sum of squares

Member since 2001 · Posted 13 Apr 2004 · 5 comments

I've got to find the cycle here that maximizes pleasure-- for some that means enduring pain but I've pain enough already; I've got equations in my head of what is good and what is bad and how to weigh them, one and all to find the blessed life. I've got to find the cycle that means I've lived my life the better-- the time to diet, the time to splurge, the time to drink, the time to purge; when to addict and when to cut, how to know the good from rut-- and so I sit and contemplate to differentiate what varies, where to say enough's enough and when to say it's not quite snuff; give me coffee, give me beer, and help me calculate what I hold dear.

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[8] deleted user 13-Apr-04/3:37 PM Reply

I think the idea of Least Squares would work here, minimizing the sum of squared differences from something and thereby deriving a best-fit curve. This seems to ramble some, a bit repititious, but still it's a good take on the tug-of-war.

[8] deleted user › deleted user 15-Apr-04/1:42 PM Reply

But if you tread on this hallowed ground, your poetry must be impecably mathematical or incur diatribe, probably starting with "Good grief," and ending with "Mam."

[9] Shuushin 13-Apr-04/6:32 PM Reply

a great flow K, I like a good rhyme when it isn't forced, and this one works well on a non-common sentiment.

[10] caitydee 17-May-04/8:40 PM Reply

I love this-you have read my mind. Good job.

[n/a] nentwined › caitydee 17-May-04/9:00 PM Reply

glad to hear it. you a sagittarius? ;)