Thankyou brother, that was really cool.
Reads like a movie script, hint, hint...
Just coming to the end of my (maths) degree,
and i took summer (jan-feb) off to write
a test bed for a game that i've been thinking
about for some years.
I need to work with some others now
to see if we can come up with some
fun levels to play.
Seems to me that game programming/design
is one area that would use more than %5 of
my talents, another area being
scientific research...
im a bit of a recluse tho' and that's
something that will need a lot of work to fix. ...
This is kind of funny, i reckon.
When i program in C i have to write my own memory management,
and when i write in Python i have to write my own type checking.
(Usually it's an assertion at the start of a routine. It helps to catch me when i plug in the wrong thing, and also to document what type the parameter should be.
Otherwise there is just Python's latent type checking: namespace look-ups, followed by assertion throwing if the name is absent.)
So, what is more difficult:
memory management or type checking?
Often I stick to C's bedrock type system
when i'd rather not have to deal with Python's ever shifting sands of types.
What are your thoughts on this?
Do you even beleive in having types?
Do you see Python supporting types in the future?
What coding style(s) do you employ to help with Python's weakly typed variables?
THAT's what I'm aiming for. The ability to be 'just' the technical guy some day. I'm in no real hurry, and I'm convinced it will happen, so I'm not worrying.
This is the interesting bit for me.
How is it going to happen I wonder...
No doubt it will be due to the open nature of the Linux kernel and the ruthless anarchy that results...
yay.
may we all be like bumble bees and
dance the dance of life and joy...
I **LOVED** this interview
this guy may be an ego maniac
but he makes me feel like a genius
and its really great to see him move and wave and smile
as I read his comments.
and what he says about the student-teacher relationship
is _spot on_...
And here is a chance to read and see a
genuine article in action...
see how *physical* and excited he gets talking
about this stuff we are all involved with.
And what the hell is wrong with a bit
of negative M$ talk???? Why are
people defending M$ all of a sudden???
okay, enough of this, back to coding for me, yay!!!!
I think this is one good thing: the linux OS has forced MS into providing the world with an OS far above what they would have done otherwise. my opinion only.
Julie Tolmie has just submitted a Ph.D. all about visualization of these numbers, also known as the Farey sequences (it is what Knuth calls them!). Read about it (or just look at the pictures) here.
No. Factoring is hard (we suspect it is anyway). What this algorithm is good for is understanding the _geometry_ of ratio and, more importantly, the geometry of multiplication of ratios.
These Brocoult trees are also known as Farey sequences by the mathematicians. The farey sequence is known to naturaly enumerate the buds of the mandelbrot set. Julie Tolmie at math anu edu au has just finished a PhD thesis in this area. Check it out; lot's of great pictures.
try out the excellent kits from my suppliers in Melbourn: Talking Electronics. I notice thay also have a site in USA with details of electronics. THESE PEOPLE ARE VERY GOOD AND VERY OPEN SOURCE about their ideas: e.g. how to transmit 800metres in a built up area at 100Mhz with only a few milliwatts...! The transmitters are designed for Audio so we can use the Amateur radio linux drivers with the transmitter plugged into the soundcard. I have not done this yet. Theoretically, we can boost the bandwidth to 1Mbs.(1% of the frequency).
Slashdot Mirror
OK, can you give a URL for this DDOS reference?
Thankyou brother, that was really cool.
...
Reads like a movie script, hint, hint...
Just coming to the end of my (maths) degree,
and i took summer (jan-feb) off to write
a test bed for a game that i've been thinking
about for some years.
I need to work with some others now
to see if we can come up with some
fun levels to play.
Seems to me that game programming/design
is one area that would use more than %5 of
my talents, another area being
scientific research...
im a bit of a recluse tho' and that's
something that will need a lot of work to fix.
whenever i worry about money
my lower back pains me.
This is something
Luise L. Hay
pointed out to me, in one
of her books.
This is kind of funny, i reckon.
When i program in C i have to write my own memory management,
and when i write in Python i have to write my own type checking.
(Usually it's an assertion at the start of a routine. It helps to catch me when i plug in the wrong thing, and also to document what type the parameter should be.
Otherwise there is just Python's latent type checking: namespace look-ups, followed by assertion throwing if the name is absent.)
So, what is more difficult: memory management or type checking?
Often I stick to C's bedrock type system
when i'd rather not have to deal with Python's ever shifting sands of types.
What are your thoughts on this?
Do you even beleive in having types?
Do you see Python supporting types in the future?
What coding style(s) do you employ to help with Python's weakly typed variables?
?
On my head?
Yeah, here are some reasons why.
Knuth spent 10 years on TeX.
It was one man, not a commitee,
and he designed it with
much more than math equations in mind.
It is able to be hand written;
MathML is too bulky to be done by hand.
And as for vector graphics,
TeX is actually based on Metafont
which supports all kinds of graphics operations
tho' without colour...(yet)
Unfortunately, a TeX pluggin hasn't materialized...?
and probably won't: TeX is a HUGE system.
Also, TeX doesn't support semantic content,
but serious mathematicians have little use for that anyway.
Oh, Knuth, where are you now?
Save us from this pitiful XML nonsense!
THAT's what I'm aiming for. The ability to be 'just' the technical guy some day. I'm in no real hurry, and I'm convinced it will happen, so I'm not worrying.
This is the interesting bit for me.
How is it going to happen I wonder...
No doubt it will be due to the open nature of the Linux kernel and the ruthless anarchy that results...
yay.
may we all be like bumble bees and
dance the dance of life and joy...
I **LOVED** this interview
this guy may be an ego maniac
but he makes me feel like a genius
and its really great to see him move and wave and smile
as I read his comments.
and what he says about the student-teacher relationship is _spot on_...
And here is a chance to read and see a genuine article in action...
see how *physical* and excited he gets talking about this stuff
we are all involved with.
And what the hell is wrong with a bit of negative M$ talk????
Why are people defending M$ all of a sudden???
okay, enough of this, back to coding for me, yay!!!!
I think this is one good thing: the linux OS has forced MS into providing the world with an OS far above what they would have done otherwise. my opinion only.
At least they know how to count. Important for a cpu manufacturer i think.
Julie Tolmie has just submitted a Ph.D. all about visualization of these numbers, also known as the Farey sequences (it is what Knuth calls them!). Read about it (or just look at the pictures) here.
No. Factoring is hard (we suspect it is anyway).
What this algorithm is good for is understanding the _geometry_ of ratio and, more importantly, the geometry of multiplication of ratios.
These Brocoult trees are also known as Farey sequences by the mathematicians.
The farey sequence is known to naturaly enumerate the buds of the mandelbrot set. Julie Tolmie at math anu edu au has just finished a PhD thesis in this area.
Check it out; lot's of great pictures.
try out the excellent kits from my suppliers in Melbourn: Talking Electronics.
I notice thay also have a site in USA
with details of electronics.
THESE PEOPLE ARE VERY GOOD AND VERY OPEN SOURCE
about their ideas: e.g. how to transmit 800metres in a built up area at 100Mhz with only a few milliwatts...!
The transmitters are designed for Audio
so we can use the Amateur radio linux drivers
with the transmitter plugged into the soundcard.
I have not done this yet.
Theoretically, we can boost the bandwidth to 1Mbs.(1% of the frequency).