Today I had to recall some basic theorem which I learnt in one of the introduction courses on statistics at university – the “central limit theorem“. The central limit theorem states that, given certain conditions, … the mean of a…
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Monthly Archives: April 2012
Central limit theorem
Tagged with: Central limit theorem, Normal distribution, Probability and statistics, Statistics
Posted in computer, math, programming
Posted in computer, math, programming
Diet water
The marketing department of Sapporo Beverages has really some very creative guys. A few years they started to market bottled water as a diet drink. Yes, you read correctly – water for your diet. And their sales point? They say…
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Personalized spam
I am receiving all kind of spam on my office address and via my private mail. But this morning I saw that some spam was sent to me via the contact form of this homepage. Well, as the form is…
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Spicy recommendation XXIII
After several reports about Indian or Nepalese curry restaurants it was time to check out other places for their spicy food. So yesterday I went to a Chinese restaurant called Kiraku (喜楽) which is located close to Ogawa station. The…
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Hangover heaven
Las Vegas is a crazy city and people go there to gamble and have fun. For American it is also a city to drink alcohol which is handled there less restrictive than in most other places of the country. Thus,…
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Frozen beer foam
Summer is coming in Japan and the breweries have worked hard in their research labs during the winter season. Kirin Brewery will come up with a new frozen draft that is topped with an ice cold foam on every pint.…
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Tagged with: Alcohol, Brewery, Brewing, Food and drink, Japan, Kirin Brewery Company
Posted in Drink, Japanese
Posted in Drink, Japanese
Shake your plant
There is a lot of research going on in human-machine interaction, and there are really nice examples that show how the gap between a person and a computer can be bridged, letting them “talk” almost intuitively. However, researchers from Keio…
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Spicy recommendation XXII
As I met with a colleague today in Hitotsubashi University I had another chance to experience the culinary environment there. This time our selection fell on “Manakamana” which is basically an (Indian) curry restaurant, although the sign above the entrance…
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Tagged with: Curry, Food and drink, Indian cuisine, Naan
Posted in Drink, Food, Spicy recommendation
Posted in Drink, Food, Spicy recommendation
Blue zones
Following a description by Dan Buettner a “Blue Zone” is a demographic and/or geographic area where people live measurably longer than in the rest of the world. Buettner identified the following longevity areas Sardinia, Italy Nicoya, Costa Rica Ikaria, Greece…
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Smartphones – 20 years anniversary
I am still not an owner of a smartphone, although I am basically curious about such a technology. Beside the high(er) monthly cost, the larger size of the device stops me from purchasing such a cell phone. However, for those…
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Tagged with: cellular telephone, Mobile computers, Mobile device, Mobile phone, Smartphones
Posted in computer, handy phone
Posted in computer, handy phone
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