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EducationRe: Physics Or Statistics by PhysicsQED(m): 11:21pm On Aug 14, 2012
okeyxyz: simply put: Any method/algorithm that handles large amounts of data is a statistical method/algorithm. So, what do computers do again??
I think we're falling into semantics here because it's certainly not the case that any algorithm used by a computer is automatically "statistical."

A statistical algorithm to me would be one which is based on/related to actual statistical concepts, not just anything involving large amounts of information.
EducationRe: Physics Or Statistics by PhysicsQED(m): 11:04pm On Aug 14, 2012
I think statistical computing might be what most people are thinking of when they were arguing that statistics and computer science were quite close/related.

The other thing I forgot to mention was quantum computing - if or when that becomes standard, I don't think physics and computer science will be as separable as they were before.
EducationRe: Physics Or Statistics by PhysicsQED(m):
ishmael: You also need to know that most statisticians are good programmers who spend most of their time developing, testing, and implementing statistical algorithms and crafting their own statistical software packages.
Statistics is a sub discipline of mathematics. Advanced theoretical statistics papers are pretty much as involved and complex as some other areas of math.

It is not necessary to know anything about programming or computer science to study statistics. The two fields are not that closely related.
EducationRe: Physics Or Statistics by PhysicsQED(m):
ishmael: Why did u forget to mention that the first computers were built to handle and solve statistical algorithms?
No, this is totally incorrect. Please, not every algorithm is "statistical" merely by being an algorithm. The basis of, and the foundations of computer science lie in non-statistical pure math and logic while the basis of the actual physical computer (modern) is built on discoveries by physicists, but there are still some physicists that contributed to actual computer science significantly.
PoliticsRe: Ghanaians Vilify TB Joshua Over Late Pres. Mills by PhysicsQED(m): 10:27pm On Aug 14, 2012
wesley80: Why don't you dedicate just a fraction of the time you'd spend studying some obscure Southern gypsy tribe no one really cares about into finding out something concrete about this fellow that would qualify him to be badgered by your likes in every thread? Just one I ask, surely I haven't asked for too much have I?
http://digitaljournal.com/article/313078

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/mobile/uk-england-london-14406818
PoliticsRe: Ghanaians Vilify TB Joshua Over Late Pres. Mills by PhysicsQED(m):
lmao, I don't know anything about gypsies

Anyway, the prophet of doom has put forward another warning:

http://www.informationnigeria.org/2012/08/prophet-tb-joshua-predicts-another-plane-crash-in-nigeria.html
PoliticsRe: Why Is South Africa More Developed And Stable Than Nigeria?? by PhysicsQED(m): 2:17pm On Aug 14, 2012
Ki-Katanga:
Some times the cause is not so important as the fact. A lot of children in Nigeria don't get schooled and those that do, unless they have parents who can afford to spend ₦150,000 a year, will have less than $100 spent on their education by the Federal Government.

If those Muslim kids were in school, where they should be, there'd be even less money for each child.
Well it seems to be mostly a regional thing, although there are obviously some children out of school in the south. There's just this current culture of not educating a lot of children, especially female children, in parts of the North. When there isn't enough focus on education for cultural reasons, I doubt governors are going to spend much money on it or senators are going to push for increases on education spending. How that problem is going to be overcome is something i don't really know right now.
PoliticsRe: Why Is South Africa More Developed And Stable Than Nigeria?? by PhysicsQED(m): 2:02pm On Aug 14, 2012
Ki-Katanga:
I'll be honest: it isn't, it's pretty unpleasant, which is why I'm so interested in trying to work out how to help people who aren't as lucky as I am to have have been born where I was.
Oh. Sorry to hear that. And yeah, I understand your motivation.
PoliticsRe: Why Is South Africa More Developed And Stable Than Nigeria?? by PhysicsQED(m): 1:54pm On Aug 14, 2012
Ki-Katanga:
I don't know. I've been to and from a few times, but my grand parents are dead, it's just uncles and aunts. They don't talk about that kind of thing very much, they are far more interested in survival.
Oh.

If it's not being too nosy, do you know what modern West African country they're originally from? I ask because you said you were mostly Wolof and Serer in another thread. I guess I'm just curious about your family's journey because it sounds pretty interesting/unique.

edited: I meant Wolof and Fulani
PoliticsRe: Why Is South Africa More Developed And Stable Than Nigeria?? by PhysicsQED(m): 1:49pm On Aug 14, 2012
Ki-Katanga:
Children out of school

NG - 8,653,439
ZA - 500,966

[u]Sources:[/u]______________________________________________________________________________________________________
http://www.tradingeconomics.com/nigeria/school-enrollment-primary-private-percent-of-total-primary-wb-data.html
http://www.tradingeconomics.com/south-africa/school-enrollment-primary-private-percent-of-total-primary-wb-data.html
An interesting statistic, however most of this can actually be put down to the almajiri phenomenon. When almost half or one third of a country has a culture which has one negative aspect that is specifically interfering with the schooling of children then something like this can occur.
PoliticsRe: Why Is South Africa More Developed And Stable Than Nigeria?? by PhysicsQED(m): 1:44pm On Aug 14, 2012
Ki-Katanga:
In Nigeria, my family lives in Makoko, originally from Keffi in Nasarawa. I'm British, and was there for my father's funeral. My family have not moved so are living in a demolition site as we speak.
Ah. So are (or were) your ancestors traditionally fishermen? I ask because there are better poor places to move to in the south than Makoko if one is a northerner, so I would think a Northerner would go there mainly for one specific economic activity.
PoliticsRe: Why Is South Africa More Developed And Stable Than Nigeria?? by PhysicsQED(m): 1:28pm On Aug 14, 2012
Even though I disagree significantly with some of the things souldust is saying, I have to point out that Makoko, which is being demolished by the way or already has been, is not representative of all of Nigeria and in fact some of the people there are not even from Nigeria but from Benin Republic.

Hey Ki Katanga, where are you from in Africa?
PoliticsRe: Fani-Kayode: Yorubas Won The Civil War For Nigeria by PhysicsQED(m): 3:50am On Aug 14, 2012
If one washed up, loudmouthed, "attack dog" (as Fani Kayode was described) non-Igbo controversial politician from the Midwest who served in some administration comes out and starts making claims about this or that or putting forward his perspective on history, I'm sure Obiagu will be ecstatic and do a backflip right there on the spot grin, as if that would be anything other than one man's opinion.
PoliticsRe: Fani-Kayode: Yorubas Won The Civil War For Nigeria by PhysicsQED(m): 3:35am On Aug 14, 2012
Obiagu1: Well if you don't know why Fani Kayode replied the North nor why Middle belt youths are crying being used in the war nor why Asari Dokubo addressed the North, then you are not being sincere. It must not be a replica scenario that will enrage you to tell the North, hey, hold it there!
Where did I say I don't know why those people are saying what they're saying? I know certain parts of Nigeria played and play a big role in all the political drama that has consumed Nigeria for decades, after all.

Again, like I told you, no group is inconsequential in a war especially when their position will open up a new front.
It's not about any group being inconsequential in a war it's how deluded people are imagining nonsense and how pathetic the blame game is given the realities of the different groups in the 60s. It'd be more appropriate to see an Igbo "confession" before anything like that of the non-Igbo Midwest actually grin grin But I know delusion and a distorted perspective on reality from some people would prevent that from ever happening. . .
PoliticsRe: Fani-Kayode: Yorubas Won The Civil War For Nigeria by PhysicsQED(m): 3:15am On Aug 14, 2012
Obiagu1: ^^^

I have addressed your concern. See below:
If this was directed at me, my point is that, no you haven't addressed anything. You haven't explained the scenario you keep imagining and you haven't even explained why a person from a group with huge influence in determining the course of events in a country would say something like "it was those people from the village of Sasaro. That village caused my group's downfall!" grin grin as if that wasn't a perspective completely divorced from reality and a display of weakness.
PoliticsRe: Fani-Kayode: Yorubas Won The Civil War For Nigeria by PhysicsQED(m): 3:07am On Aug 14, 2012
Obiagu1: That notwithstanding, you are still in katsimoto's mood now and will pour down history upon history to defend your side
I haven't referenced "history upon history" really and I've mocked delusions more than I've defended. I was laughing at the thought of someone from a group that forms something like 1/5th of a country crying foul about how some few groups that individually form something like 1/50th of the country screwed them over in politics and war without any explanation for the claim. It's just weak. I really can't find any other word for that kind of thinking.


but when your sensitivity is challenged by the North like Alhaji Usman Faruk pissed off Fani Kayode, you'll get to the point of MB, SW and the Ijaw. For now, hold your breathe cool
lmao, please tell me about how the sensitivity will be challenged by the North. This is exactly what I was asking you about earlier - I want the scenarios.
PoliticsRe: Fani-Kayode: Yorubas Won The Civil War For Nigeria by PhysicsQED(m): 2:50am On Aug 14, 2012
Obiagu1: A beg, I don't have fantasies or wish you hard times.

However, it may come in different forms, take cues from the Ijaw scenario or Alhaji Usman Faruk scenario or Middle belt scenario or a different format all together.
You'll be here giving us detailed report on how things actually took place. cool
lmao, like I said, delusions

I also have to ask honestly, don't you think it's a bit weak to consider the smallest and least militarily capable region as so significant in how things turned out that you start fantasizing about them getting attacked by the North as some sort of "poetic justice" and/or "confessing" (to what?!)? I would even be embarrassed if I were from a group as large and influential within Nigeria as the Igbo but then started saying something like "it was those damn non-Igbo Midwesterners, THEY screwed me over (even though I had no agreements or understanding with them and made no effort to make any) and they contributed to causing my temporary setback!" even knowing the (much smaller) population and (almost non existent) military capabilities of those groups in the 1960s grin grin That would be almost comical and I couldn't imagine thinking like that if I were on the other side, but for reasons I can't fathom people are actually thinking like that. grin I'd like you to explain the phenomenon to me.
PoliticsRe: Fani-Kayode: Yorubas Won The Civil War For Nigeria by PhysicsQED(m): 2:36am On Aug 14, 2012
Obiagu, please give the context for the Northern attack on the Midwest that you so badly desire. grin

I want to see just how deep these fantasies go.
PoliticsRe: Fani-Kayode: Yorubas Won The Civil War For Nigeria by PhysicsQED(m): 2:34am On Aug 14, 2012
Obiagu1: It will come when they are attacked by the North cool
lmao, not before the SE
PoliticsRe: Fani-Kayode: Yorubas Won The Civil War For Nigeria by PhysicsQED(m): 2:27am On Aug 14, 2012
pazienza: This keeps getting better,it's confession season,i wonder when the mid west non igbos will make their own. Igbos have been vindicated. The truth always finds a way to surface.
Obiagu1: Yeah right, it's left for the Midwest to come clean. MB, SW, and the Ijaw have come clean. At least, we're getting there. When everyone finally comes clean and see that the whole South actually lost that war, then we can move ahead to liberate ourselves from this bondage.
lmao

Some of you guys are just deeply delusional. You can't even put your finger on what it is that you think should be "confessed" from the Midwest, maybe because you know deep down that they owe you nothing, yet you're waiting desperately for it. Keep waiting but don't pull your grey hairs out in frustration years from now when that "confession" never comes.
PoliticsRe: Fani-Kayode: Yorubas Won The Civil War For Nigeria by PhysicsQED(m): 1:16am On Aug 14, 2012
Controversial former minister of aviation and Obasanjo attack dog, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode
lol

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