I loved MathType. My love affair ended yesterday. I wanted to do a simple function in bracket notation: T(x) = (3n+2)/2 if n is odd, and n/2 if n is even. (Yes, I'm one of those Collatz people)
Now on my WINDOWS version of Mathtype, this sort of thing Just Works. But now I have a mac, and on my MAC version, the bracket is all in pieces and awful. This is with the real MathType, not "equation editor." It looks bad on the screen, when I save as.pdf, and I even tried saving as.html and it still is all broken up. I wound up creating it in MAPLE and doing a screen capture, and then cropping the screen cap.
"In a move that has been termed 'positively Orwellian' by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility Executive Director Jeff Ruch, George W. Bush is ending public access to research materials at EPA regional libraries without Congressional consent."
Even though I'm a nerd, I refuse to buy "binary data sent over the internet". I demand a physical CD I can carry home and play in my car, computer or any electronic device I have. When my hard disk can crash or refuse to work, I'll never have problems with my CDs for the next 20 years (I just have not to walk on them...)
You are not, then a true nerd. A true nerd will often walk on his CDs because they are on the floor and on the path from the computer to the door where the pizza delivery guy, like Vaal, brings food.
I always want to take the phone and answer it - "This is so-and-so's professor. He is in class now."
The reason I don't do it is because I'm afraid of "This is his dad. His *weep* his mother just *weep* passed away and we need him to *weep* come now to identify the... the... *bawwwwwwwwwwwl*"
I've been giving talks on the Prisoner's Dilemma for a few years. (No original research, just following the thing and explaining the game to the Youth)
It is kind of an orthodoxy in the literature: Tit for Tat always ties or loses by a little bit, but in tournaments, it is the best strategy.
Well - it ain't. Someone found a way around it. Instead of urging rule-changes to prevent this new challenger, we should all be happy and excited that PD tournaments have just got MORE INTERESTING.
I can't wait to see what happens next - what new programs will emerge to have the advantages of Tit for Tat but also the ability to defend against Master-Slave programs that communicate with each other.
The game has changed - now let's leave it alone and watch.
There is just as much evidence that Bill Clinton believes in God as Ashcroft does.
Both figures were hated before they came to office, based on their past records. Both profess a believe in God. Both go to church, and have committed grevious sins, as humans do. Both give a lot of money to charity - well, oops, you got me there, Ashcroft does not.
It's all about his actions. Lots of beloved figures believe in God. Lots of hated figures don't. It ain't God. It's actions.
The US is showing all the signs of a 'falling empire'. In it's heyday, it had simple laws (relatively) that allowed it to adapt quickly to the way the world was moving. It advanced to become pre-eminent. Then it sat down, and tried to tie everything up to maintain itself. Internal politics and interests fought over shares of the pie.
And President Londo is trying to negotiate a deal with the Shadows to bring us back.
Do you honestly think people hate Ashcroft because he believes in God?
I can't believe that. It is easier to believe in God than to believe that someone thinks that people hate Ashcroft because he is a believer.
Do you think people hate Clinton because he believes in God? Do you believe that people hated Reagan because he believed in God? Do you think people hate Osama Bin Laden because he believes in God? Do you think that people hated Will Rogers? He believed in God, and was beloved.
I don't think I believe you were serious. Nobody could be that ignorant.
Good use of the semi-colon, but it is actually acceptable in modern English to end sentences with prepositions. (cf: Churchill quotation)
Re:Please follow her advice.
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When the annual review comes up the people that take pride or work hard will move ahead.
You obviously don't work in the United States. It is not like that here. The people who work hard stay in their same position, because they are good at it.
"Clearly there is a desperate need to tighten up copyright laws in the face of this huge mountain of cash that is literally being metaphorically syphoned into the studios' pockets."
Please delete the phrase "literally being metaphorically" from the above, and from the entire internet. Thank you.
Show me a shining example of glorious socialism that did not have a very active propaganda and censorship bureau.
Ha! THE UNITED STATES!
Oh - I am sorry, my bad. I typed my response too quickly. The United States is a shining example of glorious capitalism that has a very active propaganda and censorship bureau.
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A prince, really? How can I help you, mounthood?
I loved MathType. My love affair ended yesterday. I wanted to do a simple function in bracket notation: T(x) = (3n+2)/2 if n is odd, and n/2 if n is even. (Yes, I'm one of those Collatz people)
Now on my WINDOWS version of Mathtype, this sort of thing Just Works. But now I have a mac, and on my MAC version, the bracket is all in pieces and awful. This is with the real MathType, not "equation editor." It looks bad on the screen, when I save as .pdf, and I even tried saving as .html and it still is all broken up. I wound up creating it in MAPLE and doing a screen capture, and then cropping the screen cap.
Boo to MathType; at least the Mac version.
(BTW: The LaTeX code for that function:
$T\left( x\right) =\left\{
\begin{array}{cc}
\frac{3n+1}{2} & n\text{ odd} \\
\frac{n}{2} & n\text{ even}%
\end{array}%
\right. $
Even if you have never seen LaTeX, I'll bet you can figure out what is going on. The syntax is not that bad.)
"The longer this fellow stays in office, the more he resembles Richard M. Nixon, IMHO."
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I morphed them, and it was surprising how little work it was:
http://www.dougshaw.com/experiments/presidents.ht
"In a move that has been termed 'positively Orwellian' by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility Executive Director Jeff Ruch, George W. Bush is ending public access to research materials at EPA regional libraries without Congressional consent."
If you voted for Bush, this is your fault.
"You can pretty much count on the liberals to stand up against press censorship, and the conservatives to stand up against religious censorship"
Really? When have the conservatives stood up against religious censorship, when the religion in question was anything but Christian?
Talk to me about Ulysses sometime :)
http://www.dougshaw.com/top100.html
Even though I'm a nerd, I refuse to buy "binary data sent over the internet". I demand a physical CD I can carry home and play in my car, computer or any electronic device I have. When my hard disk can crash or refuse to work, I'll never have problems with my CDs for the next 20 years (I just have not to walk on them...)
You are not, then a true nerd. A true nerd will often walk on his CDs because they are on the floor and on the path from the computer to the door where the pizza delivery guy, like Vaal, brings food.
I always want to take the phone and answer it - "This is so-and-so's professor. He is in class now."
The reason I don't do it is because I'm afraid of "This is his dad. His *weep* his mother just *weep* passed away and we need him to *weep* come now to identify the... the... *bawwwwwwwwwwwl*"
By your philosophy, we would never have had rural electrification or the national highway system. Ummm... and we would have never entered WWII.
I've been giving talks on the Prisoner's Dilemma for a few years. (No original research, just following the thing and explaining the game to the Youth)
It is kind of an orthodoxy in the literature: Tit for Tat always ties or loses by a little bit, but in tournaments, it is the best strategy.
Well - it ain't. Someone found a way around it. Instead of urging rule-changes to prevent this new challenger, we should all be happy and excited that PD tournaments have just got MORE INTERESTING.
I can't wait to see what happens next - what new programs will emerge to have the advantages of Tit for Tat but also the ability to defend against Master-Slave programs that communicate with each other.
The game has changed - now let's leave it alone and watch.
yahoo groups? The interface sucks very badly.
But you forgot yahoo games.
Literati! Euchre! and all sort of other fun games... and it is all linked to your yahoo profile.
Also, Yahoo IM and Yahoo Chat are nice, and all linked up.
There is just as much evidence that Bill Clinton believes in God as Ashcroft does.
Both figures were hated before they came to office, based on their past records. Both profess a believe in God. Both go to church, and have committed grevious sins, as humans do. Both give a lot of money to charity - well, oops, you got me there, Ashcroft does not.
It's all about his actions. Lots of beloved figures believe in God. Lots of hated figures don't. It ain't God. It's actions.
I hate the spell checker the most. It just says YOU ARE WRONG. Now I'm no expert but let's say I start righting something
"writing."
The US is showing all the signs of a 'falling empire'. In it's heyday, it had simple laws (relatively) that allowed it to adapt quickly to the way the world was moving. It advanced to become pre-eminent. Then it sat down, and tried to tie everything up to maintain itself. Internal politics and interests fought over shares of the pie.
And President Londo is trying to negotiate a deal with the Shadows to bring us back.
Do you honestly think people hate Ashcroft because he believes in God?
I can't believe that. It is easier to believe in God than to believe that someone thinks that people hate Ashcroft because he is a believer.
Do you think people hate Clinton because he believes in God? Do you believe that people hated Reagan because he believed in God? Do you think people hate Osama Bin Laden because he believes in God? Do you think that people hated Will Rogers? He believed in God, and was beloved.
I don't think I believe you were serious. Nobody could be that ignorant.
dreamhost?
www.dreamhost.com
Good use of the semi-colon, but it is actually acceptable in modern English to end sentences with prepositions. (cf: Churchill quotation)
When the annual review comes up the people that take pride or work hard will move ahead.
You obviously don't work in the United States. It is not like that here. The people who work hard stay in their same position, because they are good at it.
Dan Quayle! I didn't know you were on Slashdot!
You are saying that
(1) Someone was selling email to a spammer
and
(2) You got the SOB fired?
You are my hero for today!
"Clearly there is a desperate need to tighten up copyright laws in the face of this huge mountain of cash that is literally being metaphorically syphoned into the studios' pockets."
Please delete the phrase "literally being metaphorically" from the above, and from the entire internet. Thank you.
Ok, so what'll happen if you send a message about spam from "abuse@hotmail.com" to "abuse@hotmail.com"???
You would look up and see...
one by one...
the stars going out.
Show me a shining example of glorious socialism that did not have a very active propaganda and censorship bureau.
Ha! THE UNITED STATES!
Oh - I am sorry, my bad. I typed my response too quickly. The United States is a shining example of glorious capitalism that has a very active propaganda and censorship bureau.
Walking with a swagger and carrying a noose might impress people who failed to graduate high school, but it doesn't make us any safer, or freer
Hey, it got him almost 50% of the vote in 2000
This was the funniest response I have ever read on Slashdot.