Anarchaia

Experimental, impressionistic sub-paragraph tumblin' (think obstsalat)

30sep2007

RubyEast 2007, conference summary by Gregory Brown.

Calculators and the Gamma Function, “the so-called Gamma function extends the definition of the factorial to the entire complex plane.” Includes very neat numerical approximations.

But you’re gonna have to serve somebody, yes indeed
You’re gonna have to serve somebody,
Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord
But you’re gonna have to serve somebody.
— Bob Dylan, Gotta Serve Somebody

IMG_3115 by Verge Wine Cellars

The Physics of Medieval Archery, “Gareth Rees describes from a physicist’s point of view why we believe this simple weapon was so devastatingly effective.”

For most programmers, learning Haskell will be no picnic…, unless they read this tutorial first. By Conrad Barski of lisperati.

Red Leaves - Odaiba - 9 by Waruna Sri Dhanapala

Exhaustive search over infinite binary trees, mind-bending.