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  1. Re:scilab on MATLAB Survey for Mac OS X · · Score: 1

    Good point.

  2. scilab on MATLAB Survey for Mac OS X · · Score: 1

    I tried scilab once, and found it very similar to MATLAB. Also I believe scilab is in the Fink distribution.

  3. Folding Screen + Facing Pages = Redundant Overkill on First Folding-Screen e-Book Reader · · Score: 1

    The picture shows a book with one page on each side of the hinge. So who cares if it's a folding screen? Might as well have two separate screens. Or is that what it really is? If so, this is misleading - I want to know if you can show one big picture and see no dividing line.

  4. Lexan on Making Computer Cases out of Plexiglass? · · Score: 1

    I've used lexan for making a robot chassis.
    It can be cut easily with a handsaw and does not melt due to friction.
    It can be bent easily by hanging over a table edge and waving a blowtorch after it.
    It is light and strong.
    It's a little more expensive than plexiglass I think, but worth it.

  5. Re:Free2TwoGrand on Penguin2Apple · · Score: 1

    > good tools for audio and DV editing
    ...
    > Cost means nothing. Functionality is everything.

    Thought you might be interested: Steinberg just announced a Cubase that runs on OS X, to be released end of 2nd quarter.

  6. Canadian online places to buy Mac stuff on Apple Dealers Slighted By Company Stores · · Score: 1

    I got some RAM online from CanadaRAM - seemed like a good price compared to others and works fine.
    Accurate Tech is a store in Toronto which has been around for about 15 years or so and I believe they sell over the web as well.
    I also found this list of dealers in the GTA, which includes many that have websites. The prices often compare favourable with the canadian Apple website.

  7. Do you need a dust-proof PC? Find out! on Digital-Logic Microspace Mini-PCs · · Score: 1

    If you're not sure whether your environment is dusty enough to require a PC with passive cooling, use this to find out: Dust Flux Monitor Instrument

  8. Rats of NIMH on Ultimate Stem Cell Discovered · · Score: 1

    "She placed single MAPCs from humans and mice into very early mouse embryos, when they are just a ball of cells. Analyses of mice born after the experiment reveal that a single MAPC can contribute to all the body's tissues."

    Is this how the Rats of NIMH were born?

  9. Re:Vertical resolution? on Writing Messages In Empty Space With GPS · · Score: 1

    oops - I duplicated a question on altitude - sorry.

  10. Vertical resolution? on Writing Messages In Empty Space With GPS · · Score: 1

    How well does GPS know where you are vertically?
    I know they say we'll be able to pinpoint our location to 3 metres but is that two dimensional?
    Will it tell me which floor I am on in the mall?
    Cause if it doesn't, I'm not sure this will work well.

  11. Questioning the sprung armor design idea on BYO Battlebot · · Score: 1

    From the article, "When an attack comes from the top, the springs compress which drives the entire shell to the floor. Once the armor is on the floor (which is before the springs completely contract) the force of the attack is transfered to the floor through the primary supports in the armor. Thus, the attackers force never actually contacts the weak PVC frame." - and the floor pushes back on the primary supports, causing them to buckle, yes? Am I missing something or does this part of the design really work?

  12. Yay Canada!!!! on ISS Airlock Installed · · Score: 1

    I am sincerely proud of our continuing success in space. It looked a little scary for a while when they were trying to get this thing set up and there was a screw missing or something. That reminded me too much of IKEA. It's fun to have the station's biggest appendage.