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stoutfellow) wrote2012-10-31 06:06 pm
stoutfellow) wrote2012-10-31 06:06 pm
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Rollercoaster
Since I figured out how to automate some of my geodesic computations, I've been doing a lot of experimenting. The last week, in that regard, has been a time of consternation, of unexpected results and short-lived conjectures. Two of them croaked this afternoon, and the one survivor is on life support.
It's maddening. I see a pattern like "If A happens, then it happens again". I investigate, and it mutates into "If A happens and A is B+C, then B and C can happen again, as many times as either one likes, independently". Then I look further, and suddenly it's "If A happens, sometimes it happens again". Then I have to try to find why it's "sometimes" - "If A happens and X is true, then A happens again; if A happens and X isn't true, then A doesn't happen again." (I have some guesses on what X is, which will probably be contradicted by whatever I find out tomorrow.)
:grmph:
It's all in the game....
It's maddening. I see a pattern like "If A happens, then it happens again". I investigate, and it mutates into "If A happens and A is B+C, then B and C can happen again, as many times as either one likes, independently". Then I look further, and suddenly it's "If A happens, sometimes it happens again". Then I have to try to find why it's "sometimes" - "If A happens and X is true, then A happens again; if A happens and X isn't true, then A doesn't happen again." (I have some guesses on what X is, which will probably be contradicted by whatever I find out tomorrow.)
:grmph:
It's all in the game....