I've tried to uthe lithpe, but I find it jutht doethn't have the thtrong typing of java, or the eathe of creating eathily extenthible uther-defined typeth.
that and there'th thothe thtupid pronunthiation problemth.
that initially read that as the "Higgs Bogon"? I read the rest of the summary before I reread the actualy name of the particle, so the comic effect was quite good.
What's better than the turtle? It runs on super-old, virtually free hardware (can you say Apple II/E? I knew you could). It teaches the fundamentals of programming (arguments, control loops, etc). Logowriter provides instant feedback, which is a plus to new programmers -- type FD 50, and *watch* the turtle move! It's COOL.
Logo was the first language I ever learned, and without a doubt, it was what got me started in programming. By the end of my third year I was making movies complete with animations and music. It's the ultimate sandbox, it's cheap (if not free), and kids don't even know they're "programming".
I'm working on something vaguely similar to this as part of my Embedded Linux Challenge entry...
Using a PC-104 device, supplied by ELJ, I'm making use of two radio transceivers... They have a data rate of 56k (though I believe you can purchace higher-data-rate modules) and range of, get this, 40 km, line-of-sight. We're currently doing testing to ascertain the range without line-of-sight in various situations (city, suburbs, woods, etc) so I can't comment on how well they do, though 5 miles should be plenty close to maintain the full data rate...
They can connect using a "developers'" board that contains an RS-232 chip, and some status LEDs... quite cool, all told. They run on 5-12 VDC, so batteries are certainly an option.
>Except that the GPL dosn't go activly seeking other programs to asimilate. Whereas Microsoft certainly enguages in this kind of behaviour
Okay... so the GPL is a sort of STD that turns people's hair blue? Like, everyone can see that your partner has it, but if you get it, it's your fault?
]> 3) This guy didn't care about the use of the
]> name OpenSSH until his customers started
]> getting confused.
]This is EXACTLY why they've lost the trademark. ]You have to defend trademarks, you can't just sit ]on your hands until you're worried about
]losing business
You've got that exactly backwards. The purpose of trademarks is to prevent brand name dilution, which is precisely what's going on here.
When my research lab got two M$ optical mice, we didn't even get around to installing them for a day or two. We spent our time trying to figure out how the circuit that made the light flash worked!
IIRC, it's an LED and a zener diode "backwards-wired", in parallel with a resistor (like 1 M ohm or so). The light blinks after the zener breaks down, or something like that (I'm not a circuits guy). We then rewired that damn thing with a potentiometer to control the rate of flash of the LED.
Net result? A room full of geeks mezmerized by a flashing light and no work done for a day...:-)
Again, IIRC, the circuit looks like this:
(slashdot killed my formatting)
______
| | |
+ | D'
- R |
| | L
|___|_|
R=1 M-ohm resistor
D'=zener diode with a very low breakdown voltage, wired "backwards"
L= light-emitting diode wired "right"
Remember, I'm not a circuits guy (hell, I dropped out of high school and am in my first semester of college!) so I may be way off here...
TheNewWazoo
("...no sir, I haven't taken Circuits 1.")
I know this may sound a tad wierd, but how about dedicating your entire day to your s.o.? When my girlfriend and I want to celebrate something, or even just feel close, we will take a day off work/school and do things we both enjoy.
If you live near Washington, D.C., how about visiting the Smithsonian museums? Or any museums in your area? Here in Tallahassee, FL, geeks (and normals) can go on tours of the National High Magnetic Field Lab (full of cool geeky equipment!) Or perhaps even just going to a book store and letting him/her run free to choose any book on any topic, without a budget? And while he/she is looking, how about picking up some sort of game book (like card games, or the like)? It's a great way to kill a day!
I often find that just spending time is often the best gift, and that the material posessions gained along the way are just icing on the cake.
Some of my notes look like: "Hay 3 radii per fund. pd. del func." (uh, yeah)... that particular example uses english and spanish. Basically, I combine "compacting words" (like "hay" in spanish = there is/are) and words that are easy to write fast (like "cirque" in French), along with standard abbreviations (like std. for "standard").
It's wierd to try and share notes, and it might take a bit to deciper it, but it works for me.
Okay, I hate this as much as everyone else, but this caught my eye:
----------------
Q: Is the information received used for any type of profiling?
A: No. We do not perform any type of profiling. Information received is used in aggregate form by the Center for the Prevention of School violence to track school violence trends and to develop effective and relevant strategies to help schools stem violence.
----------------
No, I don't believe them, but I thought I should pass this along. With that said, they give a lot more info on what questions you're gonna need to answer... make sure you plan ahead before you jam the system;-)
In their "license overview" page, they state "if you want to sell the
content itself commercially, you have to get permission from Project
Mayo first".
WHAT???
So Fender guitars controls my music just because I happen to use their
instrument? So Adobe controls my web graphics solely because I created
it with Photoshop? So Mathworks controls the results of my simulations
simply because they wrote Matlab?
I've got to be *way* off base here. Tell me I am. Enlighten me. Or are
things just that fscked up?
Brandon Matthews
Co-Senior Lab Administrator
Information Processing and Transmission Engineering Laboratory
Florida State University
(850) 410-6415 - UNX, RX-7 - old-tech, efficient, the both of them
I'm a 17-year old programmer that got my start at a "gifted" school when I was in 4th grade. I started with LogoWriter (remember the turtle?) programming neat designs, then movies (guy walks out of his house, waters his plants, and get blown up by a helicopter), and finally songs ("Winnie the Pooh" and "Puff the Magic Dragon", to name two)... this program has everything needed to give the fundamental knowledge to a kid (control loops, functions w/ local and global variables, etc)... not only that, but it's a language kids can associate with (instant *visible* feedback, ala 'FD 50, RT 90, FD 23'). I also think that the "flip side" vs "real side" paradigm is neat ["real side" is an interactive command interpreter, while the "flip side" allows users write static routines].
I don't know about its availability on other-than-AppleIIs, but I know that a windows version exists *somewhere*. It's an interesting piece of software that really lets kids *see* what each command is doing... that's the most important part; to understand <TT> int main() { printf("hello world"); } </TT> you've got to first explain functions, data types, syntax peculiarities, etc. With LogoWriter, they jump right in and type "FD 50" and the turtle moves -- boom, it's done. Type "RT 90" and they see the turtle point 90 degrees to the right -- again, instant gratification.
I could go on for hours about LogoWriter (its applications for teaching basic geometry, its basic animation capabilities, its simplistic "TONE" command)... but I hope I've givin you a good option... I loved logowriter, and I'm sure most other geek-type kids would... Check it out.
It looks to me like this patent covers a device which holds intructions belonging to one instruction set (say, x86) and translates them into another instruction set (say AXP) for execution. It also looks like it holds these instructions in memory until it can be verified that they will execute without errors, and then stores them for later execution. It also covers circuitry that removes these stored instructions...
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I've tried to uthe lithpe, but I find it jutht doethn't have the thtrong typing of java, or the eathe of creating eathily extenthible uther-defined typeth.
that and there'th thothe thtupid pronunthiation problemth.
TheNewWazoo
that initially read that as the "Higgs Bogon"? I read the rest of the summary before I reread the actualy name of the particle, so the comic effect was quite good.
TheNewWazoo
(Bored on a Saturday)
What's better than the turtle? It runs on super-old, virtually free hardware (can you say Apple II/E? I knew you could). It teaches the fundamentals of programming (arguments, control loops, etc). Logowriter provides instant feedback, which is a plus to new programmers -- type FD 50, and *watch* the turtle move! It's COOL.
Logo was the first language I ever learned, and without a doubt, it was what got me started in programming. By the end of my third year I was making movies complete with animations and music. It's the ultimate sandbox, it's cheap (if not free), and kids don't even know they're "programming".
My $0.04
Brandon
What other languages do you use? Why do you use them? Are any of them better than python? When can I expect Parrot to be released? ;-)
TheNewWazoo
No, no, no... what *I* want to see is evidence that all those millions of people being sick somehow induces sunspots...
Imagine that... "Cover your mouth when you sneeze, Johnny, or you may cause another sunspot."
TheNewWazoo
I'm working on something vaguely similar to this as part of my Embedded Linux Challenge entry...
Using a PC-104 device, supplied by ELJ, I'm making use of two radio transceivers... They have a data rate of 56k (though I believe you can purchace higher-data-rate modules) and range of, get this, 40 km, line-of-sight. We're currently doing testing to ascertain the range without line-of-sight in various situations (city, suburbs, woods, etc) so I can't comment on how well they do, though 5 miles should be plenty close to maintain the full data rate...
They can connect using a "developers'" board that contains an RS-232 chip, and some status LEDs... quite cool, all told. They run on 5-12 VDC, so batteries are certainly an option.
They're made by World Wireless Communications. IIRC, they cost us something like $400/piece. Look into 'em.
TheNewWazoo
>Except that the GPL dosn't go activly seeking other programs to asimilate. Whereas Microsoft certainly enguages in this kind of behaviour
Okay... so the GPL is a sort of STD that turns people's hair blue? Like, everyone can see that your partner has it, but if you get it, it's your fault?
I'm tired
TheNewWazoo
]> 3) This guy didn't care about the use of the
]> name OpenSSH until his customers started
]> getting confused.
]This is EXACTLY why they've lost the trademark. ]You have to defend trademarks, you can't just sit ]on your hands until you're worried about
]losing business
You've got that exactly backwards. The purpose of trademarks is to prevent brand name dilution, which is precisely what's going on here.
The New Wazoo
("It's not old!")
Ha. You think you're a geek?
:-)
When my research lab got two M$ optical mice, we didn't even get around to installing them for a day or two. We spent our time trying to figure out how the circuit that made the light flash worked!
IIRC, it's an LED and a zener diode "backwards-wired", in parallel with a resistor (like 1 M ohm or so). The light blinks after the zener breaks down, or something like that (I'm not a circuits guy). We then rewired that damn thing with a potentiometer to control the rate of flash of the LED.
Net result? A room full of geeks mezmerized by a flashing light and no work done for a day...
Again, IIRC, the circuit looks like this:
(slashdot killed my formatting)
______
| | |
+ | D'
- R |
| | L
|___|_|
R=1 M-ohm resistor
D'=zener diode with a very low breakdown voltage, wired "backwards"
L= light-emitting diode wired "right"
Remember, I'm not a circuits guy (hell, I dropped out of high school and am in my first semester of college!) so I may be way off here...
TheNewWazoo
("...no sir, I haven't taken Circuits 1.")
I know this may sound a tad wierd, but how about dedicating your entire day to your s.o.? When my girlfriend and I want to celebrate something, or even just feel close, we will take a day off work/school and do things we both enjoy.
If you live near Washington, D.C., how about visiting the Smithsonian museums? Or any museums in your area? Here in Tallahassee, FL, geeks (and normals) can go on tours of the National High Magnetic Field Lab (full of cool geeky equipment!) Or perhaps even just going to a book store and letting him/her run free to choose any book on any topic, without a budget? And while he/she is looking, how about picking up some sort of game book (like card games, or the like)? It's a great way to kill a day!
I often find that just spending time is often the best gift, and that the material posessions gained along the way are just icing on the cake.
The New Wazoo
("...yes sir, I am 17 years old.")
...try combining languages.
Some of my notes look like: "Hay 3 radii per fund. pd. del func." (uh, yeah)... that particular example uses english and spanish. Basically, I combine "compacting words" (like "hay" in spanish = there is/are) and words that are easy to write fast (like "cirque" in French), along with standard abbreviations (like std. for "standard").
It's wierd to try and share notes, and it might take a bit to deciper it, but it works for me.
The Wazoo (the not-old one)
Okay, I hate this as much as everyone else, but this caught my eye:
;-)
----------------
Q: Is the information received used for any type of profiling?
A: No. We do not perform any type of profiling. Information received is used in aggregate form by the Center for the Prevention of School violence to track school violence trends and to develop effective and relevant strategies to help schools stem violence.
----------------
No, I don't believe them, but I thought I should pass this along. With that said, they give a lot more info on what questions you're gonna need to answer... make sure you plan ahead before you jam the system
http://www.waveamerica.com/wave/wavefaq.asp
The Waz
"It's not old!" -- my slogan!
Hey. Keep this in mind: HE WAS NOT ELECTED. All electoral college bullshit aside, more people voted for Gore.
TheNewWazoo
It's not old!
Hold it, hold it, hold it....
In their "license overview" page, they state "if you want to sell the
content itself commercially, you have to get permission from Project
Mayo first".
WHAT???
So Fender guitars controls my music just because I happen to use their
instrument? So Adobe controls my web graphics solely because I created
it with Photoshop? So Mathworks controls the results of my simulations
simply because they wrote Matlab?
I've got to be *way* off base here. Tell me I am. Enlighten me. Or are
things just that fscked up?
Brandon Matthews
Co-Senior Lab Administrator
Information Processing and Transmission Engineering Laboratory
Florida State University
(850) 410-6415 - UNX, RX-7 - old-tech, efficient, the both of them
I'm a 17-year old programmer that got my start at a "gifted" school when I was in 4th grade. I started with LogoWriter (remember the turtle?) programming neat designs, then movies (guy walks out of his house, waters his plants, and get blown up by a helicopter), and finally songs ("Winnie the Pooh" and "Puff the Magic Dragon", to name two)... this program has everything needed to give the fundamental knowledge to a kid (control loops, functions w/ local and global variables, etc)... not only that, but it's a language kids can associate with (instant *visible* feedback, ala 'FD 50, RT 90, FD 23'). I also think that the "flip side" vs "real side" paradigm is neat ["real side" is an interactive command interpreter, while the "flip side" allows users write static routines].
I don't know about its availability on other-than-AppleIIs, but I know that a windows version exists *somewhere*. It's an interesting piece of software that really lets kids *see* what each command is doing... that's the most important part; to understand <TT> int main() { printf("hello world"); } </TT> you've got to first explain functions, data types, syntax peculiarities, etc. With LogoWriter, they jump right in and type "FD 50" and the turtle moves -- boom, it's done. Type "RT 90" and they see the turtle point 90 degrees to the right -- again, instant gratification.
I could go on for hours about LogoWriter (its applications for teaching basic geometry, its basic animation capabilities, its simplistic "TONE" command)... but I hope I've givin you a good option... I loved logowriter, and I'm sure most other geek-type kids would... Check it out.
BKM
It looks to me like this patent covers a device which holds intructions belonging to one instruction set (say, x86) and translates them into another instruction set (say AXP) for execution. It also looks like it holds these instructions in memory until it can be verified that they will execute without errors, and then stores them for later execution. It also covers circuitry that removes these stored instructions...
IANAL/CS. My best guess...
Hey moderators!!! bump this up a few, would ya? (JIC)