Just use a compass. You draw a circle, then pick a point on the circle, and draw an arc. You then make the center of the next arc at each intersection of the circle and the first arc, and so on. You then draw lines through each arc intersection for the number of fins you want.
Didn't you ever learn the elegance of simple geometry?
Most families these days have one computer, used by everyone in the house. Sure would be nice to have separate user accounts on that box (Real separate accounts...not that win98 profiling crap) It would be nice if it weren't possible for junior to fsck up dad's perfectly clean install that he spent the better part of the week honing to perfection too.
Trust me...after going back to visit mom 2 months after buying her a computer, it was not pretty!:)
rather than complaining that we don't want big annoying ads, we should be finding ways to make the Internet more profitable for businesses without them.
This site excluded (as we are pretty much the reason the site exists in the first place), isn't it the business's job to figure out how they are going to make money? Why should we care? If I own a business, it is my job to figure out how to make a profit with it.
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I agree too.
Here's another feature I'd like to see:
The ability to filter on ANYTHING. For example, if one day I only want to see stuff that has been modded as "funny" You are using a SQL backend. I don't see why this isn't already an option. Give us real dynamic content, dammit.
You know, I never really minded banner ads. And I still don't, since they get scrolled easily off the top of the page as I start reading.
But when they started being animated gifs, and then later flash. UGH. I disabled animation, and because of that had to miss some instructional stuff done with animated gifs. Distracting me from the stuff I am actually here to read really isn't the way to get me to buy your product. I've actually discovered some neat stuff through the ads here (thinkgeek, etc). But they could really do without the damned animation.
Not that slashdot will not allow animated ads in the future because of my post or anything, but I just needed to get that off my chest.
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And all of this has what to do with what a 7th grader should be learning?
I know I was into computers at that age, but it was a hobby outside of school. School needs to focus on the basic skills (building blocks) that will let that kid make his hobby (the computer) even more rewarding, since he'll actually learn and understand far more than he could ever have on his own.
Hell, even as an ENGINEERING student in COLLEGE, I didn't have my own computer. You see, I was there to, um, learn how to actually *DO* things. Computers are a good tool to do those things, but you really need to learn what it is the computer is doing to make it worthwhile! We didn't learn how to use commercial FEM in school. We learned the equations and methods, then wrote our own.
What, exactly, will a laptop be used for in the teaching of algebra, history, writing? Does nobody use books and teachers anymore? WTF???
This stuff scares the hell out of me. We are not teaching our kids to think or research. We are teaching them how to let a computer figure it out instead.
How can this country ever hope to innovate new ideas, etc, if the children never have to figure out *HOW* computers work, and *HOW* to derive equations, systems, text, etc. to accomplish a given task?
That doesn't work when you have to reboot and make a bios change. I can do all of that stuff using X11 forwarding, and it works better. You probably don't want to play games like half-life that way either(I don't use everybody's quake example..because THAT RUNS NATIVE ON LINUX, YOU FOOLS!)
until you have to replace hardware in one of those, and then you will have to move junk around (keyboard and monitor, or the system itself) when you bring it back up (ie, having to change the bios settings if you add a drive).
I just went through this with my headless firewall. I sure wish I had a KVM for the machines then. Then again, that's about the only time I would ever use it, so I guess it would be wasted money for a little bit of annoyance.
I know you'll hate me for this, but IE IS the best browser. It'S a very fast and spiffy piece of software (Yes, ok, it's insecure).
If we just had it under Linux it would definitely dominate everything.
Coding for this browser (CSS, Javascript) is very simple and efficient.
IE can't render CSS for shit. What are you smoking? And unless they've fixed it recently, their javascript implementation is not compliant either (for example, they used to ditch the case-sensitivity of variables)
Users do want simplicity and ease of use. And it is also true that Linux can't give them this right now. But it's even more true that this can change.
Can you explain this statement to me? How can't linux give simplicity and ease of use? What could be easier to use than a desktop that shows the user only the tools they need, doesn't require routine maintenance just to work, and has an interface that can be fully optimized to the way that person works? Oh yeah, and if you have more than one person using that particular computer, no worries about each one overwriting the other's data/desktop preferences/etc.
I'm not talking system administration. I'm talking ease-of-use. Linux is easier to administer too, but I won't get into that here.
If it had a web interface for scheduling record times, and ethernet. Oh, and a phone jack, so I could plug it into the wall for nothing but video overlay of callerid info..no dialup crap. I just want the callerid displayed on my tv without having to buy more expensive crap or hack something together myself. An email checker video overlay would be pretty spiffy too.
I just want to add to my previous comment. You can embed things, but still keep the code pretty separate. Just write a bunch of modules, and then everything you want to do could just be (in embedded perl, for example) [+ &niftyfunction(@stuff) +] I think using embedded scripting in this fashion is even MORE readable than your separate code/layout way of thinking b/c you don't have a bunch of "print" crap getting in the way of what you are writing, and it also allows your layout guys to do the layout...much less work for you, the programmer, and everything is very maintainable, imagine that!
Perl is highly flexible and can be very modular if you code it properly. My web page isn't a great example, but I do use one module on it:) http://freefall.homeip.net/about/ Real projects I've been a part of, however, have some very nicely abstracted OO routines that allow programmers and layout folks to work together very efficiently using CVS.
I can't say I agree that JSP, ASP, PHP, or any of the *SP family of languages are good design. They encourage exactly the opposite of MVC, they encourage you to mix HTML and (non-display related) programming code.
This leads to a total mess, and even when the mess is kept under control it's usually with lame templating techniques like having a standard header and footer, which are initially expedient but not very flexible. "Initially expedient" is exactly what the *SP languages achieve, but at the price of later ease of development.
Every time I see a post like this, I have to ask...what do you think of 'normal' gui applications? ie, GTK or even raw X11 Protocol stuff? You certainly don't separate your interface from the code driving it there, so what is your point with embedded scripting? Seriously.
On a good team, embedded stuff is a joy. You can have your layout artists do their mockup, and then you just insert the code into their mockup to make it all work. The layout guys can still use their gui publishing tools, and you just have to link the code to the forms. Dangerous with idiots, but very effective when the page layout guys are smart enough to keep their hands off anything between the [($|-|+|#]'s
Yup. My bank is ready to do this for me right now. The company that failed to ship the product I paid for has finally stated that my account should have been credited yesterday (no credit yet...), so if I don't have my money back by tomorrow, I'm disputing the charge through USAA, and am sure they will get my money back for me.
(2) CDs are usually one or two good songs mixed with a lot of crap. I don't really know what to do about this one. How about stop manufacturing boy bands and nurture the real artists out there?
Easy. Use the technology they are so deadset against. Put large servers (or fast pipes to a RIAA server) in every music store. You go in. Listen to a bunch of stuff. You burn a CD with only the songs you want on it, paying for each song. You leave the store with a custom CD with only stuff you like on it. You're happy, music store is happy, RIAA isn't happy though b/c they didn't rape you for money. Artists *should* be happy, b/c they not only sell songs, but now know what people like and what they don't. If they are profit motivated, they'll make more stuff people like. If they are true artists, why do they care either way?
Or, heaven forbid, the people making the presentation could use a little common sense and not use a friggin' 10MB, 600DPI image, scaled down to 3"x3" on a page that will only be viewed on a projector. But by all means, throw more memory, software, hardware, whatever at the problem instead of making the users do things the right way, saving everyone time, money, and aggravation.
I wouldn't say that there are some things that *ONLY* subselects can achieve. Maybe in a single query, but you *CAN* code around it. You basically just use the main selection, and your 'subselects' just get put in a loop. Inefficient, perhaps, but it works until we get real subselects.
I know there are (EXPENSIVE!!) commercial ones, but are there any open-source ones out there? If not, I guess I'll write one when I finally get around to buying a voice modem (for this exact purpose).
Features Mine will have (eventually):
Display on TV using video overlay on incoming calls
Display on any computer in the house that has a daemon listening for info (have it pop on your main box, or maybe add to a web-logger, whatever) The cool way to use this would have the callerid firewall just send a broadcast message on your LAN.
based on callerid string:
Drop
Drop with Default Message
Drop with Specific Message
Take message, answer with default message
Take message, answer with specific message
Each filter rule will perform one of the actions in the above list, and will also be configured for number of rings to take action on, and whether to log the event or not.
This should be a really simple project, and yet I don't see anything like it anywhere.
And is the reason nobody can ever get out from under the stranglehold of microsoft these days. Thy *LIKE* that it was pirated in the past. Now all the idiots are locked in, and alternatives are suffering. OS/2 is gone as are many other competitors. Microsoft loves that you guys pirated instead of buying other solutions. Thanks.
What would be a free ISP application for Linux? What would be a free web based mail application which also lets you use client based access like Outlook Express and Hotmail? What would be an AIM program for linux which lets you send files?
what is an 'ISP application'?
Lots of free webmail apps out there (look in freshmeat) or, god forbid, take the day (literally) it takes to piece one together with PHP or embedded perl.
I've never had a problem sending/receiving files using everybuddy.
seriously...what the hell are you running windoze through vmware for when all these things exist natively?
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Just use a compass. You draw a circle, then pick a point on the circle, and draw an arc. You then make the center of the next arc at each intersection of the circle and the first arc, and so on. You then draw lines through each arc intersection for the number of fins you want.
Didn't you ever learn the elegance of simple geometry?
Most families these days have one computer, used by everyone in the house. Sure would be nice to have separate user accounts on that box (Real separate accounts...not that win98 profiling crap) It would be nice if it weren't possible for junior to fsck up dad's perfectly clean install that he spent the better part of the week honing to perfection too.
:)
Trust me...after going back to visit mom 2 months after buying her a computer, it was not pretty!
and adding to the question...
:)
Is Timur Tabi still an active OS/2 user/advocate? I remember how proud I was the day he used my figshell program and complimented me on it
I think Timur's been playing with linux lately hasn't he?
This site excluded (as we are pretty much the reason the site exists in the first place), isn't it the business's job to figure out how they are going to make money? Why should we care? If I own a business, it is my job to figure out how to make a profit with it.
I agree too.
Here's another feature I'd like to see:
The ability to filter on ANYTHING. For example, if one day I only want to see stuff that has been modded as "funny" You are using a SQL backend. I don't see why this isn't already an option. Give us real dynamic content, dammit.
You know, I never really minded banner ads. And I still don't, since they get scrolled easily off the top of the page as I start reading.
But when they started being animated gifs, and then later flash. UGH. I disabled animation, and because of that had to miss some instructional stuff done with animated gifs. Distracting me from the stuff I am actually here to read really isn't the way to get me to buy your product. I've actually discovered some neat stuff through the ads here (thinkgeek, etc). But they could really do without the damned animation.
Not that slashdot will not allow animated ads in the future because of my post or anything, but I just needed to get that off my chest.
And all of this has what to do with what a 7th grader should be learning?
I know I was into computers at that age, but it was a hobby outside of school. School needs to focus on the basic skills (building blocks) that will let that kid make his hobby (the computer) even more rewarding, since he'll actually learn and understand far more than he could ever have on his own.
Does a 7th grader need with a laptop????
Hell, even as an ENGINEERING student in COLLEGE, I didn't have my own computer. You see, I was there to, um, learn how to actually *DO* things. Computers are a good tool to do those things, but you really need to learn what it is the computer is doing to make it worthwhile! We didn't learn how to use commercial FEM in school. We learned the equations and methods, then wrote our own.
What, exactly, will a laptop be used for in the teaching of algebra, history, writing? Does nobody use books and teachers anymore? WTF???
This stuff scares the hell out of me. We are not teaching our kids to think or research. We are teaching them how to let a computer figure it out instead.
How can this country ever hope to innovate new ideas, etc, if the children never have to figure out *HOW* computers work, and *HOW* to derive equations, systems, text, etc. to accomplish a given task?
That doesn't work when you have to reboot and make a bios change. I can do all of that stuff using X11 forwarding, and it works better. You probably don't want to play games like half-life that way either(I don't use everybody's quake example..because THAT RUNS NATIVE ON LINUX, YOU FOOLS!)
until you have to replace hardware in one of those, and then you will have to move junk around (keyboard and monitor, or the system itself) when you bring it back up (ie, having to change the bios settings if you add a drive).
I just went through this with my headless firewall. I sure wish I had a KVM for the machines then. Then again, that's about the only time I would ever use it, so I guess it would be wasted money for a little bit of annoyance.
whoa...I can post again.
Anyway...
http://rox.sourceforge.net/
Enough said.
IE can't render CSS for shit. What are you smoking? And unless they've fixed it recently, their javascript implementation is not compliant either (for example, they used to ditch the case-sensitivity of variables)
Can you explain this statement to me? How can't linux give simplicity and ease of use? What could be easier to use than a desktop that shows the user only the tools they need, doesn't require routine maintenance just to work, and has an interface that can be fully optimized to the way that person works? Oh yeah, and if you have more than one person using that particular computer, no worries about each one overwriting the other's data/desktop preferences/etc.
I'm not talking system administration. I'm talking ease-of-use. Linux is easier to administer too, but I won't get into that here.
If it had a web interface for scheduling record times, and ethernet. Oh, and a phone jack, so I could plug it into the wall for nothing but video overlay of callerid info..no dialup crap. I just want the callerid displayed on my tv without having to buy more expensive crap or hack something together myself. An email checker video overlay would be pretty spiffy too.
I just want to add to my previous comment. You can embed things, but still keep the code pretty separate. Just write a bunch of modules, and then everything you want to do could just be (in embedded perl, for example) [+ &niftyfunction(@stuff) +] I think using embedded scripting in this fashion is even MORE readable than your separate code/layout way of thinking b/c you don't have a bunch of "print" crap getting in the way of what you are writing, and it also allows your layout guys to do the layout...much less work for you, the programmer, and everything is very maintainable, imagine that!
:) http://freefall.homeip.net/about/ Real projects I've been a part of, however, have some very nicely abstracted OO routines that allow programmers and layout folks to work together very efficiently using CVS.
Perl is highly flexible and can be very modular if you code it properly. My web page isn't a great example, but I do use one module on it
Every time I see a post like this, I have to ask...what do you think of 'normal' gui applications? ie, GTK or even raw X11 Protocol stuff? You certainly don't separate your interface from the code driving it there, so what is your point with embedded scripting? Seriously.
On a good team, embedded stuff is a joy. You can have your layout artists do their mockup, and then you just insert the code into their mockup to make it all work. The layout guys can still use their gui publishing tools, and you just have to link the code to the forms. Dangerous with idiots, but very effective when the page layout guys are smart enough to keep their hands off anything between the [($|-|+|#]'s
Yup. My bank is ready to do this for me right now. The company that failed to ship the product I paid for has finally stated that my account should have been credited yesterday (no credit yet...), so if I don't have my money back by tomorrow, I'm disputing the charge through USAA, and am sure they will get my money back for me.
Or, heaven forbid, the people making the presentation could use a little common sense and not use a friggin' 10MB, 600DPI image, scaled down to 3"x3" on a page that will only be viewed on a projector. But by all means, throw more memory, software, hardware, whatever at the problem instead of making the users do things the right way, saving everyone time, money, and aggravation.
I wouldn't say that there are some things that *ONLY* subselects can achieve. Maybe in a single query, but you *CAN* code around it. You basically just use the main selection, and your 'subselects' just get put in a loop. Inefficient, perhaps, but it works until we get real subselects.
This should be a really simple project, and yet I don't see anything like it anywhere.
And is the reason nobody can ever get out from under the stranglehold of microsoft these days. Thy *LIKE* that it was pirated in the past. Now all the idiots are locked in, and alternatives are suffering. OS/2 is gone as are many other competitors. Microsoft loves that you guys pirated instead of buying other solutions. Thanks.
seriously...what the hell are you running windoze through vmware for when all these things exist natively?
Did you enjoy the Wesly Crusher character? Why or Why not?
did you read the installation manual (PDF)? Apparently not.
Page 9, installation types, network installation.