You remember the Riemannian... its just the tangent space that looks flat... the curvature starts after a few moves

but you won't realize it... since life will still be on a flat tangent space... --my wife

Whenever it wants, the past can come kicking the door down. And you never know where it's going to take you. All you can do is hope it's a place you want to go. - Hearts in Atlantis (2001)

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go - T.S. Eliot

...of a long walk, sometimes the last few steps are the most exhaustive, when the mind reaches the destination a few steps earlier, and 'walking without mind' is really really tiring... -self

It feels like there are three things in life that are very important, 1) anything, 2) something and 3) nothing ! But does that cover everything ? -- self

"I used to think that clouds were just clouds, I never dreamed you could write equations to explain them—and I loved it" --Inez Fung

The best time to write a project proposal is past midnight :) At least proposals are dream projects :) -- self