I think new ways of teaching math like this are great. Having a math degree myself, I was recently asked to speak at a career day at a local school. The number one things the kids wanted to know is *why* they needed to learn math...
This book is a great step towards teaching/giving interest to a larger 'math-challenged' audience.
Besides, if it wasn't for math guys, we wouldn't have computers... >:) (Interestingly enough, Alan Turing killed himself with an APPLE. hehehe ok bad joke)-
"The reason that every major university maintains a department of mathematics is that it's cheaper than institutionalizing all those people"
Ok, you better not tell me that Batman has cancer or anything...
It seems all of the childhood superheroes are starting to show that they are mortal...how sad for young kids today....back to the comic books I guess (at least there the only way they get back problems is if the writers or animators go on strike or something)~
Well, get used to it. Besides marketing filtering, governmental filtering, etc...we have very distored views/search results...
Remember using metacrawler, ask jeeves, etc? Google probably does some 'behind the routers' filtering of their own~
I'm not paranoid, and I know 1984 passed a long time ago; but the #1 motivating force in the universe, $$$, can do anything...why should filtering/controlling how one gets info on the web be above the power of $$$?
*yawn*
Re:Family Tree Tech support: Wood for the fire....
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Yeah, but doesn't BK use NT on their registers anyway? So telling them that might not get you off the hook:
"Dude, so I totally asked this guy if he wanted fries with that, but all I got was a BKBSOD*"
LosT
*Burger King Blue Screen Of Death: Have it your way, then check with M$ to see if it's ok with them.
Do you see announcements from heavy hitters (like Dell, IBM, etc) helping sway more 'desktop users' to switching to Linux?
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Hehehe...no- just with family.
Olive garden says "When you're here, you're family" - maybe I could tell my family memebers to just call Olive Garden when they need their computer fixed-
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Yeah, I already have the "you are dumb" and "No, I will not fix your computer" shirts from think geek...now I guess they need one that says "No, don't ask, YOU'RE GETTIN A DELL, NOW"
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Ok, this has *long* been a pain for me: Family Tech Support...
Because you *can't* just tell them to go pound sand, or just tell them that they are stupid....
And you want so badly for them to understand...but walking them through things on the phone- no more, stop, please....
Ok, but the WORST part about family tech support is when they start telling their friends, neighbors, etc, that they have a son (or daughter) that can help them too...suddenly its like when you have a truck: you help everyone move- A tech family member: you fix every damn computer in their circle of friends. Hell, it's getting so bad with my family that I think before too long Kevin Bacon is going to call me and ask me to fix his computer....
Hehheeh the all caps was for STRONG LANGUAGE, as in MAC! vs mac.;) you know, like the BIG white apple stickers on cars, vs the little ity bitty colored apple stickers...
hehehe
What a Friday. Gotta love it. Userfriendly here I come.
With as little the browser has changed, its amazing how much code-bloat there is in the new browsers of today (ok, not counting Opera, etc...)
Lots of the "improvements" (I use the term loosely) are in the form of supported formats/scripts, plugins, handling of international character sets, etc...
AND a ton of CRAP. BUT- just for fun, have you tried surfing using Lynx lately? It just doesn't fly anymore. Just like if you tried the original Mosaic, you'd lose quite a bit (or at least lots of pages would work).
But yeah, as far as design, and apparent usability to the user, the browser hasn't changed much.
Yes, with the ever increasing student body, ASU is slowly becoming a hypocampus......and I think several of the students need some brain work done as well...
Did you happen to catch the title of the article? "Lord of the Game Developers"
Does this mean he can program without moving his arms?
(Or is he just going to be sued soon for sexual escapades?)
*sorry*
LosT
eMail is a distraction? What about stupid IMs?
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'Productive' email seems to come in waves~ and then disappear for a while...not taking into consideration spam, only about 10% of my email is relevant at any time.
As far as the interruptions go, instant message progs like YIM and AIM are even worse. ESPECIALLY since about 97% of all IM convo is pure tripe.
Doesn't this boil down to a much simpler view, that of only about 5%~10% of the PEOPLE you encounter in your day are 'relevant? The email, IMs, etc are just a new way for PEOPLE to distract you. Hell, in our office, if we don't check the email every 10 min or so, our business contacts will call on the phone, just to check if we got their email (waisting even more time, as you now have to talk on the phone AND check the email)~
I don't know if I'd consider it "technology" per se, but look at your shoes. We still punch a bunch of holes in them, and secure them to our feet with a stupid piece of string. (Unless you are 'older', in which case you might use velcro)~ Even "new technology" basketball shoes still use a simple stupid piece of string~ It just seems primitive, but hell, it works~
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...all those microsoft.com games that EVERY PERSON IN MY OFFICE SEEMS TO PLAY...
Bespelled, Bejeweled....hell, I was starting to think BeOS was making a comeback in the online games industry...
Actually, it would be great to see some Linux games that could still be enjoyable on slightly older machines...
But I second the opinion, please, no Giant Robotic penguins battling for supreme server space....
A nice Mech game would be good...
LosT
I think new ways of teaching math like this are great. Having a math degree myself, I was recently asked to speak at a career day at a local school. The number one things the kids wanted to know is *why* they needed to learn math...
This book is a great step towards teaching/giving interest to a larger 'math-challenged' audience.
Besides, if it wasn't for math guys, we wouldn't have computers... >:) (Interestingly enough, Alan Turing killed himself with an APPLE. hehehe ok bad joke)-
"The reason that every major university maintains a department of mathematics is that it's cheaper than institutionalizing all those people"
LosT
Ok, you better not tell me that Batman has cancer or anything...
It seems all of the childhood superheroes are starting to show that they are mortal...how sad for young kids today....back to the comic books I guess (at least there the only way they get back problems is if the writers or animators go on strike or something)~
LosT
I was going to make some smart-alek comment about "YET ANOTHER M$ security flaw", and how this entire story should be modded -1, redundant...
But *sigh* no. That's too easy.
Its sad, really. Just sad.
I have some boxen to go exploit.
Well, get used to it. Besides marketing filtering, governmental filtering, etc...we have very distored views/search results...
Remember using metacrawler, ask jeeves, etc? Google probably does some 'behind the routers' filtering of their own~
I'm not paranoid, and I know 1984 passed a long time ago; but the #1 motivating force in the universe, $$$, can do anything...why should filtering/controlling how one gets info on the web be above the power of $$$?
*yawn*
Yeah, but doesn't BK use NT on their registers anyway? So telling them that might not get you off the hook:
"Dude, so I totally asked this guy if he wanted fries with that, but all I got was a BKBSOD*"
LosT
*Burger King Blue Screen Of Death: Have it your way, then check with M$ to see if it's ok with them.
Do you see announcements from heavy hitters (like Dell, IBM, etc) helping sway more 'desktop users' to switching to Linux?
Hehehe...no- just with family.
Olive garden says "When you're here, you're family" - maybe I could tell my family memebers to just call Olive Garden when they need their computer fixed-
Yeah, I already have the "you are dumb" and "No, I will not fix your computer" shirts from think geek...now I guess they need one that says "No, don't ask, YOU'RE GETTIN A DELL, NOW"
Ok, this has *long* been a pain for me: Family Tech Support...
Because you *can't* just tell them to go pound sand, or just tell them that they are stupid....
And you want so badly for them to understand...but walking them through things on the phone- no more, stop, please....
Ok, but the WORST part about family tech support is when they start telling their friends, neighbors, etc, that they have a son (or daughter) that can help them too...suddenly its like when you have a truck: you help everyone move- A tech family member: you fix every damn computer in their circle of friends. Hell, it's getting so bad with my family that I think before too long Kevin Bacon is going to call me and ask me to fix his computer....
Kill me now...
Hehheeh the all caps was for STRONG LANGUAGE, as in MAC! vs mac. ;) you know, like the BIG white apple stickers on cars, vs the little ity bitty colored apple stickers...
hehehe
What a Friday. Gotta love it. Userfriendly here I come.
Too true, too true. Don't even joke about a MAC, or you will be monkey-stomped by the MACheads...
(Who for the most part appear to be ACs~ hehehe)
it seems Amazon beat you to the punch, they are already taking me to court.
For the record, I have a mac myself, so before the zealot wars begin, I'm going to go open Vi AND emacs on my MAC-in-the-box.
*yawn*
LosT
Step 1: Steal BSD
/. journal.
Step 2: Make BSD look like MAC
Step 3: Make BSD that looks like MAC look like Windoze
Step 4: Profit
HEY! NO MYSTERY ??? STEP.
I'm going to be rich. Right after I go write in my
LosT
With as little the browser has changed, its amazing how much code-bloat there is in the new browsers of today (ok, not counting Opera, etc...)
Lots of the "improvements" (I use the term loosely) are in the form of supported formats/scripts, plugins, handling of international character sets, etc...
AND a ton of CRAP. BUT- just for fun, have you tried surfing using Lynx lately? It just doesn't fly anymore. Just like if you tried the original Mosaic, you'd lose quite a bit (or at least lots of pages would work).
But yeah, as far as design, and apparent usability to the user, the browser hasn't changed much.
LosT
Yes, with the ever increasing student body, ASU is slowly becoming a hypocampus... ...and I think several of the students need some brain work done as well...
*was that out loud?*
Yeah, well I'd get into more trouble from HardOCP than Freshmeat~
You know, that ad where the two butterflys are out on the town together?
See, M$ beat them to the punch.
LosT
Maybe it was a slashdoting that killed the...er nevermind.
Yeah, server is dead. Throw it in the crater...
(Hell, increase their budget so they can afford non-slashdottable servers)
LosT
Did you happen to catch the title of the article? "Lord of the Game Developers"
Does this mean he can program without moving his arms?
(Or is he just going to be sued soon for sexual escapades?)
*sorry*
LosT
'Productive' email seems to come in waves~ and then disappear for a while...not taking into consideration spam, only about 10% of my email is relevant at any time.
As far as the interruptions go, instant message progs like YIM and AIM are even worse. ESPECIALLY since about 97% of all IM convo is pure tripe.
Doesn't this boil down to a much simpler view, that of only about 5%~10% of the PEOPLE you encounter in your day are 'relevant? The email, IMs, etc are just a new way for PEOPLE to distract you. Hell, in our office, if we don't check the email every 10 min or so, our business contacts will call on the phone, just to check if we got their email (waisting even more time, as you now have to talk on the phone AND check the email)~
LosT
I don't know if I'd consider it "technology" per se, but look at your shoes. We still punch a bunch of holes in them, and secure them to our feet with a stupid piece of string. (Unless you are 'older', in which case you might use velcro)~ Even "new technology" basketball shoes still use a simple stupid piece of string~ It just seems primitive, but hell, it works~