tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post7442591825820831899..comments2023-11-05T03:45:25.001-08:00Comments on God Plays Dice: The binomial pinball machineMichael Lugohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15671307315028242949noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post-49878610725764346702007-11-30T04:17:00.000-08:002007-11-30T04:17:00.000-08:00Nope. It seems Blogger no longer allows commenter...Nope. It seems Blogger no longer allows commenters to link to their own weblogs unless they, too, are on Blogger. Damn you Sergei!John Armstronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15177732626660057584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post-68317543801097807692007-11-30T04:16:00.000-08:002007-11-30T04:16:00.000-08:00Just testing something here, to see if this works....Just testing something here, to see if this works...John Armstronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15177732626660057584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post-30075445993909988912007-11-29T18:28:00.000-08:002007-11-29T18:28:00.000-08:00John,I didn't change anything; it looks like Googl...John,<BR/><BR/>I didn't change anything; it looks like Google made some changes, which I didn't notice. Although I haven't looked too deeply, I assume that the people who have their names linked have Google accounts.<BR/><BR/>And "quincunx" sounds vaguely dirty, yes, but that could be positive or negative.Michael Lugohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671307315028242949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post-13282878291788636932007-11-29T18:21:00.000-08:002007-11-29T18:21:00.000-08:00Well, besides the fact that "quincunx" sounds vagu...Well, besides the fact that "quincunx" sounds vaguely dirty...<BR/><BR/>Say, did you change your comments settings, or did Google do that for you? I evidently can't give my name and URL like I used to.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post-19759783067843285942007-11-29T16:47:00.000-08:002007-11-29T16:47:00.000-08:00Kovai,there's one at the Museum of Science in Bost...Kovai,<BR/><BR/>there's one at the Museum of Science in Boston, which has a quite nice mathematics exhibit.Michael Lugohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671307315028242949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post-22881080437424651032007-11-29T16:42:00.000-08:002007-11-29T16:42:00.000-08:00Wow!I did see a real-life quincunx once, in a scie...Wow!<BR/><BR/>I did see a real-life quincunx once, in a science museum somewhere... if I could only remember where.<BR/><BR/>What I do remember is thinking "Hey, that's a Gaussian" before remembering that a) the CDFs actually look similar and b) For large enough n, and some condition on p, a binomial approximates a Gaussian.<BR/><BR/>Great blog!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post-55119380867028968802007-11-28T11:46:00.000-08:002007-11-28T11:46:00.000-08:00That's pretty cool, but the kids singing in Chines...That's pretty cool, but the kids singing in Chinese to the tune of "Rondo Alla Turca" is... sort of surreal. What are they singing about?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com