I too would reccomend the Shcrodinger (there should be an umlaut over the o) equation. Note that it is the "Schrodinger Equation" (no wave). The wave function is the quantity represented by the greek letter psi in the SE. But don't use the form that is linked to above, it's silly (why use a gradient in a 1-d equation? just use d/dx instead). You should replace the x-vector with an r-vector to generalize it to 3 dimensions. Or better yet, use the operator form
H psi = E psi
(H should be bold, it's an operator) which tells us that energy is the eigenvalue of the Hamiltonian. This is the time-independent version, useful for solving static systems (like the infinite square well, or the hydrogen atom).
If you're looking for something a little more theoretical, from the world of mathematics instead of physics, may I reccomend the Generalized Stokes Theorem? Very elegant, and of deep theoretical significance.
It says, integral of omega over d psi = integral of d omega over psi
omega is a differential form, and psi is some region in k-D space. d is the differential operator, so d omega is the differential of the differential form, and d psi is the (k-1)-D boundary of psi.
Okay, I have a quantum mechanics exam tomorrow that I need to go back to studying for. Good luck with the tattoo!
I wish I had some moderator points so I could mod you down as "doesn't get it."
Linux does not exist for corporations to make money off of. If corporations do make money off Linux, then all the better, but Linux's primary focus has never been and never will be (I hope not, anyway) making money for corporations. The aim of Linux is to be a free-as-in-speech kernel. If a Linux company wants to do the things you describe, but says to itself "Damn GPL, how am I supposed to make money?" then maybe they are in the wrong business. And even if all the Linux companies fail and the only people left using Linux are your so-called "hobbyists," and the only way to get device drivers for new devices into the kernel is to either sign non-disclosure agreements which would violate the GPL or to bust out the logic probe and reverse engineer the driver, then someone who likes that hardware stuff and believes in freedom of information will write that driver and Linux will live on.
I hate to tell you this, but there's more to life than money. Sorry.
Dysprosium
P.S. Sorry for the run-on sentences, but I'm trying to make a point.
Are you familiar with id3v2? It allows you to embed anything at all into the id3 tag. Pictures of the artist, lyrics, other mp3s, whatever. And it comes at the beginning of the file, not the end like current id3 tags, so you can use it even when streaming files. See id3v2.org for more info and a list of programs that support it.
How long till Red Hat or another distribution is the recognized leader? How long till fvwm or another window manager is the recogized leader? How long till vi or another text editor is the recognized leader? How long till RISC or another instruction set is the recognized leader?
Seriously, though...I don't think either GNOME or KDE will ever be "The Leader." Both have significant followings, people who would never use the other just because it's the enemy in their favorite holy war. And it doesn't matter. GNOME users can still run KDE apps (provided they have the necessary libraries), and vice versa. So what's the big deal?
This is something I've been thinking about for a while. How fast would a network have to be before it becomes faster for one system to swap to another's physical memory than to a local disk?
Heh heh...my roommate better start paying close attention to his memory usage...or it might start disappearing:)
I wasn't entirely clear how he got around that whole "Second Law of Thermodynamics" problem. From my understanding, entropy increases because all possible microstates of a system are equally likely, and the greatest number of microstates correspond to the most disordered macrostate (basically, that there exist more ways for a collection of air molecules to be scattered around a room than for them to be in a small box...this isn't even physics, it's math/statistics). So how does this become no longer true? Anyone who knows a little more about this theory care to enlighten me?
Well, this answers a question I've had for a while...whether or not all Slashdot users get the same fortune at a particular time. Apparently they do, because I've got the same one. btw, babelfish translates it to:
' Mounten ' is used for three things: a ' mounting ' horses, ' latch ' from fixed disks into file systems, and, now, ' mount ' with the Sex.
You could absolutely use an HP48G/GX (or even an S/SX...though I haven't tried). I've used my G to control my TV, my stereo, other people's TV's, etc. There is a remote control program available (try hpcalc.org) that has pre-programmed files for hundreds of different devices from different manufacturers, and it even includes a utility to learn codes from the original remote in case your device isn't supported.
btw, you can NOT use the HP49, as it has no IR port.:(
If the Nobels were awarded solely based on the quality of the work done by these individuals, then perhaps this math trick did not deserve to win. However, there is more to the story.
The high-energy/particle physics community in Europe is currently focusing on using CERN to find the Higgs boson (a.k.a. the "God Particle"). But, to do that (or at least to beat the Americans to it), they need more funding. Two European high-energy/particle physicists winning the Nobel is just the thing to get CERN more money. ------
Star Trek: Holodeck Island -- the name says it all.
Hmmm...sounds good, but I don't know how the characters would respond to having Khan for a host. (or Soren, from Generations, if you go by the new series)
btw, keep in mind what happened when KDE did this. A free program (especially a good one) which requires non-free libraries is likely to cause a lot of problems with users. You may want to try and find a free library which fills a similar function to the non-free one you are currently using.
AMD has a list of reccomended motherboards for the K7 (sorry AMD, but I hate the name "Athlon"). The list includes models by FIC, Gigabye, and Microstar.
I remember reading once that someone claimed that if the entire internet worked together, they could write a book and have it ready for publication in one day. This was a few years ago; I don't remember who said it or where I read it. If anyone can back me up on this, I'd appreciate it.
Looking around Nintendo's site, I found this press release that talks about the new chip. Apparently, the chip is being called "gekko." Mozilla, anyone?
Hmm....I'm no audio expert here (not even close), but according to the manual, I have 3 inputs: a mic, a line in, and an "optical (digital) mini-jack." The Sony part #'s for the appropriate optical cables to hook it up to a cd player, etc. are POC-15AB, POC-15B, and a few others. Hopefully this will be of some help, but, like I said, I'm no audio expert. For all I know, you could have just asked me what OS I run, and I replied that my case is black.:)
Could we get one of these with a digital audio out port? You know the kind I'm talking about, the optical ones found on some cd players. If such a device does exist, then I can hook it up to my MiniDisc recorder and put my mp3's on md's without the noise I get when I use a regular line cable (which is what I've been doing). Maybe it can transfer track marks too. Any info on this would be greatly appreciated.
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I too would reccomend the Shcrodinger (there should be an umlaut over the o) equation. Note that it is the "Schrodinger Equation" (no wave). The wave function is the quantity represented by the greek letter psi in the SE. But don't use the form that is linked to above, it's silly (why use a gradient in a 1-d equation? just use d/dx instead). You should replace the x-vector with an r-vector to generalize it to 3 dimensions. Or better yet, use the operator form
H psi = E psi
(H should be bold, it's an operator) which tells us that energy is the eigenvalue of the Hamiltonian. This is the time-independent version, useful for solving static systems (like the infinite square well, or the hydrogen atom).
If you're looking for something a little more theoretical, from the world of mathematics instead of physics, may I reccomend the Generalized Stokes Theorem? Very elegant, and of deep theoretical significance.
It says, integral of omega over d psi = integral of d omega over psi
omega is a differential form, and psi is some region in k-D space. d is the differential operator, so d omega is the differential of the differential form, and d psi is the (k-1)-D boundary of psi.
Okay, I have a quantum mechanics exam tomorrow that I need to go back to studying for. Good luck with the tattoo!
Dysprosium
I wish I had some moderator points so I could mod you down as "doesn't get it."
Linux does not exist for corporations to make money off of. If corporations do make money off Linux, then all the better, but Linux's primary focus has never been and never will be (I hope not, anyway) making money for corporations. The aim of Linux is to be a free-as-in-speech kernel. If a Linux company wants to do the things you describe, but says to itself "Damn GPL, how am I supposed to make money?" then maybe they are in the wrong business. And even if all the Linux companies fail and the only people left using Linux are your so-called "hobbyists," and the only way to get device drivers for new devices into the kernel is to either sign non-disclosure agreements which would violate the GPL or to bust out the logic probe and reverse engineer the driver, then someone who likes that hardware stuff and believes in freedom of information will write that driver and Linux will live on.
I hate to tell you this, but there's more to life than money. Sorry.
Dysprosium
P.S. Sorry for the run-on sentences, but I'm trying to make a point.
Are you looking for this?
Neutrinos have mass. See here
an announcement dating from June '98 to that effect.
and this doesn't break the standard model at all, btw
Are you familiar with id3v2? It allows you to embed anything at all into the id3 tag. Pictures of the artist, lyrics, other mp3s, whatever. And it comes at the beginning of the file, not the end like current id3 tags, so you can use it even when streaming files. See id3v2.org for more info and a list of programs that support it.
Does it run EmVMS?
How long till Red Hat or another distribution is the recognized leader?
How long till fvwm or another window manager is the recogized leader?
How long till vi or another text editor is the recognized leader?
How long till RISC or another instruction set is the recognized leader?
Seriously, though...I don't think either GNOME or KDE will ever be "The Leader." Both have significant followings, people who would never use the other just because it's the enemy in their favorite holy war. And it doesn't matter. GNOME users can still run KDE apps (provided they have the necessary libraries), and vice versa. So what's the big deal?
Looks like someone managed to rescue Tux. And replace him with Mark Williams.
This is something I've been thinking about for a while. How fast would a network have to be before it becomes faster for one system to swap to another's physical memory than to a local disk?
:)
Heh heh...my roommate better start paying close attention to his memory usage...or it might start disappearing
I wasn't entirely clear how he got around that whole "Second Law of Thermodynamics" problem. From my understanding, entropy increases because all possible microstates of a system are equally likely, and the greatest number of microstates correspond to the most disordered macrostate (basically, that there exist more ways for a collection of air molecules to be scattered around a room than for them to be in a small box...this isn't even physics, it's math/statistics). So how does this become no longer true? Anyone who knows a little more about this theory care to enlighten me?
Well, this answers a question I've had for a while...whether or not all Slashdot users get the same fortune at a particular time. Apparently they do, because I've got the same one. btw, babelfish translates it to:
' Mounten ' is used for three things: a ' mounting ' horses, ' latch ' from fixed disks into file systems,
and, now, ' mount ' with the Sex.
hmm...this reminds me of something I saw at cDc a while ago
You could absolutely use an HP48G/GX (or even an S/SX...though I haven't tried). I've used my G to control my TV, my stereo, other people's TV's, etc. There is a remote control program available (try hpcalc.org) that has pre-programmed files for hundreds of different devices from different manufacturers, and it even includes a utility to learn codes from the original remote in case your device isn't supported.
:(
btw, you can NOT use the HP49, as it has no IR port.
Fiery depths of hell? I thought Bern was in Switzerland.
If the Nobels were awarded solely based on the quality of the work done by these individuals, then perhaps this math trick did not deserve to win. However, there is more to the story.
The high-energy/particle physics community in Europe is currently focusing on using CERN to find the Higgs boson (a.k.a. the "God Particle"). But, to do that (or at least to beat the Americans to it), they need more funding. Two European high-energy/particle physicists winning the Nobel is just the thing to get CERN more money.
------
A Cyberclysm...is that anything like the Geek Apocalypse?
Star Trek: Holodeck Island -- the name says it all.
Hmmm...sounds good, but I don't know how the characters would respond to having Khan for a host. (or Soren, from Generations, if you go by the new series)
Use the LGPL, that's what it's there for.
btw, keep in mind what happened when KDE did this. A free program (especially a good one) which requires non-free libraries is likely to cause a lot of problems with users. You may want to try and find a free library which fills a similar function to the non-free one you are currently using.
Dysprosium
AMD has a list of reccomended motherboards for the K7 (sorry AMD, but I hate the name "Athlon"). The list includes models by FIC, Gigabye, and Microstar.
Dysprosium
I remember reading once that someone claimed that if the entire internet worked together, they could write a book and have it ready for publication in one day. This was a few years ago; I don't remember who said it or where I read it. If anyone can back me up on this, I'd appreciate it.
Dysprosium
"Frob Your Ooblick!"
Looking around Nintendo's site, I found this press release that talks about the new chip. Apparently, the chip is being called "gekko." Mozilla, anyone?
Dysprosium
Hmm....I'm no audio expert here (not even close), but according to the manual, I have 3 inputs: a mic, a line in, and an "optical (digital) mini-jack." The Sony part #'s for the appropriate optical cables to hook it up to a cd player, etc. are POC-15AB, POC-15B, and a few others. Hopefully this will be of some help, but, like I said, I'm no audio expert. For all I know, you could have just asked me what OS I run, and I replied that my case is black. :)
Dysprosium
Could we get one of these with a digital audio out port? You know the kind I'm talking about, the optical ones found on some cd players. If such a device does exist, then I can hook it up to my MiniDisc recorder and put my mp3's on md's without the noise I get when I use a regular line cable (which is what I've been doing). Maybe it can transfer track marks too. Any info on this would be greatly appreciated.
Dysprosium