Why I _don't_ respect religion

SMBC is a bit hit or miss, but the hits more than make up for the misses.

Il Mostro d'Italia ; part seven

... slightly beneath his eyelids, waiting for them to open, hoping they will. "Sawada!" Though it’s slow, he does open his eyes-expecting to fall, he had clutched them shut tightly, hesitating when he _didn’t_ feel the ground below him, but rather, something softer-warmer. “G-Gokudera-san—“ --Gokudera?! He’s right there and his hands-warm, soft hands-were on his face, and he was still clinging to ...

Concavity of entropy under thinning. (arXiv:0904.1446v1 [cs.IT])

... under thinning. (arXiv:0904.1446v1 [cs.IT]) Authors: Yaming Yu , Oliver Johnson Building on the recent work of Johnson (2007) and Yu (2008), we prove that entropy is a concave function with respect to the thinning operation T_a. That is, if X and Y are independent random variables on Z_+ with ultra-log-concave probability mass functions, then H(T_a X+T_{1-a} Y)>= a H(X)+(1-a)H(Y), 0

Concavity of entropy under thinning. (arXiv:0904.1446v1 [cs.IT])

Concavity of entropy under thinning. (arXiv:0904.1446v1 [cs.IT]) Building on the recent work of Johnson (2007) and Yu (2008), we prove that entropy is a concave function with respect to the thinning operation T_a. That is, if X and Y are independent random variables on Z_+ with ultra-log-concave probability mass functions, then H(T_a X+T_{1-a} Y)>= a H(X)+(1-a)H(Y), 0

Putting a personal face on the economy

I can't speak for other people (or at least, I _shouldn't_ speak for other people), but I can speak for us. We don't have very much in the way of actual investments (as opposed to money in savings accounts or CDs), and when we saw how the economy was looking, we stopped adding more money to those investments (the surrender charge was too high to simply take back our money). We're actually rather...

WEB RING - 2009 UPDATE

....fotolia.com/user/foto_index.php http://fotos.sapo.pt/joakimpaz http://photos.yahoo.com/joakimpaz http://www1.snapfish.co.uk/home/t_=82784447 www.photographia.com /joakimpaz http://photography.pixamo.com/users/joakimpaz/viewmyphotos http://profile.imageshack.us/user/joakimpaz SLIDESHOWS:...

sayonara, '08

...on OUR VOTES??? i hope this was a mistake. if they had asked for me i'd get it, i'm on a gazillion liberal lists and just got my move.on obama bumper sticker. but they asked 'is this david t_?' i find this utterly fucked up. tomorrow i'm going to do the opening ritual for the UU church's alternate new year's eve. very simple, round the bonfire, burn '08s detritus and invite in '09s new beginnings,...

Hello. I need an advice on communication with a probable schizoid. Myself, I am Asperger's. Communication with me involves straightforwardness and _doesn't_ involve following social rituals. There's really just one rule: if you don't like something, tell me now, and I won't do/say this anymore. As I don't get hints and cues, I depend on the other side to warn me if I do something wrong. And then...

Changing the Theme for the Holidays!

...-* I can't find my sweater. I must've left it backstage, and hopefully it'll still be there. T T ~_~ ...Next Event... Gym: We had a fitness test today, and I had to suffer a small personal humilation. T_^ I don't know what the task was called, but I had to lift a 45 pound bar or something like that. T T* I couldn't balance it out- so I nearly dropped it on my face! Thanks to the guys behind ...

[translation] concert MC digest in Fukui, Nov 2nd, 4 pm show. part 1

..., then I could’ve joined you.        (Ryo-chan gives Massu an icy and cynical stare)   K_ How about you Tegoshi?   T_ A student, most of the times.   S _ “Sakurakoji what-your-name” , right?   T_ No. That’s “Sakura what-your-name”   K_ For Ryo-chan’s roles, Sousuke was impressive.   P_ Yes! My ...