Occam's Razor

Occam’s Razor :This principle thought up a long time ago by William Occam while shaving(!) states that the shortest hypothesis, or solution to a problem, should be the one we should prefer (over longer more complicated ones). This is one of the fundamental tenet’s of the way western science works and has received much debate and controversy. Which means always the smallest, simplistic equations explains the phenomenon in the best possible way.

Quote for the day

A Splendid Quote by Marc Pincus about the current valley status: ‘‘I’d say we’re happy the boom busted, that the majority of M.B.A. carpetbaggers went B2B and B2C’’ – back, that is, to banking and consulting. ‘‘We’re now left with real entrepreneurs who will continue to make bold bets, sometimes right and more often wrong, having a ton of fun in the process – especially when they’re right.’’

Party Gaming : $ 5.5b biz

Independent:. My friend referred me to this article which talked about 2 IIT Alums along with a porn baron and her husband who are slated to become dollar billionaires.The four are the business brains that took the age-old game, once the preserve of card sharks in smoke-filled backroom bars, on to the internet and in to the homes of millions of people around the world.Companies like PartyGaming have brought the glamorous image of poker - a macho game of nerve, wit, tactics and luck - to millions of ordinary punters.

Quote for the day

A Splendid Quote by Marc Pincus about the current valley status: ‘‘I’d say we’re happy the boom busted, that the majority of M.B.A. carpetbaggers went B2B and B2C’’ – back, that is, to banking and consulting. ‘‘We’re now left with real entrepreneurs who will continue to make bold bets, sometimes right and more often wrong, having a ton of fun in the process – especially when they’re right.’’

Tic - Tac - Toe : PCA

Have you ever wondered why X and O are used in the popular game Tic-Tac-Toe ? Why not use a , b for the game ? If one looks at the english alpabets , one can fit an alphabet in 5 by 5 squares with each dark square as 1 and white square as 0, then what we have done essentially is to represent each alphabet in a 25 dimensional space.