Mike Uchima’s Comments

• Apr 2nd, 2013 @ 11:13am

  Re: Wow

  on Team Prenda Shows Up In Court, Pleads The Fifth... Angry Judge Ends Hearing In 12 Minutes
  5th only applies in criminal cases, not civil.
  
  Which makes it all the more strange that they pled the 5th, unless criminal activity has indeed occurred.
• Feb 15th, 2013 @ 10:16am

  Re: Re: Re: Pi

  on DailyDirt: Pi Math
  Ahh, but has it been *proven* to be a truly random distribution, or does it just pass our current best statistical tests for being a random distribution? It's not the same thing!
• Feb 14th, 2013 @ 5:23am

  Re: Pi

  on DailyDirt: Pi Math
  No, the original article is correct. While the digits of pi do pass statistical tests for randomness, they are not truly random. If they were truly random, we would not be able to calculate them, by definition.
  
  It is *possible* (even probable, I'd say) that it contains all possible digit sequences, but this is conjecture.
• Jan 14th, 2013 @ 8:34pm

  Re: Flash Gordon?

  on Was An Advertisement In Vogue The Inspiration For The Star Wars Opening Crawls?
  Here we go: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGbSOEWRgu0
  
  Skip forward to 1:30
• Jan 14th, 2013 @ 8:22pm

  Flash Gordon?

  on Was An Advertisement In Vogue The Inspiration For The Star Wars Opening Crawls?
  I thought it was fairly common knowledge that the style of the Star Wars text crawl was inspired by the old Flash Gordon serials. (Presumably the Vogue ad was too.)
• May 26th, 2012 @ 11:02am

  It's bacon!

  on DailyDirt: There's Nothing That Can't Be Deep Fried And Eaten
  One of the local pubs recently added battered deep-fried bacon to their menu. Sooo bad for you... and sooo yummy! :D
• May 12th, 2012 @ 11:39pm

  Interesting factoid

  on DailyDirt: Sketchy Meats For Sale
  The company that produces the "meat glue" (Ajinomoto) is the same company that invented MSG over a hundred years ago!
• Feb 3rd, 2012 @ 1:35pm

  I am not surprised!

  on Watch Out: Widespread Protests Against ACTA Spreading Across Europe
  I suspect a fair number of people overseas are starting to view ACTA as an infringement on their national sovereignty. Once people start to perceive it as a form of US economic imperialism, they're gonna get rather pissed off...
• Dec 25th, 2011 @ 9:52am

  Does anyone actually believe the USCC serves a useful purpose?

  on Gibson Guitar & Others On SOPA Supporters List Say They Never Supported The Bill
  Not only are they out of touch with reality, the very name of the organization is somewhat misleading. A fair number of people believe they are a branch of the government, instead of a lobbying organization.