I'll save you grief and time. You want something accurate to 9 decimal places. That's my assumption.
If your range is symmetric, just do this : assume mean is 0, sigma is 1 (yes, normalize before you read further). Now, you want to know how many samples can be outside of -x,+x. How?
Go to to http://www.wolframalpha.com/ and enter erf( x / sqrt(2) )
Of course, having come here, you're smart enough to put your actual number instead of x.
If you want something that can't quite hack 10 digits, just go to
http://calculator.tutorvista.com/normal-distribution-calculator.html
Even the Solido genius Amit can't do better than this.
Sunday, October 13, 2013
Misao Okawa : Survivor of Japan's Feudal Age
After escaping a mounted-Samurai's sword-strike that almost sent her to the same place as O'ren Ishii, Misao-san lived to see it all - a vicious conquest of Japan's neighbours and an ignoble surrender to the Gaijin.
In the end, Japan is the victor - sort of. Someday I'll understand these people and what makes them tick.
Rumour has it she is concerned her kids won't last much longer since they're both over 90.
My link to a super centenarian : a close friend, now in her 60's told me (a couple years ago) that a lady-doctor her mother had taken her to, when she was a child, recently passed away at 111.
In the end, Japan is the victor - sort of. Someday I'll understand these people and what makes them tick.
Rumour has it she is concerned her kids won't last much longer since they're both over 90.
My link to a super centenarian : a close friend, now in her 60's told me (a couple years ago) that a lady-doctor her mother had taken her to, when she was a child, recently passed away at 111.
Sunday, October 06, 2013
Shame on You Thomas Sterner
It is not that the story can't be made short. It is that the making it short takes long. (Anon)
Shame on Thomas M. Sterner. Who the hell convinced this bum that he can write? What he can do is fill a page with words. Much better to be honest like John Maxwell "Think On These Things" - a lady once told he she loved that book because the chapters were so short. How did he get the idea to make the chapters so short? Lady, that was my first book. I didn't have anything more to write.
So, what should Thomas Sterner do? Apologize to humanity for wasting time. Life is so precious.
On his website, publish a page saying what the book contains :
Patience is needed to develop discipline. Discipline is needed to develop patience.
Work consciously on loving the process; detach yourself from the the outcome - the product.
When taking on a project, Simplify, chop into Small pieces, keep tasks Short, try to go Slow - deliberately.
Practise Do, Observe, Correct.
Learn from children, and set a good example for them.
Shame on Thomas M. Sterner. Who the hell convinced this bum that he can write? What he can do is fill a page with words. Much better to be honest like John Maxwell "Think On These Things" - a lady once told he she loved that book because the chapters were so short. How did he get the idea to make the chapters so short? Lady, that was my first book. I didn't have anything more to write.
So, what should Thomas Sterner do? Apologize to humanity for wasting time. Life is so precious.
On his website, publish a page saying what the book contains :
Patience is needed to develop discipline. Discipline is needed to develop patience.
Work consciously on loving the process; detach yourself from the the outcome - the product.
When taking on a project, Simplify, chop into Small pieces, keep tasks Short, try to go Slow - deliberately.
Practise Do, Observe, Correct.
Learn from children, and set a good example for them.
Saturday, October 05, 2013
Sleep-Painting
My first work of art created by my subconscious mind. While sleeping, I had this vision of a lonely flowering plant in a mountain landscape, in the early twilight hours. I repeated to myself carefully - gray, bright-green (the stem) and white flowers. Here, I hastily reproduce it in a couple minutes in M$ Paint. Doesn't do any justice to what I saw in my dream, but, goes to show that, if you can productively tap into your subconscious, there's a gold-mine waiting to be harvested..
On the 7000th Anniversary of an Extreme Culture
Quote from someone no longer living : "They can torture someone in boiling oil and then, 2 minutes later, sit for meditation. They have a cruel streak." This person got their info from reading Shogun by J. Clavell, so maybe it's partly unfair. The quote seems to apply to the aristocratic class. Fictionalized representations aside, we know from their behaviour in China and Korea and the islands during WWII that they needed (need?) work.
What made the Japs so cruel? In my simplistic view - it was evolutionary. Developing with unparalleled ethnic homogeneity on the islands gave them a clear understanding of the relationships between people and society and countries. The result was that people are the tools in building something great. If they see themselves as tools, what would they think of other people not related to them? No other culture had developed an intimacy with death as this one. The episode of the 37 ronin confirms it.
A paradox of life: The problem with patience and discipline is that developing each of them requires both of them.
What made the Japs so cruel? In my simplistic view - it was evolutionary. Developing with unparalleled ethnic homogeneity on the islands gave them a clear understanding of the relationships between people and society and countries. The result was that people are the tools in building something great. If they see themselves as tools, what would they think of other people not related to them? No other culture had developed an intimacy with death as this one. The episode of the 37 ronin confirms it.
A paradox of life: The problem with patience and discipline is that developing each of them requires both of them.
Lauren Starkey : Critical Thinking Skills
Good read - give it the prescribed 20 minutes a day and you're ready to go back 30 years in time and take the SAT again :)
Kidding - one thing I'm using from it in my daily life - webs - lists are useless - they don't help you organize the information easily in your mind. Graphic organizers are the key to success!
Kidding - one thing I'm using from it in my daily life - webs - lists are useless - they don't help you organize the information easily in your mind. Graphic organizers are the key to success!
Thomas Sterner - The Practising Mind : Developing Focus and Discipline in Your Life
The relentless self-improver finds :
Real peace and contentment in our lives come from realizing that life is a process to engage in, a journey down a path that we can choose to experience as magical.
The Practicing Mind is about remembering what you already know at some level and bringing that memory into the present, where it will both serve to place you on that path and empower you to partake in the journey. This book will reintroduce you to a process you followed to acquire a skill before you knew what process meant, and it will remind you that life itself is nothing more than one long practice session, an endless effort to refine the motions, both physical and mental, that compose our days.
_________ What would America be without its German component? :) ___________
A grand piano action (which is the entire keyboard mechanism) consists of 8,000 to 10,000 parts. There are 88 notes, with about 34 different adjustments per note. A piano has between 225 and 235 strings, each of which has a corresponding tuning pin that needs to be individually adjusted at least once during a single tuning. My point is obvious. Working on a piano is repetitious, tedious, and monotonous, to say the least. Everything you do to the instrument, you must do at least 88 times. This forces you to let go of everything but the most practical and efficient attitude toward the daily work that faces you in the shop and on the stage. If you do not possess at least a minimal level of discipline and patience, your anxiety and frustration will soar.
My purpose in detailing the repetitive nature and monotony of this work is to give you an appreciation of why, out of sheer survival, I began to develop an ability to get lost in the process of doing something. As difficult as the job was, its monotonous nature enabled me to spend my day alone with my thoughts. This afforded me the time to observe and evaluate what worked and what didn’t when coping with the nature of my trade.
Real peace and contentment in our lives come from realizing that life is a process to engage in, a journey down a path that we can choose to experience as magical.
The Practicing Mind is about remembering what you already know at some level and bringing that memory into the present, where it will both serve to place you on that path and empower you to partake in the journey. This book will reintroduce you to a process you followed to acquire a skill before you knew what process meant, and it will remind you that life itself is nothing more than one long practice session, an endless effort to refine the motions, both physical and mental, that compose our days.
_________ What would America be without its German component? :) ___________
A grand piano action (which is the entire keyboard mechanism) consists of 8,000 to 10,000 parts. There are 88 notes, with about 34 different adjustments per note. A piano has between 225 and 235 strings, each of which has a corresponding tuning pin that needs to be individually adjusted at least once during a single tuning. My point is obvious. Working on a piano is repetitious, tedious, and monotonous, to say the least. Everything you do to the instrument, you must do at least 88 times. This forces you to let go of everything but the most practical and efficient attitude toward the daily work that faces you in the shop and on the stage. If you do not possess at least a minimal level of discipline and patience, your anxiety and frustration will soar.
My purpose in detailing the repetitive nature and monotony of this work is to give you an appreciation of why, out of sheer survival, I began to develop an ability to get lost in the process of doing something. As difficult as the job was, its monotonous nature enabled me to spend my day alone with my thoughts. This afforded me the time to observe and evaluate what worked and what didn’t when coping with the nature of my trade.
Anna Vital Acknowledges My Favourites
I call this the ultimate graphic organizer. Lauren Starkey would weep with joy.
Heart : Early Warning Signs
http://www.caring.com/articles/surprising-signs-unhealthy-heart?utm_source=taboola
1. Trouble getting it and keeping it up - men
2. Snoring and sleep-breathing problems
3. Sore, swollen, bleeding gums
4. Puffy or swollen legs or feet
5. Shortness of breath, aching/itching shoulders, chest pains - duh!
1. Trouble getting it and keeping it up - men
2. Snoring and sleep-breathing problems
3. Sore, swollen, bleeding gums
4. Puffy or swollen legs or feet
5. Shortness of breath, aching/itching shoulders, chest pains - duh!
Hey! What happened to the crease on the earlobe thing?
To get to 2045 (According to Kurzie, if you live to 2045, you live forever) :
Eat :
1. Apples (Quercetin + anti-ox)
2. Chickpeas - garbanzo beans (soluble fibre - or, duh, just do what the Quakers do)
3. Almonds - magnesium + monounsaturated fat
4. Blueberries - antioxidants
5. Dark Chocolate - flavonoids
6. Grapes - anti-inflammtory + anti-ox
7. Figs - fibre
8. Walnuts - omega-3
To get to 2045 (According to Kurzie, if you live to 2045, you live forever) :
Eat :
1. Apples (Quercetin + anti-ox)
2. Chickpeas - garbanzo beans (soluble fibre - or, duh, just do what the Quakers do)
3. Almonds - magnesium + monounsaturated fat
4. Blueberries - antioxidants
5. Dark Chocolate - flavonoids
6. Grapes - anti-inflammtory + anti-ox
7. Figs - fibre
8. Walnuts - omega-3
Power to the People
Wow - this visit was worth skipping my weekend hike today (shame:( )
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/8-hidden-tools-windows-7/
Okay, M$, you CAN make a better magnifier - how about a freaking lens you can MOVE with the mouse instead of one that's always tied to the pointer? Idiots!
The big deal was the Problem Steps Recorder - super - when you need to prepare a how-to tutorial for your less-endowed co-workers, no need for Powerpoint anymore.. maybe - maybe you can use this guy to get the screen captures.. Either way, this is a powerful tool in your arsenal.
He mentions the Snipping Tool - doesn't urge M$ to upgrade it to provide users with different Highlight Options. Hear M$? Different Highlight Colour Options. DIFFERENT HIGHLIGHT COLOUR OPTIONS!!
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/8-hidden-tools-windows-7/
Okay, M$, you CAN make a better magnifier - how about a freaking lens you can MOVE with the mouse instead of one that's always tied to the pointer? Idiots!
The big deal was the Problem Steps Recorder - super - when you need to prepare a how-to tutorial for your less-endowed co-workers, no need for Powerpoint anymore.. maybe - maybe you can use this guy to get the screen captures.. Either way, this is a powerful tool in your arsenal.
He mentions the Snipping Tool - doesn't urge M$ to upgrade it to provide users with different Highlight Options. Hear M$? Different Highlight Colour Options. DIFFERENT HIGHLIGHT COLOUR OPTIONS!!
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