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Amateur Reporter by Cunning Linguist
June 8th, 2006 9:32 PM
I figured writing one story wouldn't suffice... so I went about writing two short 'News In-Brief'-esque stories. I wanted one to buy me some sort of credibility with the reader, and the second to just leave them completely befuddled. In case you can't read the pics, here is what I wrote:
Gestalt Reality vs. Virtual Reality: The Cost of Training
Treasure Island Naval Base, CA – In 2003, Penn State engineers devised software in conjunction with an immersive projection array (IPA) that allows naval architects to fully interact with a comprehensive nuclear power plant room that exists only in the digital world. This virtualization allows the development of proper installation procedures and sequences, ranging from valve assembly to precise compression tubing. Unfortunately, this cost the Department of Defense a great deal of capital. So large, in fact, that prior to using a fully immersive virtual rendition of this working environment, naval architects, nuclear engineers and reactor operators are being asked to serve a minimum of two 6-month voyages in nuclear submarines prior to even stepping in the virtual reality model.
Graph Theorist discovers MySpace social circles in Kirchhoff matrix problem
San Jose, CA – On June 5th, Local computer scientist and hobby graph theorist Derek Schumaker made a startling discovery when solving degree and adjacency issues on a graph theory problem late Monday night. “I couldn’t believe what the numbers were telling me. Applying three binary attributes to each node allowed my 172 node graph to connect in ways that facilitated ‘super-node’ self-organization.” In graph theory, super nodes allow asynchronious self-grouping within similar nodes based on attribute valence. “Node directionality and adjacency matrices allow us to extract and manipulate graph data on a multi-dimensional scale, allowing us to visualize beyond our three dimensional mind’s eye.” On several occasions, Derek has claimed that ‘friendships’ on MySpace tend to asynchronously self-organize based on super-node attribute valence and sub node valence weight. A Kirchhoff matrix (also known as an admittance matrix) summarizes vertex degree and adjacency information in a simple and intuitive data structure. This data manipulation allowed Derek to compare the graph in his Kirkchoff matrix to Derek’s graph of ‘friends’ on MySpace (also having an N = 172). According to Derek, this critical mass of 172 validates the attribute and valence similarities by giving it a p-value of 0.05. See Derek’s results at www.maramushi.com.
Gestalt Reality vs. Virtual Reality: The Cost of Training
Treasure Island Naval Base, CA – In 2003, Penn State engineers devised software in conjunction with an immersive projection array (IPA) that allows naval architects to fully interact with a comprehensive nuclear power plant room that exists only in the digital world. This virtualization allows the development of proper installation procedures and sequences, ranging from valve assembly to precise compression tubing. Unfortunately, this cost the Department of Defense a great deal of capital. So large, in fact, that prior to using a fully immersive virtual rendition of this working environment, naval architects, nuclear engineers and reactor operators are being asked to serve a minimum of two 6-month voyages in nuclear submarines prior to even stepping in the virtual reality model.
Graph Theorist discovers MySpace social circles in Kirchhoff matrix problem
San Jose, CA – On June 5th, Local computer scientist and hobby graph theorist Derek Schumaker made a startling discovery when solving degree and adjacency issues on a graph theory problem late Monday night. “I couldn’t believe what the numbers were telling me. Applying three binary attributes to each node allowed my 172 node graph to connect in ways that facilitated ‘super-node’ self-organization.” In graph theory, super nodes allow asynchronious self-grouping within similar nodes based on attribute valence. “Node directionality and adjacency matrices allow us to extract and manipulate graph data on a multi-dimensional scale, allowing us to visualize beyond our three dimensional mind’s eye.” On several occasions, Derek has claimed that ‘friendships’ on MySpace tend to asynchronously self-organize based on super-node attribute valence and sub node valence weight. A Kirchhoff matrix (also known as an admittance matrix) summarizes vertex degree and adjacency information in a simple and intuitive data structure. This data manipulation allowed Derek to compare the graph in his Kirkchoff matrix to Derek’s graph of ‘friends’ on MySpace (also having an N = 172). According to Derek, this critical mass of 172 validates the attribute and valence similarities by giving it a p-value of 0.05. See Derek’s results at www.maramushi.com.
