tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4352482461475605870.comments2023-06-16T22:16:39.248+08:00in no particular orderwiseflyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12921133850762687897noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4352482461475605870.post-63467631767485100752012-10-12T16:11:13.014+08:002012-10-12T16:11:13.014+08:00dude, I can't believe nobody commented on this...dude, I can't believe nobody commented on this. These were some nice photos, man. And you're right, the Tainan skyline has nothing standing out because of its lack of skyscrapers. But it's really quite a site up close. Thanks for capturing the place where I grew up, I definitely miss it.tiga2001https://www.blogger.com/profile/03968783781695131757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4352482461475605870.post-43123035979634821372010-10-10T11:41:59.056+08:002010-10-10T11:41:59.056+08:00Wrong ... the forces are just too small.
LOL ,Wiki...Wrong ... the forces are just too small.<br />LOL ,Wikipedia is a poor source of information or you read it incorrectly . That is a picture of the Brennan Gyro Monorail "1910"which just happens to use two counter rotating gyroscopes with horizontal axis's just like bicycle wheels and worked perfectly according to many sources , there are pictures of the 6 ft prototype driving across a cable .Your test proved nothing because they didn't cancel each other out they actually made it a little more stable . The key is the wheels add so little stability a slow speeds it doesn't matter .As always empirical data trumps theory every time .From personal experince there is more of an effect after you hit 30 mph . Frankly a bicycle wheel is very light be a good gyroscope though I might experiment for a few laughs .Your teacher didn't see the problem with this ? Check this link :http://www.catskillarchive.com/rrextra/odgyro.Html and http://www.aqpl43.dsl.pipex.com/MUSEUM/LOCOLOCO/brennan/brennan.htm<br />Lets see if you even check back on this after 2 yrs. <br /> And good luck in school I hope you do well .randomrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15163662719891544709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4352482461475605870.post-42036568811045660252009-06-24T12:35:37.333+08:002009-06-24T12:35:37.333+08:00Wow! This video on your experience in Taiwan is gr...Wow! This video on your experience in Taiwan is great! It complements the really nice Taiwan photos which you've posted earlier. :)<br />I am looking forward to seeing Taiwan one day!Alexhttp://www.rascanu.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4352482461475605870.post-80679937619997092292008-12-15T12:57:00.000+08:002008-12-15T12:57:00.000+08:00AWESOME photos bob!We miss ya in Toronto!!!AWESOME photos bob!<BR/><BR/>We miss ya in Toronto!!!Cinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07519487374302101767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4352482461475605870.post-25108661792824915022008-12-14T08:58:00.000+08:002008-12-14T08:58:00.000+08:00Beautiful!Now the question I'm sure everyone has i...Beautiful!<BR/><BR/>Now the question I'm sure everyone has is....do they have spicy German sausages at those 7-11 stores as well? =PUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15365876935076647292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4352482461475605870.post-52628934445432530362008-12-04T07:10:00.000+08:002008-12-04T07:10:00.000+08:00Your trepidation about the path reminds me of my p...Your trepidation about the path reminds me of my parents' account of hiking the <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half_Dome#Hiking_the_Cables_Route" REL="nofollow">Half Dome</A> in Yosemite. I don't think they made it all the way to the top, but it seems like the footing is less than reassuring.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4352482461475605870.post-10191619491617785202008-12-04T01:19:00.000+08:002008-12-04T01:19:00.000+08:00that's purdythat's purdyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4352482461475605870.post-44993325097396942862008-11-11T05:23:00.000+08:002008-11-11T05:23:00.000+08:00good job budgood job budAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4352482461475605870.post-33436077096538550212008-11-02T09:02:00.000+08:002008-11-02T09:02:00.000+08:00Sorry, a little accounting syntax that might not b...Sorry, a little accounting syntax that might not be familiar to everyone... the term (f/a, r, x) and (p/a, r, x) represent a multiplier which projects an annual payment into an equivalent amount of respectively present value and future value, with an interest rate of r, over x payment (or income) periods. p, a, and f here aren't individual variables.<BR/><BR/>Essentially, if you have an income of S dollars per term over x terms, it's equivalent to having S*(p/a, r, x) dollars today, or having S*(f/a, r, x) dollars after term x. The actual functions of r and x that p/a and f/a represent are a bit long to write, but you can look them up.wiseflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12921133850762687897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4352482461475605870.post-75251845319243059672008-11-02T09:01:00.000+08:002008-11-02T09:01:00.000+08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02437400752617533730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4352482461475605870.post-21857227466441787912008-10-31T00:12:00.000+08:002008-10-31T00:12:00.000+08:00What do the variables of "a" and "f" represent?What do the variables of "a" and "f" represent?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04223717050638134226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4352482461475605870.post-11857846970468489942008-10-27T22:29:00.000+08:002008-10-27T22:29:00.000+08:00Well, I agree with you on every point. Suburbs are...Well, I agree with you on every point. Suburbs are pretty uncomfortable to live in. Perhaps I used the wrong word, and my pictures didn't show it as well as I would have liked. Check out the <A HREF="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=7267+Moss+Ridge+Rd,+Allen,+TX+75002&sll=33.039014,-96.589179&sspn=0.002788,0.004882&ie=UTF8&ll=33.0458,-96.586883&spn=0.002788,0.004882&t=h&z=18" REL="nofollow"> aerial image</A> - it's a lot big enough for grazing livestock and/or a full size Frisbee game, backing up onto a vast corn field. Scroll about <A HREF="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=7267+Moss+Ridge+Rd,+Allen,+TX+75002&sll=33.039014,-96.589179&sspn=0.002788,0.004882&ie=UTF8&ll=33.03963,-96.587023&spn=0.002788,0.004882&t=h&z=18" REL="nofollow">300 metres south</A><BR/> to see your normal suburban 1/4 acre lot for comparison, and you'll see what I mean. Perhaps "suburb" isn't quite the right word for this place.wiseflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12921133850762687897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4352482461475605870.post-73977205389880958082008-10-18T08:48:00.000+08:002008-10-18T08:48:00.000+08:00You enjoyed the American suburbs? I'm curious as ...You enjoyed the American suburbs? I'm curious as to what it was that you enjoyed about them, because I find suburbs generally rather unpleasant. They combine, for me, the unfortunate aspects of both towns and cities, without the redeeming qualities of either (aside, perhaps, from certain creature comforts like large houses). However, there isn't enough outdoor land to really do anything with it (like hiking), but there is too much to really be able to walk anywhere. There is not enough population density to warrant distributed businesses, but there are enough people that you cannot easily escape to a place by yourself.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, those are just my thoughts... I'm curious to hear your response.Mozglubovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04803674886685831282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4352482461475605870.post-5238419278455835122008-08-15T03:25:00.000+08:002008-08-15T03:25:00.000+08:00Well, try putting your own income into the formula...Well, try putting your own income into the formula and you might be surprised what you find. But if Excel spits out a #div/0! error then... well...wiseflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12921133850762687897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4352482461475605870.post-76001380420677870692008-08-14T23:53:00.000+08:002008-08-14T23:53:00.000+08:00Nice scenario...assuming, of course, one can save ...Nice scenario...assuming, of course, one can save $50k/yr, which is (and will be for the next five years) about 2.5 times my total net income ;)<BR/><BR/>It's back to ramen noodles for me...Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15365876935076647292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4352482461475605870.post-63645484867427709042008-08-14T05:27:00.000+08:002008-08-14T05:27:00.000+08:00Ha, deliberate? Sure... why not...Anyway, good to ...Ha, deliberate? Sure... why not...<BR/><BR/>Anyway, good to see someone took an interest. Spread it around! I really hate it when banks put up ads that say "wouldn't you rather pay towards owning a house than pay into your landlord's pocket?" It's also annoying when people like parents buy into it, despite good intentions (from the parents, not the bank).wiseflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12921133850762687897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4352482461475605870.post-92231683028512190802008-08-14T02:03:00.000+08:002008-08-14T02:03:00.000+08:001. This is awesome.2. I find it hilarious that aft...1. This is awesome.<BR/>2. I find it hilarious that after such a rigorous analysis, you used "repaided" in the last sentence :D<BR/><BR/>...or perhaps that was deliberate, and I haven't given you enough credit for subtlety.Paul Natsuo Kishimotohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17134621413226313056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4352482461475605870.post-87447998861502872072008-08-12T06:17:00.000+08:002008-08-12T06:17:00.000+08:00sooo...i think i can leave a comment with my AIM n...sooo...i think i can leave a comment with my AIM name? i dunno...we'll see<BR/><BR/>anyways...i loooove your snail picture! and your room looks big...or maybe it's just the angle you took the picture from....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4352482461475605870.post-75199266086581224922008-07-30T04:00:00.000+08:002008-07-30T04:00:00.000+08:00Actually I've long been wondering about this while...Actually I've long been wondering about this while riding bikes, often (unsafely) using my right hand to picture the angular momentum and torque vectors.<BR/><BR/>It's one of those things that you forget about as soon as you have something better to do. Other things belonging to that category: how a swing can be pumped (counterintuitive that angular momentum is not conserved?), and how the forces balance inside a banking airplane (the water in the cup stays level).wiseflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12921133850762687897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4352482461475605870.post-73212331717101299942008-07-30T00:21:00.000+08:002008-07-30T00:21:00.000+08:00Very interesting!Of course, now when I bike I'll b...Very interesting!<BR/><BR/>Of course, now when I bike I'll be thinking about physics, so I'll probably run into a tree or something...Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04635895894173634386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4352482461475605870.post-37685757088912970902008-07-24T20:45:00.000+08:002008-07-24T20:45:00.000+08:00I couldn't really read the ad in Swedish. Wow, off...I couldn't really read the ad in Swedish. Wow, off to paris this weekend? Have fun!!! Loving the HDR photos, and thanks for the birthday wishes!!<BR/><BR/>P.S. Make sure to give me some travel advice for Paris ;)Cinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07519487374302101767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4352482461475605870.post-74734272111665566182008-07-11T20:32:00.000+08:002008-07-11T20:32:00.000+08:00Well, MatLab is also not a rigorous language (it i...Well, MatLab is also not a rigorous language (it is a scripting language, after all), and many of the things you point out that makes Excel easy to use but not so powerful in the long run MatLab shares. So, I'm not really sure why I like it so much... maybe I just know how to use it better. Also, code in MatLab is never a recorded macro, so everything has to be written and that seems to precipitate more comments.Mozglubovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04803674886685831282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4352482461475605870.post-15503681947736962322008-07-09T21:33:00.000+08:002008-07-09T21:33:00.000+08:00It's actually made from two exposures (far too few...It's actually made from two exposures (far too few considering the high range region near the sun - hence the artifacts there). Each exposure in turn was a panoramic composite of about 12 images. Took me a while to figure out how to put it all together. Range in exposure time? Beats me. The program was fairly automatic.<BR/><BR/>And yes, VBA is made for "intuitive use", not for any kind of elegant rigor. You don't have to declare variables before using them (you can if you want), arguements are passed by reference by default, and there's basically no pointer implementation. But after so many years of neglecting my coding skillz, I vote intuitive over rigorous.wiseflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12921133850762687897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4352482461475605870.post-48515855094966134082008-07-09T20:33:00.000+08:002008-07-09T20:33:00.000+08:00I'm excited I knew what high dynamic range photogr...I'm excited I knew what high dynamic range photography is... looks like that computer vision course might have been useful after all. How many photos did you use to make this one, and what was the range in exposure times? I'm just curious.<BR/><BR/>Also, I had a similar revelation about Excel when I was working at ATS. I then had a subsequent revelation when I got back to school that VBA Macro programming is fairly ugly and inelegant, and anything you can do in Excel you can do in MatLab. However, companies do seem to like the Microsoft Products a little more... I guess they are already paying for a Microsoft license, it doesn't make sense to shell out more money for a MatLab license.Mozglubovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04803674886685831282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4352482461475605870.post-30886132204219081922008-06-27T20:22:00.000+08:002008-06-27T20:22:00.000+08:00That is actually quite an impressive feat. I have...That is actually quite an impressive feat. I have gained further respect for the Swedes.Mozglubovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04803674886685831282noreply@blogger.com