Abu Abd-Allah ibn Musa alKhwarizmi, scholar at the House of Wisdom founded by the sixth Caliph of Bagdhad, ruler of an empire the streached from the Mediterranean to India. The House of Wisdom was founded mostly to translate important works from Greece and other places, as well as to study astronomy. It as the first major library founded since Alexandria. While Europe foundered in the dark ages the Muslim Empire was the true fount of civilization in the world.
alKhwarizmi was more famous as an author than a mathematician. Much of his work was based on translations of Hindu books on astronomy rather than original work. Still, his works reshaped mathematics in Europe. The most famous is the Hisab al-jabr w'al-muqabala. When translated into Latin the author's name became Algorismus. The word algebra is also taken from the title of the book.
This book introduced the number 0, so-called Arabic numberals (really Hindu numerals), basic algebra and procedural calculations (algorithms) to Europeans. It also triggered some verse:
Hinc incipit algorismus. Haec algorismus ars praesens dicitur in quatalibus indorum fruimur bis quinque figuris
0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1,
Here begins the algorismus. This new art is called the algorismus, in which out of these twice five figures 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1, of the Indians we derive such benefit
The French Minorite friar Alexander de Villa Dei, who taught in Paris around 1240, taught the methods of computation with the new numerals in two hundred forty-four widely read (but not always very good) verses of dactylic hexameter. In his version an Indian king named Algor figures as the inventor of the new "art", which itself is called the algorismus. In this manner the word "algorithm" was tortuously derived from Muhammad's surname al-Khwarizmi, and has remained in use to this day in the sense of an arithmetic operation.
Very few copies of the Arabic or Latin translations still exist, however the NY Public Library has a copy of a translation into Spanish, which was cataloged by the person I am married to,
I really like this one - the programmability from PC is huge advantage, not just an incremental feature.
The Prontos are nice, and well supported, but a lot of people like me like to have physical buttons.
I haven't owned a Harmony unit, but they have a large following so take a look at these.
Sony makes a $60 RM-VL900 unit that is very functional - I used one of these for a couple of years and found it works great for the money. However it's programmability is limited compared to the above, and it probably won't completely replace your existing controls.
Didn't KFC have this mastered years ago? To the point where they had to take the word Chicken out of their company name becasue what they sold was so genetically modified that it didn't count as a species of chicken anymore?
The average consumer is still buying Full-Screen edition of the movies.
Actually widescreen DVDs are outselling fullscreen versions by a wide margin. Blockbuster generally carries many more copies in widescreen format, and a lot of popular movies, say Pirates of the Carribean are not even coming out in fullscreen.
HD-DVD format acceptance will depend mostly on whether there is a format war or not. HDTVs already account for about 20% of the sets sold today; that is probably enough to start a good market in HDTV players IF there is a single format.
The converse is true as well. The effects of the Chemical Engineering profession on public health (in terms of increasing average lifespan) are much greater than the medical profession.
Water treatment technology is the single greatest contributor towards reducing disease.
Penicillin was a laboratory curiosity, unused except in lab testing after being discovered in 1928. Chemical engineers figured out how to mass produce it in 40,000 L reactors during WWII.
Maybe, maybe not, but if you want a REAL man-made disaster look for the long term effects of environmental degradation - we have already had deforestation kill millions in the sub-saraha. Other such abuses of man threaten the entire plantetary biosphere. In comparison Bhopal is a mosquito fart.
To begin with Bugzilla is a very crude bugtracking system that is really only suited for open source projects. It reeks for more generalized issue tracking applications. If you set it up it isn't going to impress management on how cool OSS is. I would suggest looking online for other alternatives. I know that the guys at Tigris.org maintain a list of OSS alternatives, and have their own system wich I think is much nicer than Bugzilla.
It seems to me that a real progressive would favor a progressive tax structure where the wealthy pay a larger percentage of their income than the less wealthy.
Telephone taxes are just another form of regressive taxes along with sales tax, gas tax, etc. that are not progressive at all. Lousy tax policy IMHO.
Postgres isn't suitable for Enterprise either until there are real clustering and fail over options.
PHP isn't suitable for enterprises either. To begin with you can't find good PHP programmers. I know, I've tried recruiting them, while there is a good supply of experience J2EE guys.
that doesn't mean that they will start putting movies on them
Sony has already committed to doing that.
most TV's don't even do dvd's justice
My HDTV supports more resolution than DVD's contain (480i). About 20% of TVs currently sold are HDTV capable, and that percentage is increasing. People that own HDTV's are prime customers already for upconverting DVD players with fancy deinterlacers so that DVD's don't look like crap on their HDTVs. They will jump all over Blu-Ray movie players with 1080p output capabililty.
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Abu Abd-Allah ibn Musa alKhwarizmi, scholar at the House of Wisdom founded by the sixth Caliph of Bagdhad, ruler of an empire the streached from the Mediterranean to India. The House of Wisdom was founded mostly to translate important works from Greece and other places, as well as to study astronomy. It as the first major library founded since Alexandria. While Europe foundered in the dark ages the Muslim Empire was the true fount of civilization in the world.
alKhwarizmi was more famous as an author than a mathematician. Much of his work was based on translations of Hindu books on astronomy rather than original work. Still, his works reshaped mathematics in Europe. The most famous is the Hisab al-jabr w'al-muqabala. When translated into Latin the author's name became Algorismus. The word algebra is also taken from the title of the book.
This book introduced the number 0, so-called Arabic numberals (really Hindu numerals), basic algebra and procedural calculations (algorithms) to Europeans. It also triggered some verse:
Hinc incipit algorismus.
Haec algorismus ars praesens dicitur in quatalibus indorum fruimur bis quinque figuris
0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1,
Here begins the algorismus.
This new art is called the algorismus, in which
out of these twice five figures
0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1, of the Indians we derive such benefit
The French Minorite friar Alexander de Villa Dei, who taught in Paris around 1240, taught the methods of computation with the new numerals in two hundred forty-four widely read (but not always very good) verses of dactylic hexameter. In his version an Indian king named Algor figures as the inventor of the new "art", which itself is called the algorismus. In this manner the word "algorithm" was tortuously derived from Muhammad's surname al-Khwarizmi, and has remained in use to this day in the sense of an arithmetic operation.
Very few copies of the Arabic or Latin translations still exist, however the NY Public Library has a copy of a translation into Spanish, which was cataloged by the person I am married to,
I really like this one - the programmability from PC is huge advantage, not just an incremental feature.
The Prontos are nice, and well supported, but a lot of people like me like to have physical buttons.
I haven't owned a Harmony unit, but they have a large following so take a look at these.
Sony makes a $60 RM-VL900 unit that is very functional - I used one of these for a couple of years and found it works great for the money. However it's programmability is limited compared to the above, and it probably won't completely replace your existing controls.
I belittle the idea that we'll have "5 foot, all white meat chick-monsters".
A convention of Caucasian feminists will soon change your mind.
Just out of curiosity why is it necessary to store them in common?
Report generation.
Didn't KFC have this mastered years ago? To the point where they had to take the word Chicken out of their company name becasue what they sold was so genetically modified that it didn't count as a species of chicken anymore?
No, I mean integration where the change sets and bugs are stored in a common database schema.
What do the other systems do better?
Integrate with version control and project planning systems.
The average consumer is still buying Full-Screen edition of the movies.
Actually widescreen DVDs are outselling fullscreen versions by a wide margin. Blockbuster generally carries many more copies in widescreen format, and a lot of popular movies, say Pirates of the Carribean are not even coming out in fullscreen.
HD-DVD format acceptance will depend mostly on whether there is a format war or not. HDTVs already account for about 20% of the sets sold today; that is probably enough to start a good market in HDTV players IF there is a single format.
That's all ok except for the CVS part. Use subversion and you will have it right.
Didn't check it first to see if critical work could be done?
Those responsible have been sacked!
The converse is true as well. The effects of the Chemical Engineering profession on public health (in terms of increasing average lifespan) are much greater than the medical profession.
Water treatment technology is the single greatest contributor towards reducing disease.
Penicillin was a laboratory curiosity, unused except in lab testing after being discovered in 1928. Chemical engineers figured out how to mass produce it in 40,000 L reactors during WWII.
Maybe, maybe not, but if you want a REAL man-made disaster look for the long term effects of environmental degradation - we have already had deforestation kill millions in the sub-saraha. Other such abuses of man threaten the entire plantetary biosphere. In comparison Bhopal is a mosquito fart.
To begin with Bugzilla is a very crude bugtracking system that is really only suited for open source projects. It reeks for more generalized issue tracking applications. If you set it up it isn't going to impress management on how cool OSS is. I would suggest looking online for other alternatives. I know that the guys at Tigris.org maintain a list of OSS alternatives, and have their own system wich I think is much nicer than Bugzilla.
This is free the way your tobacco company used to offer free samples before they realized that advertising could wash the minds of the sheeple.
it is impossible to create a full-featured app and still be completely agnostic
Not to mention that if you want the application to perform well you must use vendor specific extensions.
So now we know who AT&T outsources to!
It seems to me that a real progressive would favor a progressive tax structure where the wealthy pay a larger percentage of their income than the less wealthy.
Telephone taxes are just another form of regressive taxes along with sales tax, gas tax, etc. that are not progressive at all. Lousy tax policy IMHO.
That which is created by woman, on the other hand...
You guys have it all wrong.
God creates.
Woman inspires.
Man assembles.
Postgres isn't suitable for Enterprise either until there are real clustering and fail over options.
PHP isn't suitable for enterprises either. To begin with you can't find good PHP programmers. I know, I've tried recruiting them, while there is a good supply of experience J2EE guys.
Then there are the tools for PHP. Yuck.
Microsoft distributes a lot of software, including their developer's network stuff on DVD.
What is the purpose of the Blu-Ray disc.
HDTV resolutions.
that doesn't mean that they will start putting movies on them
Sony has already committed to doing that.
most TV's don't even do dvd's justice
My HDTV supports more resolution than DVD's contain (480i). About 20% of TVs currently sold are HDTV capable, and that percentage is increasing. People that own HDTV's are prime customers already for upconverting DVD players with fancy deinterlacers so that DVD's don't look like crap on their HDTVs. They will jump all over Blu-Ray movie players with 1080p output capabililty.
Americans are pursuing higher education at a record rate, however fewer Americans are pursuing degrees in technical fields.
I really have had good luck with Tenba. They make a wide variety of quite flexible products, and will even do custom jobs.
I, for one, welcome our new robotic cockroach overlords.
I, for one, welcome our new shotgun weilding robot overlords in space!