Where are you on the autism spectrum? Cambridge psychologist Simon Baron-Cohen and others designed a test, published in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2001. The Globe and Mail version of the article includes it. (scroll to the bottom)
Interestingly, the test result interpretation key says: Scores over 32 are generally taken to indicate Asperger's Syndrome or high-functioning autism, with more than 34 an "extreme" score. A "normal" score, based on control groups, is about 16 (or 15 for women and between 17 and 18 for men). A group of mathematics-contest winners scored an average of 24.5. A group of scientists scored an average of 18.5 (19 for men, 17 for women), with computer scientists at about 21, physicists at 19 and those in biology or medicine at about 15.
On a volcano plot, platinum gives the best electrocatalytic activity but it is still very very expensive.
There has been work done in applying binary alloys e.g. Ni-W, Ni-V, Ni-Mo and the results have so far been very promising... these alloys allow one to get catalytic activities similar to that of platinum at far lower prices.
Pi. 1.The Greek letter P or p, corresponding to the roman p.
2.A number, represented by said letter, expressing the ratio of the circumference of a perfect circle to its diameter. The value of pi has been calculated to many millions of decimal places, to no readily apparent purpose: no perfect circles or spheres exist in nature, since matter is composed of atoms and therefore lumpy, not smooth. Nature herself sometimes takes to rounding off the more extreme decimals of numbers when they get sufficiently small, as Prof. Heisenberg has pointed out. However, the continued extension of pi provides a harmless exercise of computer power which would otherwise be misused playing Quake or surfing pointless web sites.
In one of my jobs, I worked with a Fargo ID card printer... and I found that even on Windows the drivers were shaky. As far as I know, no ID card printer provides drivers for any platforms other than Mac and Win, so it's pretty much between one of those two that you've got to choose.
I'm curious: what's your reason for wanting to control the digital camera with a computer? Personally I would just mount it on a tripod and take the shot manually.
The only reason I can think of (that you might computer-control) is for focusing, that is, through an image on a monitor rather than squinting at the digicam's 1.8" LCD. But digicams don't have that ability anyway (not that I know of, unless you switch into video mode). For that, what my school did at its ID card printing center was to get some DV video cameras (with stills capability) and fed live the video live into computers. Seems overkill to me, frankly.
Also, I'm not sure what your requirements are exactly, but LDAP access is QED (quite easily done) with the right modules.
Personally I think PCs will always be cheaper than Macs (especially for the hobbyist). You can hack up a PC from scratch (that's what I did) and find pretty cheap components and cards from Taiwan or some such place... not every part of the PC has to be of premium quality.
"I can resist everything except temptation" - Oscar Wilde
I'm surprised nobody mentioned that Opera has stuff like pipelining and http compression since version 5. I was a staunch Mozilla supporter until I discovered Opera -- so far it has been able to do everything I need, and more. The keyboard shortcuts are a big plus point. Tabbed browsing has been around for ages in Opera. Browsing with Opera is a very fulfilling experience.
Q2.3: What is your relation with Apple?
A: Apple is aware of Fink and has given us some support as part of their Open Source relations efforts. In the summer and fall of 2001, they provided us with pre-release seeds of new Mac OS X versions in the hope that Fink packages can be adapted in time for the release. Quote: "Hopefully it underscores the commitment that many suspect we're not willing to provide. We'll get better at the open source game over time." Thanks Apple!
Some of you might be interested in a related study (published in Nature ) which made headlines last summer.
Summary:
Dr Freda Miller and colleagues at the Centre for Neuronal Survival and the Brain Tumour Research Centre at the Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, have isolated stem cells from the dermis of adult rodents that will proliferate and differentiate in culture to produce very different cell types- neurons, glia, smooth muscle cells, and fat cells. These novel stem cells, SKPs, were isolated from the skin of juvenile and adult rodents -- an accessible on-embryonic source. Human studies have indicated that similar cells are present inadult human skin. "We believe our discovery is important as we have identified an exciting new stem cell from a non-controversial source that holds considerable promise for scientific and therapeutic research," says Dr Freda Miller.
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The Nobel prize equivalent for mathematics is called the Fields Medal.h tml
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/FieldsMedal.
Can't confirm the Nobel anecdote though.
Interestingly, the test result interpretation key says: Scores over 32 are generally taken to indicate Asperger's Syndrome or high-functioning autism, with more than 34 an "extreme" score. A "normal" score, based on control groups, is about 16 (or 15 for women and between 17 and 18 for men). A group of mathematics-contest winners scored an average of 24.5. A group of scientists scored an average of 18.5 (19 for men, 17 for women), with computer scientists at about 21, physicists at 19 and those in biology or medicine at about 15.
My question is: what catalyst are they using?
On a volcano plot, platinum gives the best electrocatalytic activity but it is still very very expensive.
There has been work done in applying binary alloys e.g. Ni-W, Ni-V, Ni-Mo and the results have so far been very promising... these alloys allow one to get catalytic activities similar to that of platinum at far lower prices.
from http://www.joyofpi.com/pifacts.htm
Pi.
1.The Greek letter P or p, corresponding to the roman p.
2.A number, represented by said letter, expressing the ratio of the circumference of a perfect circle to its diameter. The value of pi has been calculated to many millions of decimal places, to no readily apparent purpose: no perfect circles or spheres exist in nature, since matter is composed of atoms and therefore lumpy, not smooth. Nature
herself sometimes takes to rounding off the more extreme decimals of numbers when they get sufficiently small, as Prof. Heisenberg has pointed out. However, the continued extension of pi provides a harmless exercise of computer power which would otherwise be misused playing Quake or surfing pointless web sites.
In one of my jobs, I worked with a Fargo ID card printer... and I found that even on Windows the drivers were shaky. As far as I know, no ID card printer provides drivers for any platforms other than Mac and Win, so it's pretty much between one of those two that you've got to choose.
I'm curious: what's your reason for wanting to control the digital camera with a computer? Personally I would just mount it on a tripod and take the shot manually.
The only reason I can think of (that you might computer-control) is for focusing, that is, through an image on a monitor rather than squinting at the digicam's 1.8" LCD. But digicams don't have that ability anyway (not that I know of, unless you switch into video mode). For that, what my school did at its ID card printing center was to get some DV video cameras (with stills capability) and fed live the video live into computers. Seems overkill to me, frankly.
Also, I'm not sure what your requirements are exactly, but LDAP access is QED (quite easily done) with the right modules.
Has anyone seen the new ad campaign by Apple trying to convince PC users to switch to Macs?
Here. (with Quicktime commercials)
http://www.apple.com/switch
Personally I think PCs will always be cheaper than Macs (especially for the hobbyist). You can hack up a PC from scratch (that's what I did) and find pretty cheap components and cards from Taiwan or some such place... not every part of the PC has to be of premium quality.
"I can resist everything except temptation" - Oscar Wilde
I'm surprised nobody mentioned that Opera has stuff like pipelining and http compression since version 5. I was a staunch Mozilla supporter until I discovered Opera -- so far it has been able to do everything I need, and more. The keyboard shortcuts are a big plus point. Tabbed browsing has been around for ages in Opera. Browsing with Opera is a very fulfilling experience.
This is from Fink's FAQ:
Q2.3: What is your relation with Apple?
A: Apple is aware of Fink and has given us some support as part of their Open Source relations efforts. In the summer and fall of 2001, they provided us with pre-release seeds of new Mac OS X versions in the hope that Fink packages can be adapted in time for the release. Quote: "Hopefully it underscores the commitment that many suspect we're not willing to provide. We'll get better at the open source game over time." Thanks Apple!
I'd go for a vaccuum that rocks... ;-)
Summary:
Dr Freda Miller and colleagues at the Centre for Neuronal Survival and the Brain Tumour Research Centre at the Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, have isolated stem cells from the dermis of adult rodents that will proliferate and differentiate in culture to produce very different cell types- neurons, glia, smooth muscle cells, and fat cells. These novel stem cells, SKPs, were isolated from the skin of juvenile and adult rodents -- an accessible on-embryonic source. Human studies have indicated that similar cells are present inadult human skin. "We believe our discovery is important as we have identified an exciting new stem cell from a non-controversial source that holds considerable promise for scientific and therapeutic research," says Dr Freda Miller.
Has anyone noted that the MIT presence among the Nobel laureates this year is particularly strong? 8 of 14 had some MIT affiliation.
I have Navigator 4.78, but it appears too...
Researchers in Fairbanks Alaska announced last week that they have discovered a superconductor which will operate at room temperature.