The Mystic Ranger - Latest Comments

Re: About speech and symbols

Espèra — Wed, 09 May 2012 11:54:49 -0000

Oh you just have to look at comic books where they attempt to put sounds into words to know about more sounds that cannot be spelled. How about the br-thr kinda sound when you expel air through your mouth while keeping your jaws closed and lips loose? If ya know what I mean.

Also, despite Devnagari covering consonants more successfully than English, there's always the 'pen'-'pain' thing which you cannot differentiate between when written in Hindi. There's only one way to write both words.
I've always wondered the same about Mandarin. There are tons of new words being invented everyday (mostly in English O.o), how do they ever express those?! And how about words like 'doordarshan' in Hindi, how did they come up with that? Who decided it was the right word for it? It's a relatively new invention, compared to the invention of the language.

Re: Being a global communicator

Mystic Ranger — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 03:40:36 -0000

That seems like an awesome thing to work on.
So does pyscholinguistics have to do with learning language, understanding language, or understanding how people listen to/comprehend language? That observation made the last seem most special to me - that people instinctively *hear* the same things differently. I was also thinking about the construction of languages, on that joke by Russell Peters about !Xobile, if you've heard that one. Would love to meet up some time (though I'm not into beer and such, yet. :P).

Re: Titled: Rant

Sampoorna Biswas — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:50:40 -0000

Er.

I didn't think this would be published under my name. Can you please read these comments and then delete them?

I shall take care to comment using an appropriate 'Comment As' next time.
Thanks. :)

Re: Being a global communicator

Ankur Banerjee — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 17:41:19 -0000

Grab a beer with me some day when we meet again cholo. Psycholinguistics and speech recognition is what I've been doing research projects on and if I ever plan to take up research later this is probably what I'll do.

Re: Save the planet?!

Dibya — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 05:00:23 -0000

Hell Yeah! Agreed!

Re: The Evolution of the Ampersand

Dibya — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 04:55:18 -0000

Actually, Its you who makes the '&' different every time you write it with your hand(Sometimes, Handwriting matters ;)). Anyway, I enjoyed this. Thanks..

Dibya
(TheWackyHeads)

Re: Got Mac

Digital Printing Machines — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 04:56:58 -0000

You've shared a nice article! thanks a lot for this post :)

Re: The Evolution of the Ampersand

Mystic Ranger — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 06:36:12 -0000

Are you referring to the attached image? It looks very pretty to me, but it seems rather similar to all the 'modern' i.e. relatively recent variations of the ampersand. They have broken apart from the structure which generally has the visible 't', but I would believe that is because they weren't trying to be etymologically coherent. They were trying to make the existing variation which looks more like a mirror reflection of a cursive 'S', pretty. Would you differ in your opinion or thoughts?

Re: The Evolution of the Ampersand

Odonovandn — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 13:14:18 -0000

tell more about the Bickham script - it's radically different.

Re: My Map — II

Mystic Ranger — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 00:11:20 -0000

Does a line have breadth? Nope. They have apparent breadth, but don't the latitudes and longitudes have that too? They are lines, after all.

Re: My Map — II

Kush — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:19:46 -0000

Actually to thing of it, even the axes have some breadth, so they aren't exactly perfect either.

Re: My own Map

Devika — Tue, 25 May 2010 08:24:44 -0000

* clueless *
iLike the pictures, though :P

Ha ha humanities... ;)

Re: Chat Noir — A game

Devika — Tue, 25 May 2010 08:23:36 -0000

Yes Yes. The new theme.

Re: Chat Noir — A game

Mystic Ranger — Sun, 23 May 2010 09:51:46 -0000

Talking weirdly? That would be a vast understatement. If you're referring to the new theme, thanks. And if not, I really didn't get what you said. :)

Re: Chat Noir — A game

Devika — Fri, 21 May 2010 08:15:40 -0000

oho
swankaye!!
I'm referring, ofcourse, to your home page that it most delightfully altered. Am I talking weirdly? I blame SAT.
New Post! New Post! New Post!

Re: The Mathematical Crusade

Your loser bro — Mon, 10 May 2010 15:36:20 -0000

Nice work dude! Still didn't know that you are officially the Tech Khopdi. :P

Btw, when was this posted? Is the date on the top right - right?

Vineesh

Re: Chat Noir — A game

Mystic Ranger — Sun, 02 May 2010 05:41:33 -0000

Nope it wasn't. I've won it multiple times too. The thing is, I can't say I'll win for sure. I want to know how to always win. It's somewhat easy to guess the cat's move. But I can't always win (as I've already stated). I want to know how to do that. (go to the gamedesign.jp site, and keep on playing. And tell me if you're some awesome champ at it. :)

Re: Chat Noir — A game

Aditya Mukherjee — Sat, 01 May 2010 16:04:47 -0000

That wasn't too hard: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/74874...

Re: Nature by Numbers

Achal Varma — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 07:11:54 -0000

ahhh...
The Good Ole Golden Ratio :)
Awesome Video Though.
I'm eager to know what s/w he used to make it.

Re: Major Joke: That kid makes up questions for himself, and even those he can’t solve

Espera — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 05:15:40 -0000

How do IIT questions make you think about integration? :O

Re: Major Joke: That kid makes up questions for himself, and even those he can’t solve

Mystic Ranger — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 13:19:30 -0000

And I was anyways looking forward to that! o.O

Re: Major Joke: That kid makes up questions for himself, and even those he can’t solve

Prachi — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 15:06:15 -0000

Mathematicians are such a despondent lot... if it's not an apology, it's a lament...

But seriously, amen. The full realization, though, comes only with integration. And then IIT questions. Which make you *think* about *integration*. Bit of a shocker the first time.

Re: Weird Al — You’re Pitiful

sakshigupta — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:03:15 -0000

Nice. :D This one is _awesome_. Try out Constipated. Or Ode to a Superhero. Or, even Yoda. I kinda like the fact that Weird Al's got a lot of songs based on Star Wars. :D

Re: Weird Al — You’re Pitiful

Mystic Ranger — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 03:57:52 -0000

And the other one I like, is Bomb Saddam. :)

Re: Weird Al — You’re Pitiful

Vivek Nair — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 08:19:22 -0000

Nice one...loved it