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  1. Re:COBOL on Unpopular Programming Languages That Are Still Lucrative · · Score: 1

    First sentence of the second paragraph of the Wikipedia Article at
    LOGO

    "Logo is a multi-paradigm adaptation and dialect of Lisp, ..."

  2. Obligatory xkcd on The Problem With Congress's Scientific Illiterates · · Score: 5, Funny
  3. Re:My alma mater on Math and Science Popular With Students Until They Realize They're Hard · · Score: 1

    I see someone managed to get out of GT.
    ...No one ever graduates, you just "get out".

    Major wise, there is also the progression of
    (ME/EE/ChemE/CSE/CE) (real enginering) -> IE (imaginary engineering) -> Management

  4. Octave on Ask Slashdot: Replacing a TI-84 With Software On a Linux Box? · · Score: 5, Informative

    Octave - a matlab work-alike
    easy plotting, extensive libraries for linear algebra, stats, etc.

  5. Re:Not that it makes sense on What Is Time? One Researcher Shares His Exploration · · Score: 0, Redundant

    And not to reply twice, but it doesn't work:

    octave-3.0.3.exe:13> A = [[2 3 0]; [4 5 0]; [0 0 1]]
    A =

       2   3   0
       4   5   0
       0   0   1

    octave-3.0.3.exe:14> T = [[1 0 5];[0 1 6];[0 0 1]]
    T =

       1   0   5
       0   1   6
       0   0   1

    octave-3.0.3.exe:15> T*A
    ans =

       2   3   5
       4   5   6
       0   0   1

  6. Re:Not that it makes sense on What Is Time? One Researcher Shares His Exploration · · Score: 1

    To translate coordinates, why wouldn't you just add the translation to each coordinate? B = [[5 5], [6 6]]

  7. Probe Card on Silicon Valley's Island of Misfit Tech · · Score: 5, Informative

    Round circuit board is a needle Probe card. (For testing IC's) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Probe_card

  8. Re:Limited Access on Household Technology Rules for Kids? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Do you happen to be a parent? (And were you a kid? I suspect you must have sprouted from a pod.) Nothing personal, but I fear for the future of kids raised on such a short leash. This is a terrible suggestion unless the child in question has already shown demonstrably (criminally) poor judgement online. Such measures are likely to either instill the new member of the family with an intense distrust and rebellion against the parents' authoritarian measures, or, if accepted, prevent the kid from developing a sense of personal responsibility. I have never posted before, but felt compelled to create an account and respond to short-sightedness or naïveté of the parent poster (no pun intended).