Okay, so we make a book. The physical cost of the book (your college chemistry book) was $3.65. Once you included in the author, the editor, salesperson's salary, MY salary in IT, etc, it was $45. We sold it to the bookstores for that, then they sold it for $65. Which means that we could theoretically sell it for $42. Not a huge saving... except when you include that middleman charging $20 more.
Whoa, a college chemistry book for only $65? Mine are closer to twice that.
Oddly enough, for 58.443 (which someone quoted below as the "accepted" value), Wolfram Alpha returns 20-22M~~58.4464210, where M is "the" Madelung constant, which, according to MathWorld, refers to the Madelung constant for NaCl.
I've been trying to learn to write italics from this website recently. Although I don't write very much, I think it's (or it can be) a beautiful form of expression.
I'm 19, by the way, and while I can write in cursive, I have to think about it, while with printing I don't, so I tend to print almost everywhere. I'm trying to get to the same point with italics.
now they're in the longest que for the bar but don't want to switch because while they would get served sooner, they'd have to accept they just wasted 5minutes in that que.
Well, it's admittedly a little more difficult than that to get yaourt installed initially, since it's not in the default repos, but it basically consists of either (a) adding a repository or (b) downloading some files and running makepkg.
...unless he uses the good practice of using a different password on every site. I have saved passwords for between 75 and 100 sites, almost all different. Many of these sites I visit rarely, so when I do go to them, it's nice to be able to just hit Ctrl+Enter and be logged in instead of trying to remember or recover the password.
I thought I remembered reading about a multi-qubit quantum computer that implemented Shor's algorithm for a small input?
It appears that Wikipedia says it was 15 = 3×5. That page says they used photonic qubits - as opposed to the aluminum qubits here, I guess. Can anyone enlighten me as to why these are better, or why this is a big deal? It seems that these decay just as quickly as the photonic ones.
The point that I got from the paper wasn't that teachers aren't mathematicians, it was that they actually think the subject is something completely different from what it truly is (or what Lockhart thinks it is, anyway, and I tend to agree). Thus instead of teaching the ideas and thought processes that are core to mathematical understanding, but perhaps saying "I don't know" every so often - which is not a bad thing - we have teachers actively stifling creativity in favor of rote memorization and regurgitation.
Outside of ad blocking, none of this sounds essential, much less useful to me. It does sound a lot like bloat. But then I'm of the anti-jack-of-all-trades school. The Opera torrent client, for example, isn't as fast or useful as stand alone options, so why would I use it, when I can just have my torrent client pop open when needed? It does a better job, and doesn't use any resources whatsoever until I actually NEED it. Same thing with mail clients, IRC clients, and RSS readers (though I can see a use for integrated RSS, though I just use Google Reader).
I prefer the Firefox model. Out of the proverbial box it's only good for one thing, and one thing only; browsing the web. But its extensible to do whatever I want, or I can just keep it how it is. With Firefox I could add any of those features, if I had a need for them. Or not.
Normally, I'd agree with you on the jack-of-all-trades thing, but I think Opera pulls it off. I enjoy having my mail and feed reader integrated into my browser; it keeps my tabs clear of junk and backs up offline, but doesn't mean having an additional program running in the background. I have rtorrent and irssi running in screen on my server, so I don't use the IRC or bittorrent features, but if I just want to download a small torrent straight to my desktop I like having the client. The browser synchronization was excellent when I used multiple machines, although I mostly just use my laptop now so it's not crucial. Same with mouse gestures: when I used an actual mouse, they were essential, but again, laptop. I'd agree that the widgets are basically useless, and I wonder... does the GP realize that face recognition was an April Fools' joke? My main point is that if Opera felt bloated with all these little-used features, I would agree that they should be removed, but it still feels quicker and lighter than Firefox.
Maybe I've just been unlucky, but Firefox, even in its basic installation has always felt sloooow on my machine - not the javascript or rendering, but the UI itself (3 gigs of RAM, so that's not the problem). Once I add extensions for some the functionality I've become used to with Opera, it's just crawling. Also, even with extensions, there are still some interface adjustments that I use constantly that just aren't possible in Firefox (e.g. single-key shortcuts for back/forward and switching tabs). While I'll admit that there are some Firefox extensions I'd love in opera, such as GPG integration with mail, in my opinion, the drawbacks outweigh the benefits.
I use Firefox though, I've been using Firefox since Phoenix point-something-alpha, so I'm used to it. That's the main reason I prefer it, to be honest, I've grown accustomed to its way of doing things. I've also become addicted to extensions, and adblock+ has become my killer app
That's legit. My last two paragraphs notwithstanding, habit is probably half the reason I stay with Opera. Adblock+ and easylist are also undeniably better than opera's built-in adblocking, although I've found that on about 95% of the new sites I visit the ads are already gone and if not I can spend 10 seconds blocking them, and there gone for any subsequent visits (and on pages with the same ad provider). There are probably easylist equivalents for the content-blocking file Opera uses, but it's not worth the trouble to me.
Firefox and IE are the only browsers that hold to OS specific GUI conventions on Windows, at least (it sucks on OS X still, though not as bad as it used to). Opera is nasty since its arrogant, and insists on doing things its own way, and having its own look, which annoys me.
I'd agree with you here. I can't stand Opera's default theme, or couldn't when I first started using it at about 9.0. Luckily I've found a theme that I like (DTA, based on Tango icons) which has remained compatible with all the updates so far. Ironically, my theme's not perfect with this new beta as opposed to the 10 alphas, but since it's only a light blue instead of cream background on the sidebar it doesn't bother me.
You're right, there's nothing special about base 10. Benford's law isn't dependent on base 10, either: for appropriate sets, the digit 1 will be a far more common leading digit than the digit F. Changing base just shuffles the distribution a little bit, since there are more digits to take into account.
All you guys saying he got it wrong because 0 takes more time to dial than 1, did you even bother reading what he said?
The convention was that a middle digit of 1 was used for area codes that only covered part of a state, while a middle digit of 0 was used for area codes that covered entire states... (This left the shortest dial time area code for a statewide code as 201, which went to New Jersey.)
Since it's a statewide code, it's forced to have a 0 in the middle digit, and since 1 can't be the first digit, 201 is indeed the smallest statewide area code.
Slashdot Mirror
Whoa, a college chemistry book for only $65? Mine are closer to twice that.
Sorry to be a fanboy, but it sounds like you're looking for Opera.
I don't know if this was on purpose, but I'm tempted to buy that Pentium I just because it costs $13.37.
Oddly enough, for 58.443 (which someone quoted below as the "accepted" value), Wolfram Alpha returns 20-22M~~58.4464210, where M is "the" Madelung constant, which, according to MathWorld, refers to the Madelung constant for NaCl.
This. It's always confused me, too.
I've been trying to learn to write italics from this website recently. Although I don't write very much, I think it's (or it can be) a beautiful form of expression.
I'm 19, by the way, and while I can write in cursive, I have to think about it, while with printing I don't, so I tend to print almost everywhere. I'm trying to get to the same point with italics.
Ah, but technically that was only "a couple" thousand, not "several" thousand, so you could easily get your $5000!
Qué?
Well, it's admittedly a little more difficult than that to get yaourt installed initially, since it's not in the default repos, but it basically consists of either (a) adding a repository or (b) downloading some files and running makepkg.
I'm pretty sure he meant "factoring large semiprimes".
...unless he uses the good practice of using a different password on every site. I have saved passwords for between 75 and 100 sites, almost all different. Many of these sites I visit rarely, so when I do go to them, it's nice to be able to just hit Ctrl+Enter and be logged in instead of trying to remember or recover the password.
I thought I remembered reading about a multi-qubit quantum computer that implemented Shor's algorithm for a small input?
It appears that Wikipedia says it was 15 = 3×5. That page says they used photonic qubits - as opposed to the aluminum qubits here, I guess. Can anyone enlighten me as to why these are better, or why this is a big deal? It seems that these decay just as quickly as the photonic ones.
Nope.
From their download page (linked to in the summary), in red type,
The point that I got from the paper wasn't that teachers aren't mathematicians, it was that they actually think the subject is something completely different from what it truly is (or what Lockhart thinks it is, anyway, and I tend to agree). Thus instead of teaching the ideas and thought processes that are core to mathematical understanding, but perhaps saying "I don't know" every so often - which is not a bad thing - we have teachers actively stifling creativity in favor of rote memorization and regurgitation.
I prefer: There are 01 types of people in the world - those who know what 'little-endian' means and those who don't.
Get it?
Subhuman... or superhuman!
Normally, I'd agree with you on the jack-of-all-trades thing, but I think Opera pulls it off. I enjoy having my mail and feed reader integrated into my browser; it keeps my tabs clear of junk and backs up offline, but doesn't mean having an additional program running in the background. I have rtorrent and irssi running in screen on my server, so I don't use the IRC or bittorrent features, but if I just want to download a small torrent straight to my desktop I like having the client. The browser synchronization was excellent when I used multiple machines, although I mostly just use my laptop now so it's not crucial. Same with mouse gestures: when I used an actual mouse, they were essential, but again, laptop. I'd agree that the widgets are basically useless, and I wonder... does the GP realize that face recognition was an April Fools' joke? My main point is that if Opera felt bloated with all these little-used features, I would agree that they should be removed, but it still feels quicker and lighter than Firefox.
Maybe I've just been unlucky, but Firefox, even in its basic installation has always felt sloooow on my machine - not the javascript or rendering, but the UI itself (3 gigs of RAM, so that's not the problem). Once I add extensions for some the functionality I've become used to with Opera, it's just crawling. Also, even with extensions, there are still some interface adjustments that I use constantly that just aren't possible in Firefox (e.g. single-key shortcuts for back/forward and switching tabs). While I'll admit that there are some Firefox extensions I'd love in opera, such as GPG integration with mail, in my opinion, the drawbacks outweigh the benefits.
That's legit. My last two paragraphs notwithstanding, habit is probably half the reason I stay with Opera. Adblock+ and easylist are also undeniably better than opera's built-in adblocking, although I've found that on about 95% of the new sites I visit the ads are already gone and if not I can spend 10 seconds blocking them, and there gone for any subsequent visits (and on pages with the same ad provider). There are probably easylist equivalents for the content-blocking file Opera uses, but it's not worth the trouble to me.
I'd agree with you here. I can't stand Opera's default theme, or couldn't when I first started using it at about 9.0. Luckily I've found a theme that I like (DTA, based on Tango icons) which has remained compatible with all the updates so far. Ironically, my theme's not perfect with this new beta as opposed to the 10 alphas, but since it's only a light blue instead of cream background on the sidebar it doesn't bother me.
gcc > most other c compilers?
You're right, there's nothing special about base 10. Benford's law isn't dependent on base 10, either: for appropriate sets, the digit 1 will be a far more common leading digit than the digit F. Changing base just shuffles the distribution a little bit, since there are more digits to take into account.
Since it's a statewide code, it's forced to have a 0 in the middle digit, and since 1 can't be the first digit, 201 is indeed the smallest statewide area code.
We're programmers here. That was the inclusive or.
SSdtIHVwIGZvciBpdC4gQW55b25lIGVsc2U/Cg==
Don't get an eMachine. I've had two of them, and they both used very low-quality components. You get what you pay for.