Quotes from ‘Interview with the Vampire’

The first book of Anne Rice‘s ‘The Vampire Chronicles’ contains some sentences and ideas that caught my attention:

• Evil is a point of view.
• People who cease to believe in God or goodness altogether still believe in the devil.
• …and so it goes back and back, nothing proceeding from nothing, until here is nothing! And we must live with the knowledge that there is no knowledge.
• Hatred… that is passion… Revenge, that is passion..

Medals come in small DIFFs

Want to know just how big an idiot I am? Just look at the changes it took to transform a 10-point solution into a 100-point one. Sheesh.

I guess I can’t learn from other people‘s mistakes.

Life’s not meant to be easy;
Find justice for what you love…
(Angtoria)

IOI2007 Afterthoughts

First off, I haven’t managed to rise above the medal threshold. I had (10+16+0) + (92+50+0) points, whereas the first problem in the first day was so easy that I can’t believe I blew it. So writing this now is not exactly delightful, but here goes…

Symphony

Inspired by, and dedicated to,
Nightwish.

I shut my eyes and see
A white rose withering.
It reminds me of how frail
Life is.

I seal my ears and hear
A white dove rioting.
It reminds me of the thrills
Of freedom.

I gasp and I breathe in
The scent of a white Lily.
It awakens in me passion
And fear.

Oblivious I drink
From the silver cup of life.
Each fiery drop quenches
My thirst.

My blind palm touches thee
And time gets lost in aeons.
Our souls silently scream
“Love is.”

Riddle of the Day (5)

OK, try this:

What is wrong with discreet math?