Last time I checked the 50g was their top of the line calculator. Well built, powerful enough and with a good, clear, easy to read BW lcd. Software wise... it has not changed much. The 50g uses its "powerful" 200mhz processor to emulate the old 4-8mhz saturn one, the software in gneneral is just a minor evolution from the one found in an older 49g, it runs faster but thats about it. The one gripe I have with the 50g is its battery life, probably related to the fact that it its running everything emulated.
Do I hope HP will do something about its aging calculator lineup? No. Am I happy with the current calculators? Yes. Will I be tempted to buy a Casio or a TI? Hell no, once you go RPN you never go back.
The original palm pre was poorly engineered, the slider was a mess and flex cables were a prominent point of failure (had some issues with power managment too). further revisions improved the design but early adopter certainly got sub-par hardware. The pre plus addressed some of the most notable quality issues. The pre 2 improved further and the pre 3 was a completely new and much more solid design. Pixi phones were simple and tough. The touchpad had some problems with the housing (brittle plastic, hairline cracks). Thats the state of Palm/HP hardware. TL,DR: not great.
Sorry it seemed like an insult, it wasnt intended in that way, I also apologize for my spelling and overall english, the previous message was written on a touchscreen and in a language other than my own.
I saddens me that your post had no relation to the article, what is happening on NY is wrong and sad, a complete lack of common sence a propper judgement, I wrote the above reply in a hurry and it seems that the points I was trying to make did not came out as clear as I desired, I had more than a couple of problem with your post, lest start with what you said here:
That's just a test. God values faith very highly, far above living morally (which is impossible).
The texts you cited (- James 1:2-3, - Galatians 3:10-11, 23-25, - James 1:2-3) make reference to the source of righteous behavior and the law of Mosses, they state that righteous behavior comes from faith and that the laws of Moses are deprecated(Its important to note that the ten commandments are not part of Moses law's) That doesnt mean that morality is not important anymore, not at all, morality is not following rules, a moral act is a good human act made with will and with full use of human freedom. Doing something good just because is law is not a proper moral act. Morality is ever so important in the life of a christian as evindenced in the following passage
"What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? If a brother or sister has nothing to wear and has no food for the day, and one of you says to them, 'Go in peace, keep warm, and eat well,' but you do not give them the necessities of the body, what good is it? So also faith of itself, if it does not have works, is dead. Indeed someone might say, "You have faith and I have works." Demonstrate your faith to me without works, and I will demonstrate my faith to you from my works. You believe that God is one. You do well. Even the demons believe that and tremble." James 2:14-19
Making scientific evidence which contradicts His word is just a way to solidify our faith.
This was said without any backing whatsoever, science is a quest for truth, the bible is not a scientific text and cannot be taken as such
The science is wrong. It's just a test. No matter what people say I will keep my faith. God told me to expect this in advance:
For this you cited Jame, who was addressing a christian community which faced rejection and posibly persecution, you took the text out of context and bended the meaning, James was not addressing a bunch of science deniers whose faith consisted on dinosaurs walking earth among humans, this were different people thus, out of context both James and Lucas texts are not apt for the purposes you intended
If you take your comment seriously you better try and make it look like one that actually is, there is a big gap between christian faith and what you try to pass as a serious post, if your post tried to be critique of christianity it would have to go deeper to be considered serious, if it was just a tasteless joke on the expense of christians and homosexuals well... you succeded.
Don't know if serious or really extrapolating things too far. I am no bible expert but I'm fairly sure that the galatians passage was about the old law of Moses. Things like feast, food laws, offerings and sacrifices. The James passage talks about religious persecution. Same thing with Luke. I see nothing wrong philipians either.
You have to take in consideration that texts like Romans, Galatians and Philippians were letters, addressed to specific communities which might have been unde persecution at the time. Its not nice to cherry pick passages and bend their meaning to appeal hive mentallity, that stuff I expect from fox news or/r/circlejerk, not a slashdot commen (I.am new here). While not all christians seem to think so, faith has nothing to do with the practice of science and its discoveries, after all, doesn't science seek truth?
Now lets focus on the topic and discuss this stupid ban
Indeed, no nuclear, wind, or hydro energy sourced energy is mentioned. I did like the idea of calories as currency (not a new idea) and the whiteshirt girl (kanya?) subplot was fantastic. I enjoyed the book.
Even gas powered, non hybrids can get very decent millage without disregarding safety. The chevrolet cruze eco gets 43 mpg highway while scoring 5 stars on the euro ncap, it also very roomy and the interior is very nice. This is without start and stop, direct injection, and individual, computer operated valve timing (ala fiat's multiair).
We have the technology, we need a commercial reason
Amazing, can you please enlighten us with the names of MUDs you play?, I used to play at rplay.net but college took most of my MUD time, I am planning to get back but I would like to try some other games.
Well mind you, I had my first inkjet in 1997, it was an epson stylus color iis (without the color package) and it covered all my printing needs up until when I had to replace my computer with one without an LTP port, here is why:
-cartridges were HUGE, at least for today standards, one could print more than 500 pages -The printing head came separated from the cartridge, alternative cartridges where about 4 dollars. -Bulk ink!! a syringe, a lil mess and 500 pages more for about a dollar!
I replaced it with a canon which gets the bulk ink treatment too, however the cartridge is to small, the printing head is too easy to clog and the color cartridge is a joke. I still print cheaply but the mess is not worth it anymore. Looking for a laser now.
Indeed, some might argue that battery life is an issue but most phones can be let on stand for at least three days, if by then you are not rescued... well chances of you being alive are very slim.
Books!, get some good ones and read all theory, solve every example, do as much problems as you can and you shall pass. Particular suggestions? well I used stewart's calculus for theory, I am sure that there are better ones but it did the trick (for multivariable calc I prefer Espinoza Ramo's analysis vectorial dont know if it is available in english), those two will explain the theory quite well, try to do every doable proof for the identities you might have to use, it will help you remember them and and understand what they are about.
Buy them used, you can find the for less than a cup of good coffee, most books dont change that much from edition to edition, dont be afraid to buy a book more than five years old, get the compendium, at least with stewart's calculus you can get a book which includes single and multivariable calculus or two with each topic.
Lectures!, there are plenty of online lectures from many universities available online, I really enjoyed the mit ones available at mitocw and academicearth.org there are also lectures from berkley, I first red the book then listen to the lectures, with the mit ones there is even material such as examples and exercises available (at mitocw)
Practice!, as much as you can, concepts are sometimes easy to gasp, examples easy to solve, but many problems require certain math skill which you can only get by practicing, for this I recommend a series of books: Schaum's outlines, they are available for almost any course and provide an extensive array of solved problems to help you get the skill, dont look at them! solve them, and just when you are stuck look at the book. practice practice practice! (these books also come with a theory but sometimes too resumed and dificult to get without a proper background)
Stat:
Currently taking the course with university provided material, cant really help you that much, google a bit and I am sure that you will get some good book recommendations and adequate video lectures, there are also shaum's outlines for statistics, in this case I have found the thery available on the outlines to suffice.
Ps: you can get the books really cheap at betterworlsbooks.com dont bother with the last editions, an old book in good condition will be much cheaper and almost as good as the latest one.
I am fairly certain that Amazon also sold fake ipod usb adapters, the new small ones, I got two of those from ebay and they were a fairly good fake (knew before buying, after all they were 3 usd including shipping), except that all of them had the same serial number and a misspelled "desgn by apple in california".
Read again please, I am not ignoring the fact that the computer is compromised, instead I am embracing it, If you used online banking systems as the ones I am used to, you will see how difficult is to actually take control of a computer and do all the required steps to make a succesfull operation without the user noticing that his mouse is moving doing things on his own clicking links and all, in fact all cash sensitive operations require the use of the token, thus making a succesful fraudulent transaction a nearly imposible task.
Now, let me give you a real example using my bank's (banco de credito del peru) online system as a reference, lets say that I want to pay my college bill, this are the steps necesary:
-enter the kind of card and the last eight digits.
-enter your online banking password using V keypad(can only be changed using the ATM).
-enter your token.
-select operation.
-wait for the token to change.
-enter token using virtual keypad.
-confirm operation.
-repeat last four steps if necessary.
For added security they make you change the background color and upload a random picture wich is displayed everytime you log in, this is a meassure to fight masive scamms.
You are also constantly nagged to check ssl certificates, not only on the same web page but by phone, mail, tv ads and in the bank's waiting room, it gets anoying but it seems to be working.
Of course, you might argue that if someone is in total control of your pc he could as well fake a personalized web interface, lure you to make aparent valid transaction, record your token and use it in the 30 seconds he has, fine that can happen, but this is not perfect, he would have to fake the ssl certificate (?), monitor constantly the pc until the user decides to use the banking system and act almost simultaneously. How difficult would it be? I mean, seriously.
Ohh and I forgot, unless the operation is not in your "frequent operations" you cannot trasfer more than 300 dollars or 900 pen, how do you make them "frequent"? you have to use the atm.
See? creating a secure system is possible, there is no thing as completely secure but it so far the system seems to be secure enough, If I were a scammer I wouldnt bother with BCP clients, I would go paypal or bank of america.
No... if its a propper two factor authentication (password + token) it wouldnt matter, the token changes every 30 seconds or so.
Even if the hacker could see in real time what you are doing, logging every keystroke and having a live video feed of your pc (tokens are entered on a virtual keypad which change everytime) it simply wouldnt matter, by the time you log out your token would have changed at least a couple of times, rendering the obtained token unusable. And at least in my bank, you cannot have two sessions open simultaneously... sooo... it really works! arent we fkn clever?
www.microsoft.com/Security_Essentials/ not third party, and figure out, not a resourece hog! Have been running w7 on my netbook since the rtm became available at msdnaa and it gave a nice pleasant surprise
I couldnt believe I would be recommending a microsoft product, but 7 has really surprised me, really, try it, its not bad, its... good-ish
Wait a sec, I've just noticed your signature and your 6 digit reg, never mind, I said nothing
I bought an acer too, the upgrade claimed to be free, but upon entering to the upgrade program web page and selecting my country tada! 34 f dollars, I took those 34 dollars, suscribed to the ieee and used one of the eight licences they offered in the elms, downloaded the iso, mounted it and presto.
Not only saved 14 bucks but now I have a great ieee subscription, a lot of other asorted licences and my four pcs running W7, its nice to study engineering isnt it?
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Its a bit taller (131×80 vs 131×64), contrast is improved and glare reduced. The screen is noticeably better than the one in the 49g.
Last time I checked the 50g was their top of the line calculator. Well built, powerful enough and with a good, clear, easy to read BW lcd. Software wise... it has not changed much. The 50g uses its "powerful" 200mhz processor to emulate the old 4-8mhz saturn one, the software in gneneral is just a minor evolution from the one found in an older 49g, it runs faster but thats about it. The one gripe I have with the 50g is its battery life, probably related to the fact that it its running everything emulated.
Do I hope HP will do something about its aging calculator lineup? No.
Am I happy with the current calculators? Yes.
Will I be tempted to buy a Casio or a TI? Hell no, once you go RPN you never go back.
There is an xkcd for that too http://xkcd.com/1060/
The original palm pre was poorly engineered, the slider was a mess and flex cables were a prominent point of failure (had some issues with power managment too). further revisions improved the design but early adopter certainly got sub-par hardware. The pre plus addressed some of the most notable quality issues. The pre 2 improved further and the pre 3 was a completely new and much more solid design. Pixi phones were simple and tough. The touchpad had some problems with the housing (brittle plastic, hairline cracks). Thats the state of Palm/HP hardware. TL,DR: not great.
Sorry it seemed like an insult, it wasnt intended in that way, I also apologize for my spelling and overall english, the previous message was written on a touchscreen and in a language other than my own.
I saddens me that your post had no relation to the article, what is happening on NY is wrong and sad, a complete lack of common sence a propper judgement, I wrote the above reply in a hurry and it seems that the points I was trying to make did not came out as clear as I desired, I had more than a couple of problem with your post, lest start with what you said here:
That's just a test. God values faith very highly, far above living morally (which is impossible).
The texts you cited (- James 1:2-3, - Galatians 3:10-11, 23-25, - James 1:2-3) make reference to the source of righteous behavior and the law of Mosses, they state that righteous behavior comes from faith and that the laws of Moses are deprecated(Its important to note that the ten commandments are not part of Moses law's) That doesnt mean that morality is not important anymore, not at all, morality is not following rules, a moral act is a good human act made with will and with full use of human freedom. Doing something good just because is law is not a proper moral act. Morality is ever so important in the life of a christian as evindenced in the following passage
"What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? If a brother or sister has nothing to wear and has no food for the day, and one of you says to them, 'Go in peace, keep warm, and eat well,' but you do not give them the necessities of the body, what good is it? So also faith of itself, if it does not have works, is dead. Indeed someone might say, "You have faith and I have works." Demonstrate your faith to me without works, and I will demonstrate my faith to you from my works. You believe that God is one. You do well. Even the demons believe that and tremble." James 2:14-19
Making scientific evidence which contradicts His word is just a way to solidify our faith.
This was said without any backing whatsoever, science is a quest for truth, the bible is not a scientific text and cannot be taken as such
The science is wrong. It's just a test. No matter what people say I will keep my faith. God told me to expect this in advance:
For this you cited Jame, who was addressing a christian community which faced rejection and posibly persecution, you took the text out of context and bended the meaning, James was not addressing a bunch of science deniers whose faith consisted on dinosaurs walking earth among humans, this were different people thus, out of context both James and Lucas texts are not apt for the purposes you intended
If you take your comment seriously you better try and make it look like one that actually is, there is a big gap between christian faith and what you try to pass as a serious post, if your post tried to be critique of christianity it would have to go deeper to be considered serious, if it was just a tasteless joke on the expense of christians and homosexuals well... you succeded.
Don't know if serious or really extrapolating things too far. I am no bible expert but I'm fairly sure that the galatians passage was about the old law of Moses. Things like feast, food laws, offerings and sacrifices. The James passage talks about religious persecution. Same thing with Luke. I see nothing wrong philipians either.
You have to take in consideration that texts like Romans, Galatians and Philippians were letters, addressed to specific communities which might have been unde persecution at the time. Its not nice to cherry pick passages and bend their meaning to appeal hive mentallity, that stuff I expect from fox news or /r/circlejerk, not a slashdot commen (I .am new here). While not all christians seem to think so, faith has nothing to do with the practice of science and its discoveries, after all, doesn't science seek truth?
Now lets focus on the topic and discuss this stupid ban
Indeed, no nuclear, wind, or hydro energy sourced energy is mentioned. I did like the idea of calories as currency (not a new idea) and the whiteshirt girl (kanya?) subplot was fantastic. I enjoyed the book.
"could result in the extinction of sites that are based on user-generated content like YouTube, Reddit, and StumbleUpon."
What about /.?
Even gas powered, non hybrids can get very decent millage without disregarding safety. The chevrolet cruze eco gets 43 mpg highway while scoring 5 stars on the euro ncap, it also very roomy and the interior is very nice. This is without start and stop, direct injection, and individual, computer operated valve timing (ala fiat's multiair).
We have the technology, we need a commercial reason
The way of the palm treo... such a wonderful robust phone, I would still take one instead of a bb, the downside is that the browsers for palm os suck.
Amazing, can you please enlighten us with the names of MUDs you play?, I used to play at rplay.net but college took most of my MUD time, I am planning to get back but I would like to try some other games.
commenting to remove failed moderation, damn touchpad...
combustion engine? I doubt it, probably it uses some sort of direct ethanol fuel cell.
Not offtopic, trollish, redundant or overated as most licenced stations, luckly they are some funny but underated ones.
Well mind you, I had my first inkjet in 1997, it was an epson stylus color iis (without the color package) and it covered all my printing needs up until when I had to replace my computer with one without an LTP port, here is why:
-cartridges were HUGE, at least for today standards, one could print more than 500 pages
-The printing head came separated from the cartridge, alternative cartridges where about 4 dollars.
-Bulk ink!! a syringe, a lil mess and 500 pages more for about a dollar!
I replaced it with a canon which gets the bulk ink treatment too, however the cartridge is to small, the printing head is too easy to clog and the color cartridge is a joke. I still print cheaply but the mess is not worth it anymore. Looking for a laser now.
I dont think you will be relying on a cell tower rather than on some portable gsm spectrum analyzer. and this would be a worse case scenario.
Indeed, some might argue that battery life is an issue but most phones can be let on stand for at least three days, if by then you are not rescued... well chances of you being alive are very slim.
Calc:
Books!, get some good ones and read all theory, solve every example, do as much problems as you can and you shall pass. Particular suggestions? well I used stewart's calculus for theory, I am sure that there are better ones but it did the trick (for multivariable calc I prefer Espinoza Ramo's analysis vectorial dont know if it is available in english), those two will explain the theory quite well, try to do every doable proof for the identities you might have to use, it will help you remember them and and understand what they are about.
Buy them used, you can find the for less than a cup of good coffee, most books dont change that much from edition to edition, dont be afraid to buy a book more than five years old, get the compendium, at least with stewart's calculus you can get a book which includes single and multivariable calculus or two with each topic.
Lectures!, there are plenty of online lectures from many universities available online, I really enjoyed the mit ones available at mitocw and academicearth.org there are also lectures from berkley, I first red the book then listen to the lectures, with the mit ones there is even material such as examples and exercises available (at mitocw)
Practice!, as much as you can, concepts are sometimes easy to gasp, examples easy to solve, but many problems require certain math skill which you can only get by practicing, for this I recommend a series of books: Schaum's outlines, they are available for almost any course and provide an extensive array of solved problems to help you get the skill, dont look at them! solve them, and just when you are stuck look at the book. practice practice practice! (these books also come with a theory but sometimes too resumed and dificult to get without a proper background)
Stat:
Currently taking the course with university provided material, cant really help you that much, google a bit and I am sure that you will get some good book recommendations and adequate video lectures, there are also shaum's outlines for statistics, in this case I have found the thery available on the outlines to suffice.
Ps: you can get the books really cheap at betterworlsbooks.com dont bother with the last editions, an old book in good condition will be much cheaper and almost as good as the latest one.
Here the link http://www.amazon.com/Apple-Power-Adapter-iPod-iPhone/dp/B001GQ3DP6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1267920282&sr=8-1 I invite you to read the reviews, for me it was no trouble this little guys being fake, I use them to power up a couple of old pda that now act just as fancy clocks and rss readers.
Thanks! Straight to bookmarks.
Any recommendations then?
Read again please, I am not ignoring the fact that the computer is compromised, instead I am embracing it, If you used online banking systems as the ones I am used to, you will see how difficult is to actually take control of a computer and do all the required steps to make a succesfull operation without the user noticing that his mouse is moving doing things on his own clicking links and all, in fact all cash sensitive operations require the use of the token, thus making a succesful fraudulent transaction a nearly imposible task.
Now, let me give you a real example using my bank's (banco de credito del peru) online system as a reference, lets say that I want to pay my college bill, this are the steps necesary:
-enter the kind of card and the last eight digits.
-enter your online banking password using V keypad(can only be changed using the ATM).
-enter your token.
-select operation.
-wait for the token to change.
-enter token using virtual keypad.
-confirm operation.
-repeat last four steps if necessary.
For added security they make you change the background color and upload a random picture wich is displayed everytime you log in, this is a meassure to fight masive scamms.
You are also constantly nagged to check ssl certificates, not only on the same web page but by phone, mail, tv ads and in the bank's waiting room, it gets anoying but it seems to be working.
Of course, you might argue that if someone is in total control of your pc he could as well fake a personalized web interface, lure you to make aparent valid transaction, record your token and use it in the 30 seconds he has, fine that can happen, but this is not perfect, he would have to fake the ssl certificate (?), monitor constantly the pc until the user decides to use the banking system and act almost simultaneously. How difficult would it be? I mean, seriously.
Ohh and I forgot, unless the operation is not in your "frequent operations" you cannot trasfer more than 300 dollars or 900 pen, how do you make them "frequent"? you have to use the atm.
See? creating a secure system is possible, there is no thing as completely secure but it so far the system seems to be secure enough, If I were a scammer I wouldnt bother with BCP clients, I would go paypal or bank of america.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SecurID http://www.rafaelvillafuerte.com/2009/05/13/clave-digital-banco-de-credito-del-peru-bcp/tokens they gave us
No... if its a propper two factor authentication (password + token) it wouldnt matter, the token changes every 30 seconds or so.
Even if the hacker could see in real time what you are doing, logging every keystroke and having a live video feed of your pc (tokens are entered on a virtual keypad which change everytime) it simply wouldnt matter, by the time you log out your token would have changed at least a couple of times, rendering the obtained token unusable. And at least in my bank, you cannot have two sessions open simultaneously... sooo... it really works! arent we fkn clever?
www.microsoft.com/Security_Essentials/ not third party, and figure out, not a resourece hog! Have been running w7 on my netbook since the rtm became available at msdnaa and it gave a nice pleasant surprise
I couldnt believe I would be recommending a microsoft product, but 7 has really surprised me, really, try it, its not bad, its... good-ish
Wait a sec, I've just noticed your signature and your 6 digit reg, never mind, I said nothing
I bought an acer too, the upgrade claimed to be free, but upon entering to the upgrade program web page and selecting my country tada! 34 f dollars, I took those 34 dollars, suscribed to the ieee and used one of the eight licences they offered in the elms, downloaded the iso, mounted it and presto.
Not only saved 14 bucks but now I have a great ieee subscription, a lot of other asorted licences and my four pcs running W7, its nice to study engineering isnt it?