We are currently in the process of converting the website to the new design. Some pages, like this one, are still broken. We appreciate your patience.
Actually, I was not trying to imply that the relationship was (or should be) linear. I was strict…
I'd like to make a comment about a technical issue that is often (usually) insignificant from the …
is pretty good. You'll need to be comfortable (though not an expert necessarily) with school-leve…
Interestingly, the Hairy Ball Theorem ("you can't comb a hairy ball smooth") has a 3D analogue, fo…
I see what you mean. You are thinking in terms of having only one pole - which is like having a ba…
popcorn —
ooooooops I missed the B (joke not intended)
khahem —
If you want to try alternative topology, you can find a few games here (Torus Games, Curved Spaces…
This is, of course, all related to the most giggle-inducing name in all of mathematics, the ""
AH! That's what I was missing. Yes, the -L flag worked. I've updated the blog entry and my script:…
But I don't think that is actually true in topological terms. If you imagine taking our tile map …
Oh, sorry I missed that. But blog entry doesn't explain what is wrong with redirects. Have you tri…
As mentioned in the blog entry, curl doesn't handle the redirect's correctly. At least, it wasn't …
Try curl, AFAIK it is available on OSX by default:
I didn't try wget as it's not installed by default on OS X. I'll give it a try later. I don't thin…
I've been able to just wget from the download button link. Does that link change?
Well, in a proper spherical topology, you can't get rid of the singularity, but a tile map that is…
I'll have to defer to a better topologer to answer :) I think the answer is "it depends on how yo…
EDIT: Added illustration to make the concept easier to grasp: Wouldn't a point in explaining the d…
Todd W —
Any recommendations on books that are particularly useful for learning the maths mentioned in last…
My favorite link regarding all sorts of bit twiddling tricks: Among other things there's algorith…
BlueWolf —
From what I could tell, it's because they are smaller (meaning less memory needed to store them an…
what a mindfuck.. i need to see my therapist after that hour. I think I need to put a bullet to my…
KRB —
Also known as the "quick picture summary of day 41"
edward —
@mmozeiko thank you very much for your explanation! this is along the lines of my best possible gu…
You have a problem, so you find a skull, and give it to a smoker, and he gives you a solution.
Those are symbols from (most likely) Windows-1252 encoding of memory bytes. On the left side you c…