Monday, 6 June 2011
Sunday, 5 June 2011
Saturday, 4 June 2011
Friday, 3 June 2011
Thursday, 2 June 2011
Co-operation And Retaliation
Tit for tat is a highly effective strategy in game theory for the iterated prisoner's dilemma. It was first introduced by Anatol Rapoport in Robert Axelrod's two tournaments, held around 1980. An agent using this strategy will initially cooperate, then respond in kind to an opponent's previous action. Unless provoked, the agent will always cooperate. If provoked, the agent will retaliate. Some game theorists informally believe the strategy to be optimal, although no proof is presented.
A Fool
What has infused my very blood with an unconquerable hatred of the whole tribe of fools from the day of my birth is that I become a fool myself whenever I am in their company.
— Casanova
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Social Insects
Wednesday, 1 June 2011
Tuesday, 31 May 2011
highschool.com (was university.org)
In the beginning was the Plan, and then the Program; And the Plan was without form, and the Program was void;
And Darkness was upon the faces of the professors;
And they spake unto the Associate Dean, saying "It is a Crock of Shit, and it stinks";
And the Associate Dean went unto the Dean, and he spake unto him saying, "It is a Crock of Fæces, and none may abide the Odour thereof;
And the Dean went unto the Vice President, and he spake unto him saying, "It is a Container of Excrement, and it is very strong, such that none may abide before it;
And the Vice President went unto the President, and he spake unto him saying, "It is a Vessel of Fertiliser, and none may abide its strength;
And the President went unto the Vice Chancellor, and he spake unto him saying, "It containeth that which aids Plant Growth, and it is very strong;
And the Vice Chancellor went unto the Chancellor, and he spake unto him saying, "It promoteth growth, and it is very powerful;
And the Chancellor went unto the Board of Regents, and he spake unto them saying, "This potent and vigorous Plan will promote the Growth of the University;
And the Board looked upon the Plan, and saw that it was good, and ordered its Implementation forthwith.
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Homo defæcans
Monday, 30 May 2011
The Other Man's Grass
The famed sociologist Max Weber was once criticised by a fellow academic for writing outside his field.
"I'm not a donkey," Weber retorted, "and I don't have a field."
Sunday, 29 May 2011
The Political Right
Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.
— Albert Einstein
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Albert Einstein
Saturday, 28 May 2011
Friday, 27 May 2011
Thursday, 26 May 2011
Wednesday, 25 May 2011
Pleasure Is Where You Find It
It gives me great pleasure indeed to see the stubbornness
of an incorrigible nonconformist warmly acclaimed.
of an incorrigible nonconformist warmly acclaimed.
— Albert Einstein
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Albert Einstein
Tuesday, 24 May 2011
A Well Respected Man
He dresses how he votes.
— David Bridie '25 stations'
— David Bridie '25 stations'
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David Bridie,
Lyrics
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