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John the Math Guy: It's in the Rock Stars
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John the Math Guy. Applied math and color science with a liberal sprinkling of goofy humor. Wednesday, April 15, 2015. It's in the Rock Stars. I wrote a blog post two years ago on the topic of astrology. I looked at the prevalence of the signs of the zodiac for 189 mathematicians born between 1800 and 1840. One of the readers of this blog threw down the gauntlet, offering up one group of people who fit with their astrological predictions. Here is the comment:. The only exception is the guy from U2. Most ...
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John the Math Guy: April 2015
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John the Math Guy. Applied math and color science with a liberal sprinkling of goofy humor. Wednesday, April 15, 2015. It's in the Rock Stars. I wrote a blog post two years ago on the topic of astrology. I looked at the prevalence of the signs of the zodiac for 189 mathematicians born between 1800 and 1840. One of the readers of this blog threw down the gauntlet, offering up one group of people who fit with their astrological predictions. Here is the comment:. The only exception is the guy from U2. Most ...
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John the Math Guy: How many colors are in your rainbow?
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John the Math Guy. Applied math and color science with a liberal sprinkling of goofy humor. Wednesday, September 19, 2012. How many colors are in your rainbow? 8220;Ok, mister smarty-pants Math Guy who thinks he’s a color scientist, answer me this! Just how many colors are there? 8221; I get that question all the time. Boy have I got an answer for you. Or maybe a whole bunch bunch of answers…. This blog is dedicated to Jerry Nelson, the voice of The Count from Sesame Street. Jerry died August 23, 2012.
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John the Math Guy: December 2014
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John the Math Guy. Applied math and color science with a liberal sprinkling of goofy humor. Wednesday, December 31, 2014. Of psychics and volcanoes. As I write this blogpost, I am at the foothills of New Year’s, that time of year when all good soothsayers are called upon to say some sooth about the upcoming year. But, should we pay any attention to the sooth that they say? After a little pondering, I decided I would look for predictions about volcanic eruptions. I found a reliable source for informat...
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John the Math Guy: Homeopathic exercise
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John the Math Guy. Applied math and color science with a liberal sprinkling of goofy humor. Wednesday, April 1, 2015. The Australian Nation Health and Medical Research Council recently released a report on the efficacy of homeopathy. There findings were pretty simple and straightforward. There ain't no efficacy. They reviewed all of the studies that have been done, and came to the conclusion:. Based on the assessment of the evidence of effectiveness of homeopathy, NHMRC concludes. Homeopathy is based on ...
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John the Math Guy: RGB into Lab
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John the Math Guy. Applied math and color science with a liberal sprinkling of goofy humor. Wednesday, July 16, 2014. I get this question all the time. More often, it's phrased as a statement. Every once in a while, it's an in-you-face assertion. I could be referring to my halitosis, but not this time. I am talking about converting data from an RGB sensor of some sort into color measurements. The question/assertion has come in many forms:. I have this iPhone app that is sooooo cool! Second, it shows that...
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John the Math Guy: Silly-opathy
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John the Math Guy. Applied math and color science with a liberal sprinkling of goofy humor. Wednesday, April 9, 2014. Homeopathy is a bit like the old "hair of the dog that bit you". If I have a headache, I should be treated with something that gives me a headache. That something will be highly diluted, so as not to kill me - which is a good thing. This sort of treatment will muster my body's own resources to combat whatever is ailing me. Homeopathic cure for a hangover? Homeopathy is holistic because it...
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John the Math Guy: Why does my cyan have the blues?
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John the Math Guy. Applied math and color science with a liberal sprinkling of goofy humor. Wednesday, September 26, 2012. Why does my cyan have the blues? Polaroid snapshot of me working at my first job. Why were those silly printers using some of the additive and some of the subtractive primaries? Didn’t they realize that this reduced their gamut? That was the theory, anyway [. Just a naming issue? Anyone who knows me, or who loves me [. Cyan ink is blue, and magenta is red. Experiment) I could see tha...
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John the Math Guy: What measurement condition is your spectro wearing?
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John the Math Guy. Applied math and color science with a liberal sprinkling of goofy humor. Tuesday, October 28, 2014. What measurement condition is your spectro wearing? These days, all the fashionable spectrophotometers are sporting the new measurement condition, M1. It's all the rage from Alabama to Aukland. If your spectro hasn't adopted this new look, then, sorry. It just won't get invited to the parties with all the cool spectros. But what is this hip new fashion trend, and why should you care?