Matt's Cool and Interesting Blog of The New Millennium 

First day off

Yay! I did nothing, and it was everything I thought it would be! Also, i highly suggest reading stories by H. P. Lovecraft if you want some psychological horror with big vocabulary.

No Loch Ness Monster

I heard on the radio that Loch Ness was swept by sonar and no monster was found. What a shame, it would have really changed things if they did find a monster. And if it was bloodthirsty, they could have used it in a movie. I know at least one person who would enjoy it.

College schedule

I got my schedule for college today-here it is:
Course Sect Course Title Units Day Begin End Bldg Room Instruct
15111 G INTERM ADVAN PRGMING 10.00 MWF 03:30PM 04:20PM WEH 5419 SLATER
18100 Lec1 INTRO ELEC COMP ENGR 0.00 TR 03:00PM 04:20PM DH 2315 STANCIL
D INTRO ELEC COMP ENGR 12.00 R 06:30PM 09:20PM HH A101 INSTRUCTOR TBA
M 02:30PM 03:20PM WEH 8427 INSTRUCTOR TBA
21259 Lec1 CALCULUS IN 3-D 0.00 MWF 09:30AM 10:20AM DH 2315 SCHIMMERLING
G CALCULUS IN 3-D 9.00 TR 04:30PM 05:20PM BH 255A INSTRUCTOR TBA
76101 F INTERPRETN & ARGMNT 9.00 MWF 10:30AM 11:20AM BH 237B INSTRUCTOR TBA
99102 E2 COMPUTNG SKLLS WKSHP 3.00 MW 01:30PM 02:20PM WEH 5202 ALEXANDER

Woooo! Calc 3!

I'm quitting my job.

I've had enough. Monday is my last day.

What was on my mind today...

Warning: The following discourse is quite jumbled.

First of all, I'm quite annoyed at MTV2's talking baby commercial. Primarily, what happened to MTV1. Why don't they just put music on that. If it's not going to have music they should just call it TV. And their stupid talking baby advertising campaign is not even funny. The only person who would laugh at that is maybe Kenny. Sorry man, but you'd laugh if I told you I was dying. Which I'm not, at least not anymore than anyone else. Which brings me to my next point. The other commercial I can't stand is the antismoking "TRUTH" campaign. I don't smoke, but most importantly I don't need someone telling me how to live my life. I'm not going around telling people to be nice and get their act together. At least not to their faces. All this makes me want a cigarette, and a beer, and mind numbing drugs. Didn't see that one coming, "TRUTH" campaign, did you?

Rant

I feel like typing a long, angry rant here, but I'm not a big fan of rants or anger in general. Instead, I'm going to type an ambiguous short rant of things that annoy me this year. Here it is.
Parents (not mine (most of the time))
Friends (when they're being stupid)
Dopplegangers
Silence
Half-help
hyperchristians
niceness
meanness
people who don't have their act together
bad luck
stubborness

Ah, that was cleansing. Hope it wasn't too bad for you.

Nicknames

Among their other habits (e.g. burning one and accumulating D.U.I.s), factory workers enjoy giving other factory workers nicknames. My running total so far is:
Mountain Dog
Mad Dog
Hot Dog (a lot of dog names)
Mr. Fister (I get that everywhere-it's almost a game to see how fast it catches on)
Bud
Kid
Man (those three aren't really nicknames)
Buttercup (I'm really not sure about that)

For a grand total of 8 nicknames.

Learn some graph theory--How cool it is! (plus it's already typed-so I don't ha

Graph Theory

Basic Graph Theory
Graph-a finite nonempty set V of vertices, along with a set E of edges.
A graph is often described as G(n,m) n is the number of vertices and m is the number of edges
Multigraph-contain loops, or edges connecting a vertex to itself, and/or parallel edges, several edges connecting the same pair of vertices
Simple Graphs-Have no loops or parallel edges
Degree of a Vertex- is the number of edges incident (attached) on the vertex.
Degree Theorem: The sum of the degree of the vertices is twice the number of edges.
Complete graphs-have all vertices connected by exactly one edge.
Complete Graph Theorem: For any complete graph
1. There are n(n-1)/2 edges???G(n,m)=G(n,n(n-1)/2)
2. 2. The max degree of every vertex is n-1.

Walks and Paths
Walk-the course taken from one vertex to another vertex along the edges of a graph
Trail-a walk in which no edge is used more than once
Path-a walk in which no vertex nor edge is repeated
Walks and Paths Theorem: Every walk contains a path
Circuit-a trail in which only vertices may be repeated
Cycle-No edges are repeated and only the beginning and end vertices may be the same
Connected Graph-any vertex can be reached from any other vertex
Disconnected Graph-not all vertexes can be reached from any other vertex
For G(n,m) to be connected there must be at least n-1 edges, the edges can be arranged in such a way that the graph may not be connected though.
Bridge-a bridge is an edge whose removal would cause the graph to no longer be connected

Euler Paths and Circuits
Euler Circuit-a path that includes each edge exactly once and has the same starting and ending vertex is called and Euler Circuit
Euler Path- a path that includes each edge exactly once, but has different starting and ending vertices
Euler Circuit Test: A connected multigraph contains an Euler circuit if and only if the degree of each vertex is even.
Fleury???s algorithm: finds an Euler circuit in a connected multigraph that has a large number of vertices, all of even degree
1. Choose a starting vertex and walk the edges. Mark off the edges walked as you go.
2. Do not choose a bridge unless not choosing a bridge will disconnect the circuit.
Euler Path Test: A connected multigraph has an Euler path if and only if each vertex has even degree, except for exactly two. Euler paths always start with one of the vertices of odd degree and end with the other.

Book Review #1 Kurt Vonnegut's Breakfast of Champions

Kurt Vonnegut details the divisions in American culture in this novel. Realizing that there should be no minor characters in real life, the backstory of each character is supplied to the reader. If one has only read Slaughter-house Five, (Vonnegut's anti-war and arguably most popular novel) this will provide the backstory of the author-like character, Kilgore Trout. It also contains humorous sketches. Read it now!

RUMBLE: League of Extraordinary Gentlemen versus X-Men

To determine which team of superheroes is better (and thereby which movie franchise is better) I have captured Professor X, Wolverine, Rogue, Cyclops, Storm, and Ice-Man, from the X-Men, as well as Alan Quartermain, Skinner (he was hard to catch), The Vampire Lady (Sorry, but your name was not nearly memorable enough), Captain Nemo, Dr. Jekyll (and I suppose Mr. Hyde), and Tom Sawyer. Both teams have been alerted to the rules of this competition, which are as follows. The teams will both be released from their cages for a battle to the death, the team that wins may continue their franchise, the team that loses will have it ended. BEGIN! Quartermain begins the match with a trash-talking line: We can take theshe mutantsh, gentlemen. Captain Nemo immediately rushes Wolverine, exclaiming: Watch out for my blade. Wolverine deftly backflips to parry the blow, while still in midair, growls, and snarls: I've got two. His razor sharp claws burst to extension, to the horror of the all onlookers, who are too impressed with the brawl to fight their own targets. The fighting continues with both combatants matching each other in skill and ferocity, when Captain Nemo's blade gets caught in his huge, groaty (thanks to Elise for coining that term) beard. Wolverine finishes Nemo quickly and shouts to the others to begin fighting. Storm takes the advice first, and quickly sends a lightning bolt at Dr. Jekyll, frying the man as he transforms into Mr. Hyde. As soon as Dr. Jekell (or I suppose now Mr. Hyde) completes his transformation, a squad of copyright police materializes to arrest him for stealing the concept and trademark transformation of The Hulk. Mr. Hyde shouts that he existed first. Although this is true, explain the copyright police, you are so old that you are public domain. Mr. Hyde is teleported from the arena. The Vampire Lady lunges at Rogue, biting her neck. Rogue steals her power, and immediately destroys the Vampire Lady. Tom Sawyer fortunately finds and Indian Cave and escapes the carnage of the melee. Quartermain is taking aim with Matilda at Ice-Man, but as he pulls the trigger, he finds that the barrel of the rifle is incased with ice. Damnation, exclaims Quartermain, as he is frozen solid. Finally, Professor X decides to unleash a blast of psychic wrath and destroys Skinners mind. The X-Men have won the rumble, the score 6-0. I'm sorry League, but you also received a one star review, so your franchise must end. X-Men, you can go on and make many more movies. Good luck, and if you add Gambit to the cast, everyone will love you.