Tuesday, December 18, 2007

The intellectual "tag, you're it" :))

I was tagged by Marius. Here are the rules:
  1. Take the book that is the closest to you.
  2. Open it at page 123.
  3. Find the fifth sentence (including).
  4. Post the text of the following 4 sentences on your blog.
  5. Don't dare to search for that very special or "intellectual" book through your bookshelf.
  6. Pass "it" to 6 friends.
The book I always carry in my backpack is "Fundamentals of Computer Graphics" by Peter Shirley and at page 123 you can read:
These days, postmultiplication using column vectors is fairly standard, but in many older books and systems you will run across row vectors and premultiplication. The only difference is that the transform matrix must be replaced with its transpose. The transpose A(T) of a matrix A is one whose rows are switched with its columns.
Tough book, but interesting if you can understand all the mathematical concepts. I hope I will pass the exam :P

Later edit: I tag you, the one that read this post. If you pass it on, write a comment.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

When I read your article, I was preparing for the GRE so this is my 4 sentences text:
page 123, 5 sentences 5th -> 8th:
(Unfortunately it is not a text, because in this part of the book there is just a little dictionary with words in context. So, from the 5th word through the 8th word:)

augury: N. omen, prophecy. He interpreted the departure of the birds as an augury of evil. augur, v.

august: ADJ. impressive, majestic. Visiting the palace at Versailles, she was impressed by the august surroundings in which she found herself.

aureole: N. sun's corona; halo. Many medieval paintings depict saintly characters with aureoles around their heads.

auroral: ADJ. pertaining to the aurora borealis. The auroral display was particulary spectacular that evening.

Fortunately, these are easy words.. :) Enjoy !:))