hillarious I like that a lot :) On 8/4/07, Andy Farnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I had a few ideas on this Chuck, perhaps you can distil some > algorithms out of them, > > [tipsy bang x y] > > Increasing but non-monotonic, [tipsy] behaves like a regular counter but > occasionally jumps backwards or forwards from one bar to another by x with > a probability y > > [stumble bang x y] > > [stumble] Increasing but gin and tonic. Behaves like a regular counter but > occasionally lurches forwards at an increased rate after passing a bar, by > factor x with probability y - sometimes sings in the street > > > [leary slap x y z] > > Follows the attractor (mimsy) value x staggering around with probability y and > leariness z. The leariness factor sets the probability that it is within the > vacinity of x attempting to find a saddle point on x's curves - slapping > throws it out of the current bar, but it never gets banged. > > [sozzled bang x y] > > Spends most of its time on the floor x, but gets up and moves to the next bar > with > probability y > > > [shitfaced bang x y ] > > Tries to start fight with x, falls on floor y, performs brownian motion in > its pants, vomits. Doesn't move after that. > > > > > On Fri, 3 Aug 2007 11:51:24 -0500 > "Charles Henry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 8/3/07, chris clepper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 8/3/07, Steffen Leve Poulsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > OK what about [walk] ? > > > > > > [stagger] > > > [stumble] > > > [tipsy] > > > [blotto] > > > > > > > LOL > > I never did care much for the term "drunkard's walk." It's pretty old > > fashioned. Also, not descriptive enough. We're talking about Markov > > processes or Brownian motion, here.... and there are differences... I > > would recommend addressing the technical specs with a concise/accurate > > abstraction name, and then wrap it up into a more-user-friendly name, > > like [blotto], that can handle the best default values, and is more > > memorable than say d_markov_walk or c_brownian.... > > e.g. > > Is it discrete (integer based) or continuous (real/rational)? > > > > maybe there should be distinctions or a parameter to tell the difference? > > > > d_walk -- discrete random walk > > c_walk -- continuous random walk > > > > walk d > > walk c > > > > etc.... > > > > Chuck > > > > _______________________________________________ > > PD-list@iem.at mailing list > > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list > > > -- > Use the source > > _______________________________________________ > PD-list@iem.at mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list >
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