http://www.alliterationabound.com Wed, 03 Mar 2010 02:54:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en SarcasticSteven: there exist many different kinds of [data structure] trees SarcasticSteven: some of which end up having very complicated insertion and deletion methods SarcasticSteven: but which ensure that the tree is balanced, which ends up being a very important quality SarcasticSteven: it's like if you had the choice between two burrito lines ... http://www.alliterationabound.com/?p=442 These are the notes I took for the first chapter of my astronomy textbook. I call it Chapter 1 - How Shit Gets Done . The Scientific Method WATCH SHIT Observe a natural phenomenon EXPLAIN SHIT Develop hypotheses PREDICT SHIT Make predictions for each TEST SHIT Experiment with or reobserve the phenomenon ... http://www.alliterationabound.com/?p=429 My life has been marked by lack of ambition. There is simply nothing I want thoroughly and continuously enough to diligently work for it day after week after month after year. I want things that make me happy, but that isn't the same as needing them. The distinction between want and ... http://www.alliterationabound.com/?p=423 Only jetlag and final papers can cause me to be conscious for a sunrise, and final papers don't allow me the liberty to walk over to the BU bridge, hop the construction fence and take pictures of the beauty. http://www.alliterationabound.com/?p=421 Sure, I let the end of my junior year go by without a single word to reminisce. And my summer web development job. And my trip back to NYC. But all of that was the prelude to the main event, my trip to Japan. I leave tomorrow (today, Friday, really) and ... http://www.alliterationabound.com/?p=416