Friday, April 4, 2008

I need luck.

Yes yes.. I need luck. I'm taking part in the 11th National Olympiad in Informatics. I haven't been free to practice and I am rusty in Imperative Programing.. too much Object-Oriented Programming and its theory kills you. Downloaded Dev-C++, the only program allowed to be used in the competition, no Visual C++, etc.. Got used to it a bit.. Downloaded last year's questions.. Wow. Out of 6 questions, I can only do 2.. I'm damn rusty.. but I want a medal so bad >.< I have decided to once again hope the God of Luck will grant me luck. Being curious, I went to Google who is the "God of Luck" I have been "praying" to for the past few years in random occasions when I needed luck... Apparently there's 2 Gods of Luck - The Roman God of Luck "Fortuna" and the Greek God of Luck "Tyche".. That's cool.. Now I know who I'm asking luck from.. Haha..

Here's a theorem:
SozoS's Theorem of Multiplier Effect of Luck (STMEL)

Definition (Luck):
Luck is a chance happening, or that which happens beyond a person's control. Luck can be good or bad.

Definition (Ceteris Paribus):
Ceteris Paribus is the state of assuming that everything remains constant - this includes your type and level of abilities/skills, level of clear-mindedness, hunger level, etc. etc.

Let S be the level of state one is in.
Let X be the task that is needed to be done.
Let L be the amount of luck one possess at a given time. When good luck occurs, L>1; else L<1
Let T1 be the amount of time needed to complete task X.
Let T2 be the amount of time needed to complete task X, factoring L in.

T1 = 1/S
T2 = (1/S)*L

Let us assume that given a level of S (mentally, physically, etc), a person is able to complete X in discrete amount of time T1. T will be reduced based if S improves. Since luck is the chance of something happening... When good luck occurs: T2T1, since L<1. I.e. X will take longer to completeWell that's it. Lol.. I think I must be damn bored. I can't believe I just wasted 5minutes typing this nonsense theory with way too many assumptions and definitions for it to be correct HAHA..

Anyway.. I think I better go and sleep.. Been sleeping late the past few days.. I need to up my state while state (S) while I hope Fortuna and Tyche grant me luck (L) so that I can complete all 6 competition questions (X) within the time limit of 4hrs.. Hopefully, 4hrs>T1>T2 =D

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

heyhey~ jia you jia you~ haha i will help you pray to the two god form today onwards ok~ :p

shan2