infatuated with these two companies, they both have the same phylosophy, and i urge everyone *NOT* to use pathetic ask.com, and encourage everyone to look at google labs, they have some pretty awsome things going for them... and its only a matter of time before they have google math.

Wikipedia is also doing some marvelous things, check out wikibooks, a compilation of online textbooks. so far, it seems quite satisfieing.

Dont pay attention in math class, dont show up? need notes? go to Mathworld .com and youll have notes ten times as good as your instructor.

this should allow anyone to have excellence in whatever study they go into without having to pay a penny.

I know im in.