You Had Me at "Algorithm"

When I opened my browser today, there was an article titled An Israeli Algorithm Sheds Light On the Bible. Well since it was about an algorithm {math} and the Bible, I was intrigued...

The short of it is this algorithm has been applied to texts and it can sort out different authors. For example they took two books of the Bible that are know to be written by different authors, condescend them into one, and it sorted them out almost perfectly. The probable controversy of this comes when they apply it to the first five books of the bible, the books of Moses, that were supposedly spoken by God and transcribed by Moses, but the algorithm shows different authors. For me personally this is not foundational faith shattering, even the Jewish creators of the algorithm said that it is not beyond God to speak in different voices.

I am pretty intrigued with the application of the algorithm on other texts or uses. They discussed how it could be used in law enforcement to identify suspects, and businesses to create seamless written documents where there are multiple contributors. Even another tool to detect plagiarism in colleges.

Learned: I am continually amazed at math, at its applications, and how amazingly brilliant people are to come up with stuff like this.

Johnathan Livingston Seagull

Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Quick easy read, with a complex and deep meaning about the purpose of life.



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...which seems a bit reincarnation-ish. The idea of needing to learn something in this life, and if you don't learn it, you keep returning to the same level of life until you do learn it's lesson. Now, I obviously don't believe in this whole idea.

However, I do understand, and can see how the general idea of life being about learning, and we continue to encounter challenges that would teach us lessons such as pride, love, honesty, patience... until we have learned them. I know personally that I have encountered challenge after challenge that try and test my pride and patience, and the better I get at admitting my pride, or exercising patience, the fewer situations arise that challenge me in this area.

I also liked the way Johnathan Livingston Seagull wasn't content with the status quo, and challenged the boxes that his society placed upon him, and in doing so, he learned and found freedom.

Learned? I signed up for Goodreads.com a while ago and have since been writing my reviews here (taking a pic of the book downloading & uploading pics), then writing them again there... but I just found the easy way... so now all my reviews will first be written at good reads, then all I have to do is cut and past the link they give me, and voila! here it is with a picture and all!!! I love it when I figure out technology!

Updating Technology

I am pleased to report that I have finally joined the wireless age. I am posting this from the comfort of my couch, with no cords attached. Last week we got a new laptop, but I haven't done much with it because I didn't have wireless set up. After HOURS of messing with the dang router, and the stupid settings, I finally got it up and running andhopefully sucure. I did it all by my self, with no help from the companies technology support (I did call, but am still awaiting a return call).

Now, I know that this may not seem like a very big accomplishment for most of you, but for me technology in general gives me anxiety.

I am super excited to blog,facebook, watch hulu, netflix, and do work (ha, ha) all from the comfort of my bed,couch, or anywhere else in my house!!

Learned: When in doubt, just start clicking buttons!