Comments on: Now ariving at Tatooine

By: leo g

leo g — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 10:50:20 +0000

Randomness is a concept with somewhat disparate meanings in several fields. It also has a common meaning which has a loose connection with some of those more definite meanings.
Casually, it is typically used to denote a lack of order, or purpose, or cause. In juntion, more closely connected with the concept of entropy, there is a casual sense of lack of predictability. Humans have used and considered the concept for a very long time.
Randomness, as defined by Aristotle, is the situation when a choice is to be made which has no logical component by which to determine or make the choice. More recently, and more formally, a random process is a repeating process whose outcomes follow no describable deterministic pattern, but follow a probability distribution, such that the relative probability of the occurrence of each outcome can be approximated or calculated. For instance, the rolling of a six-sided die in neutral conditions may be said to produce random results in that one cannot compute before a roll what digit will be landed on, but the probability of landing on any of the six rollable digits can be calculated because of the finite cardinality of the set of possible outcomes.
The term is often used in statistics to signify well-defined statistical properties, such as a lack of bias or correlation. Monte Carlo Methods, which rely on random input, are important techniques in science, as, for instance, computational science. Random selection is an official method to resolve tied elections in some jurisdiction and is even an ancient method of divination, as in tarot, the I Ching, and bibliomancy. Its use in politics is very old, as office holders in Ancient Athens were chosen by lot, there being no voting.

By: Nope, it's not tatooine

Nope, it's not tatooine — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:00:52 +0000

To bad that it’s Iraq…and not Tatooine.

By: eddiepscetti

eddiepscetti — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:42:23 +0000

That’s just your internal Desert Rat taking control.. it’s not them, it’s you.. trust me on this one..

By: DeathWyrmNexus

DeathWyrmNexus — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:40:05 +0000

Ewoks deserve to be force choked…

By: Smudge

Smudge — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:04:31 +0000

But I wanna go to daaagobah!

By: Maxwell Silverhammer

Maxwell Silverhammer — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 03:57:22 +0000

But everytime I try… The pull me back in!

By: jules

jules — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:25:52 +0000

win

By: jules

jules — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:24:49 +0000

i <3 nerd rage

By: wundawomun

wundawomun — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:47:14 +0000

I concur. When I see what people are saying I feel like I’m in a room full of Gollums. Happy Gollums. Most of the time I don’t understand what is being said either. The language gives me a headache when the font is so small. It’s ok on the pictures, but not on the comments.

By: Trainwreck Chaser

Trainwreck Chaser — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 05:35:08 +0000

……Interesting fact, seriously!

By: minerva146

minerva146 — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 04:53:16 +0000

Imagine answering this way to the cheeseburger page.

Yay, we can only get these comments on PK. On the other pages, you have to wade through 50 comments of gibberish to even get to one that says anything about the pic/caption. And usually it’s just time spent that you can never get back.

By: Eric

Eric — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 04:46:11 +0000

Now, if I go over there and ask your cousin, is he gonna have a bill of sale for this droid? Ah-hah.

Now, what I’m gonna do, is place you under Imperial arrest…

By: eddiepscetti

eddiepscetti — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 02:19:49 +0000

LOL!! How about just stay the f*ck away?

By: eddiepscetti

eddiepscetti — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 02:19:02 +0000

I would have thought the difference would be obvious – brown v. green..

By: froofrou

froofrou — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:31:15 +0000

I was in too big of a hurry this morning to look up the proper spelling. Thank you

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 22:13:00 +0000

This isn’t the LOL you’re looking for…

By: Maxwell Silverhammer

Maxwell Silverhammer — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 21:45:09 +0000

Yeah.. stay the f*ck away from eastern Washington too.

By: James

James — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 21:40:17 +0000

Or eastern Washington…

By: Maxwell Silverhammer

Maxwell Silverhammer — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 21:27:31 +0000

29 Palms.. where if you dont like sand… stay the f*ck away.

By: Alcar

Alcar — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 20:31:17 +0000

“Tatooine” is in Tunesia.

And you can actually see the binairy sunset from A New Hope, if the conditions are right. It’s not CGI (and looks really, really awesome)

By: Alcar

Alcar — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 20:28:39 +0000

And while Tusken Raiders frighten easily, they always come back, and in greater numbers.

By: Alcar

Alcar — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 20:27:49 +0000

“You can waste time with your friends when your chores are done.”

Also, it’s Tosche

By: herb

herb — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 20:02:42 +0000

Oh, he’s your *cousin’s* droid.

By: lora_vine

lora_vine — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 19:17:35 +0000

it’s amazing how the english countryside looks nothing like southern california.

By: eddiepscetti

eddiepscetti — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 18:54:04 +0000

Or the desert in Southern California..

By: eddiepscetti

eddiepscetti — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 18:36:06 +0000

*shrugs* isn’t really funny either, is it (sorry Dr. Chapman, it just isn’t)?

By: eddiepscetti

eddiepscetti — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 18:34:04 +0000

Know what’s better then being first? Being next. For starts, you have no pressure of having to find something witty or controversial to come up with (as evidenced by the poster). You have the option of berating the ‘firster’ for just saying first without any repercussions. And lastly, when you’re next, you can let the person behind you go ahead of you and you’re still next!

By: Bix Nood

Bix Nood — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 17:07:30 +0000

Reminds me of Afghanistan.

By: Skyler Hall

Skyler Hall — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 17:04:17 +0000

Arriving fail

By: tairii

tairii — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 16:57:19 +0000

Aaaaaaaaaahhhhh! KEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEL IT!

By: Jawa

Jawa — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 16:53:51 +0000

Utinni!

By: AC

AC — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 16:37:49 +0000

Awwww, Jawas. They’re almost as cute as Ewoks….

By: heh

heh — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 16:35:15 +0000

Quit yer whining and clean up those droids! I want them on the ridge in the morning.

By: scum-bot

scum-bot — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 16:10:02 +0000

But we have Tusken Raiders…and Jawas…

By: PanicNow

PanicNow — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 16:06:28 +0000

Oh noes! The Germans are invading Tatooine

By: froofrou

froofrou — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 15:33:11 +0000

But I wanted to go to Tashi Station for some power converters!

By: SPCOsborne

SPCOsborne — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 14:48:13 +0000

Military/star wars geek win.

By: minerva146

minerva146 — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 14:42:53 +0000

I never even saw this on voting page? Where are these coming from?

By: herb

herb — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 14:12:09 +0000

“Yah, we’re in Tatooine. Pretty much the ass-end of the universe.”

By: AC

AC — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 14:06:40 +0000

Take no joy.
Tis not amusing.

By: blabla

blabla — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 14:05:01 +0000

first?