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Two Handfuls Of Handhelds
rgarcia writes: "CNET has this story: Panasonic announced on Monday its first handheld computer, the Toughbook 01, which is designed to complement its notebook line of the same name. The consumer electronics maker has been selling into a niche in the notebook market by focusing on durable laptops that can withstand the shock of a fall and can resist moisture, dust and scratches. I know Ive dropped a few in my day. Damn things are fragile. Cool design, though I dont know if its actually better." And an unnamed reader points out that DALinux now has hardware available: "They claim it is Palm compatible, but it won't run palm apps - so what 'Palm compatible' means is anyone's guess. But it is a cool gadget, it runs Linux, and, most importantly, it is affordable." "Palm compatible" better at least mean painless address-book import.
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False
although that is a very creative first post.
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This is a hell of a lot better than my Katy posts. I applaud you.
Actually, the derivative of that function is f'(x)=6x, so when you evaluate f'(x) at 1, you get 6. So, the slope at x=1 of that function is 6 y units per y unit. Simple, really. It is not false, and I am not graphing it for you on here. :) Good first post, though! Come on, moderators, don't mod me down.... and heck, mod him up! That was funny!
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what's your karma, silort? did taco bitchslap you?
youre THAT flabby hmm?
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-6. i'm not sure it was taco, but i lost 45 in a day. i suspect a gay wiccan conspiracy.
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It looks like the Northern Afghanistan Alliance uses Slashcode!
f(x):=3x^2
:=3(x^2 +2xh +h^2)
:=lim(h->0) [(6xh +h^2)/h]
:=lim(h->0) [6x +h]
therefore:
f(x+h):=3(x+h)^2
f'(x):=lim(h->0) [(f(x+h) -f(x))/h]
therefore:
f'(x):=6x
when x=1; f'(x)=6
h is just some amount that is a fraction of x.
your graph (sketch) should show the curve and a (straight) secant line passing through the points (x,y) and (x+h, 3(x+h)^2). any straight line that cuts the curve twice will do, but if you choose the two points too far apart it'll look like you don't know what you are doing and had to ask on Slashdot. Draw another line (points like before but smaller value for h, hence points will be closer)to show that as h tends to zero, the gradient of the secant line provides an increasing better approximation to the true gradient of the curve at point x.