Comte De Monte Cristo

Here rests the thoughts of an immortal, making of what the world hath thrown at him.

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"My dear count," cried Morcerf, "you are at fault--you, one of the most formidable logicians I know--and you must see it clearly proved that instead of being an egotist, you are a philanthropist. Ah, you call yourself Oriental, a Levantine, Maltese, Indian, Chinese; your family name is Monte Cristo; Sinbad the Sailor is your baptismal appellation, and yet the first day you set foot in Paris you instinctively display the greatest virtue, or rather the chief defect, of us eccentric Parisians,--that is, you assume the vices you have not, and conceal the virtues you possess."

Saturday, June 16, 2007

New Books Just In!

Well here we go again... Bought two new books last weekend. Statistics Hacks and Mutants by Armand Marie Leroi.

Strange as it may seem, I am horrible at algebra and its derivatives... calculus is crap and so is every single thing that involves finding what X actually is. Why can't we just ask X then, X has no meaning at all. However, statistics is different, statistics is all about drawing relationships about events that happen in the world using numbers... now thats much more meaningful! Love the book, have been reading it for quite a while now on how to cheat my way past Blackjack and Casino games hahaha. Watch out Integrated Resorts!

Mutants offers a great insight into the deviation of the norm among the human race. There are lots of nice (slightly grusome to others) pictures in it which showcases extreme cases. I particularly like the one on extending one's life ... well thats probably my inclination towards immortality.

Father's day is around the corner and I have to go to the wine cellar and get something for my father. But anyway we would just share it out one day so it doesn't really make a difference.

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