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Not everything is transitive, bitch

Posted July 14th, 2008 by Mgccl
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On the lunch table, there were a conversation going on. Where Matt and Peter mentioned something about bitch and transitive relation.


It's over 9000!

I don't believe it!
I feel it's like saying:
"I'm filled with lead because I eat rice imported from China. So I have natural shielding against Gamma radiation."
You are doing it wrong!
Bitch is a binary relation, let's use "A\to B" to detonate A is B's bitch. This binary relations says B will do what A asks.
They theory:
A\to B
B\to C
then
A\to C
I don't believe in it.
Record of the conversation, paraphrased for clarity, P(Peter), S(Matt) and M(Mgccl).

M: (to S) If you are my bitch, and P is your bitch, how does that makes P my bitch?
S: If I'm your bitch, you can order me to do something so I can order P to do something.
M: How can you be sure that P will listen to me?
S: There is an level between two bitches, you can command me then I command P to do your job.
M: Doesn't that allows a cycle? What if I'm P's bitch? Then it forms a cycle and everyone becomes everyone's bitch. Like six degree of separation, there must be a six degree of bitchness.(clear phrase would be six degree of bitch separation)
P: How about let's test your theory, you go to the security guard and let you go in (w/e place I forgot)...
M: Then I have to find whom he belong to.
P: It's like six degree of Kevin Bacon.
M: OMG I love bacon, it's so tasty, it's $2.99 per pound in Wal-mart.

Distracted...
But I should stop when I saw this

There is an level between two bitches, you can command me then I command P to do your job.

Then it is not transitive property anymore.
Unless bitch is a relation says if A can order B direct or indirectly. But that would form a cycle for sure, there is no way the entire human population isn't connected though bitch-bitchmaster connection. It will certainly cause everyone to be my bitch, and I'm everyone's bitch.(A directed cyclic graph)
Which makes the binary relation bitch not useful at all, making it can't explain anything, it has no mathematical value.
Bitch have to be a binary relation that doesn't include indirect control.
Just my 2 cents.
The Hillary picture have nothing to do with this article.
So is this picture, but instead of Hillary, it's a very cute Japanese girl.
Ok what is with me and Asians these days...

A New Kind of Science

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This have to be the most controversial book I have ever read.
First, this book is 1200 pages, with 300+ pages of notes.
But, removing all the fluff and personal ego, it should be less than 100 pages. Even if it include all the useful images, having more than 350 pages is an overkill.
I read the book in the library, skim though and only read the part I cared--The math and computer science part.
It is the most thought provoking book I have ever read. I learned so much insight in a couple of hours. It clears a lot of things I know already, but the new insight and connections between them fascinates me.
The text of pure egoism and repetition really wasted my time. The first few chapters are full of examples showing one idea--Simple program create complex results.
I suggest if you are like me who already convinced after the first 5 pages, read the first 2 chapters and skip to the 10th chapter... everything in between is just examples in many scientific areas. And, you don't want to read those 300 page notes.
In fact, since you only have to read a total of 5 chapters(that I think it's useful but still have a lot of fluff can skip though), buying the book would be quite a waste. If you can't get a copy of the book in the library(doubt it, it's a popular book), read it online.
Because of these, it's really hard to rate this book. But I still would rather read this book than a research paper, because after all, this book is for the mass population.
I'm going to delicate a blog post on what I did on 4/10/2008, and it will explain more about my feelings toward this book.

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