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AJAX Version of Mathematica Coming

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the this-is-not-mathematics-this-is-theology dept.

stoolpigeon writes "The O'Reilly School of Technology is teaming up with Wolfram Research to provide on-line math courses using an AJAX version of Mathematica. O'Reilly has posted an and interview with Scott Gray, the director of OST, that has more details on the program (named Hilbert after David Hilbert) itself as well as the classes they will be offering."

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  1. Ah, splendid! by wattrlz · · Score: 4, Funny

    I was just worrying about how to solve the problem of campus networks not having enough http traffic these days.

  2. Re:Hmm... by garett_spencley · · Score: 4, Funny

    I love AJAX too. It's the only thing that gets those pesky sweat stains out after long hours of developing asynchronous web applications. It also works well for getting rid of Java.

  3. The Hilbert Program by kabloom · · Score: 5, Funny

    I thought Godel proved that the Hilbert Program was impossible. Now they want to write it in AJAX?

  4. Parody by locokamil · · Score: 5, Funny

    The marketing meeting parody almost writes itself: "Guys, how can we possibly make our slow, bloated software even slower and even more bloated while making it buzzword-compliant?"