Flip a coin with heads = 0, and tails = 1 as many times as needed.
First flip gives a 0 or 1 for the ones, Second flip gives a 0 or 1 for the twos, Third flip gives a 0 or 1 for the fours, Fourth flip gives a 0 or 1 for the eights, etc. etc..
Convert from binary to decimal, and voilà! Random number!
What are your thoughts at this time as to which models are in the running?
iMac, G5 PowerMac, or
iBook, Mac Mini, then again maybe a big gun Powerbook?
I got a dual 2 GHz G5 last August. I've loved it, but...
Were I to do it over again I'd get a G5 iMac. Small footprint, and 20" display. I'm currently running an old 15" Apple flat panel. It's not the blue one, but the gray one that looks like the blue one. I'd really love to have a 20". Ah well...
What I find interesting is that his father Tobias Dantzig. Ol' Tobias was a Russian mathematician, was a student of Henri Poincaré at the Sorbonne and the author of NUMBER: The Language of Science.
As a physics major, and grad student I bumped into a couple of three fellow students in physics that were down right scary. In all three instances they came from academic families and had *very* strong backgrounds in the subject.
One of these guys had a dad who was a professor of physics, and a mother who was a professor of mathematics. This dude graduated college Summa Cum Laude (he had a 4.0) in three years with a double major in physics and math. He was a really nice guy, quite athletic, and ---drum roll please-- dated regularly.
One seriously scary dude...
One day I said something to one of my physics profs about the dude and my prof told me about his background. My prof who was 'grand old man' of the department point out that having a background such as this fellow had put him at *great* advantage with respect to other students.
My prof was not putting the fellow down. He's point was the the fellow was without question quite gifted, but those gifts would not have been realized without his background.
Your refering to Gary Kildall and thus to DR (Digital Research) of CP/M, and GEM fame, not to DEC (Digital Equipment Corporation) of Vax, VMS, and PDP-11 fame.
And yes I'm that old. I do remember when all the above was "hot stuff."
I drive a 2000 Dodge Pickup with a Cummings turbo diesel.
I use much less petroleum than the hybrids, as most of the fuel that I burn is biodiesel. Diesel in this neck of the woods runs about a $2.25/gallon, the cost of my bidiesel is less than fifty cents a gallon.
Now if I could only get that 225 hp outboard on my bassboat to run on biodiesel...
"Same thing with the iPod, you buy the iPod with the knowledge that you will either have to use iTunes OR rip your own cd's."
Nope.
You can use any mp3 file with an iPod. If you own say an old eight track tape of say Deep Purples Machine Head, you can use a friends Machine CD to rip the tracks from. Alternately, you could use Limewire to download the mp3 and use them.
The issue is whether on not you have a right to the material on a particular CD, album, or tape. If you have that right then there is no GOOD reason for you not to have an mp3 on your iPod.
Natural law trumps statutory law, common law, case law, and constitutional law.
Look at the "war on drugs." Is there anyone in the US who wants really drugs that can't get them? Of course not. (Well maybe those in prison, etc..) Many persons such as myself have no interest at all in procuring drugs, but would not bat an eyelash at purchasing a 'black market TV' etc..
If the flags went into place the market for pirate devices would skyrocket. Not only would I not have a problem purchasing 'black market electronics', I'd not have a problem making $$$ by smuggling 'black market electronics' into the US.
Passing laws, establishing regulations, etc. is simply not going to be effective in restricting the flow of technology.
Ultimately, all the $$$ spent by the MPAA, and RIAA will be for naught.
It's got the ol' research juices flowing big time. Spent the entire day reading online papers on the subject. Fun! Fun! Fun!
Did I say this was Fun?!?!?!?
Allow me to recomend the following articles, and papers...
http://www.physicstoday.org/vol-57/iss-6/p37.htm l
JOURNAL OF OPTICS A: PURE AND APPLIED OPTICS: J. Opt. A: Pure Appl. Opt. 7 (2005) S3-S11
Left-handed electromagnetism obtained via nanostructured metamaterials: comparison with that from microstructured photonic crystals Mathias Perrin, Sophie Fasquel, Thibaut Decoopman, Xavier M?elique, Olivier Vanb?esien, E Lheurette and Didier Lippens
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Index_of_refraction see also Snell's Law,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snell%27s_law
Snell's Law: n(a) sin A = n(b) sin B,
where a n(a) is the index of refraction of medium a, and A is the incidence, and n(b) is the index of refraction of medium b, and B is the angle of refraction, where both A, and B are normal with respect to the surface between the two media.
The plane formed by the normal line, and the of incident ray will contain the the refracted ray whether the index of refraction is positive or negative. However, a positive index of refraction will produce a refracted ray that will be measured in the positive direction from the normal line, whereas a negitive index of refraction will produce a refractive ray that has an angle of refraction that is measured measured in the negitive direction from the normal line.
Strict liability is an abomination! It has no place in criminal law.
The MOST pressing problem in law today is prosecutors trying to lessen their burden of proof. I say again without culpability there is no crime.
I had a prof. (physics) who was on a jury where a man was charged with drug smuggling. The man plead not guilty. He was a truck driver and stated that he was hired to drive a truck that was hauling a innocuous cargo. Drugs were hidden in the trailer.
The long and short of it was that the jury found the man not guilty, regardless of the strict liability standard. It's one thing to have strict liability standards, it's quite another to get juries to convict via that standard.
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The dead own nothing. Caesar has been dead for way more than a millennia. Therefore it is right and proper to render nothing to Caesar.
QED
Yep.
Anyone, other than me, read "Rare Earth: Why Complex Life is Uncommon in the Universe" --Peter Ward, Donald Brownlee
Try this:
Flip a coin with heads = 0, and tails = 1 as many times as needed.
First flip gives a 0 or 1 for the ones,
Second flip gives a 0 or 1 for the twos,
Third flip gives a 0 or 1 for the fours,
Fourth flip gives a 0 or 1 for the eights,
etc. etc..
Convert from binary to decimal, and voilà! Random number!
What are your thoughts at this time as to which models are in the running?
iMac, G5 PowerMac, or
iBook, Mac Mini, then again maybe a big gun Powerbook?
I got a dual 2 GHz G5 last August. I've loved it, but...
Were I to do it over again I'd get a G5 iMac. Small footprint, and 20" display. I'm currently running an old 15" Apple flat panel. It's not the blue one, but the gray one that looks like the blue one. I'd really love to have a 20". Ah well...
The French and American legal and judicial systems are different.
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The American system is based on English Common Law.
The French system is based on The Napoleonic Code.
See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_law_(legal_sys
What I find interesting is that his father Tobias Dantzig. Ol' Tobias was a Russian mathematician, was a student of Henri Poincaré at the Sorbonne and the author of NUMBER: The Language of Science.
As a physics major, and grad student I bumped into a couple of three fellow students in physics that were down right scary. In all three instances they came from academic families and had *very* strong backgrounds in the subject.
One of these guys had a dad who was a professor of physics, and a mother who was a professor of mathematics. This dude graduated college Summa Cum Laude (he had a 4.0) in three years with a double major in physics and math. He was a really nice guy, quite athletic, and ---drum roll please-- dated regularly.
One seriously scary dude...
One day I said something to one of my physics profs about the dude and my prof told me about his background. My prof who was 'grand old man' of the department point out that having a background such as this fellow had put him at *great* advantage with respect to other students.
My prof was not putting the fellow down. He's point was the the fellow was without question quite gifted, but those gifts would not have been realized without his background.
Farkle!
DEC guy?????
Your refering to Gary Kildall and thus to DR (Digital Research) of CP/M, and GEM fame, not to DEC (Digital Equipment Corporation) of Vax, VMS, and PDP-11 fame.
And yes I'm that old. I do remember when all the above was "hot stuff."
"15. Please tell us who killed JFK. It's been driving us crazy."
Lee Harvey Oswald*
*'Case Closed'--ISBN: 0679418253
"Why do the British drink warm beer?"
For the same reason that they eat jellied eels.
I drive a 2000 Dodge Pickup with a Cummings turbo diesel.
I use much less petroleum than the hybrids, as most of the fuel that I burn is biodiesel. Diesel in this neck of the woods runs about a $2.25/gallon, the cost of my bidiesel is less than fifty cents a gallon.
Now if I could only get that 225 hp outboard on my bassboat to run on biodiesel...
"Same thing with the iPod, you buy the iPod with the knowledge that you will either have to use iTunes OR rip your own cd's."
Nope.
You can use any mp3 file with an iPod. If you own say an old eight track tape of say Deep Purples Machine Head, you can use a friends Machine CD to rip the tracks from. Alternately, you could use Limewire to download the mp3 and use them.
The issue is whether on not you have a right to the material on a particular CD, album, or tape. If you have that right then there is no GOOD reason for you not to have an mp3 on your iPod.
"I spent my childhood being beaten up by bullies."
Your dad shoud have shown the Vulcan bully grip. Once demonstrated bullies WILL leave you alone.
Sir,
Allow me to introduce myself.
I am Nefarious D. Felineslammer, and my company is Cat Assassins of Texas.
I can be reached at 1-800-DEADCAT, that's 1-800-DEADCAT.
Our motto is, You Pay, We Slay.
Call now to hear your last meow.
Natural law trumps statutory law, common law, case law, and constitutional law.
Look at the "war on drugs." Is there anyone in the US who wants really drugs that can't get them? Of course not. (Well maybe those in prison, etc..) Many persons such as myself have no interest at all in procuring drugs, but would not bat an eyelash at purchasing a 'black market TV' etc..
If the flags went into place the market for pirate devices would skyrocket. Not only would I not have a problem purchasing 'black market electronics', I'd not have a problem making $$$ by smuggling 'black market electronics' into the US.
Passing laws, establishing regulations, etc. is simply not going to be effective in restricting the flow of technology.
Ultimately, all the $$$ spent by the MPAA, and RIAA will be for naught.
Natural Law will prevail.
"My hovercraft is full of eels." You great poofta!
Reykjavik...
Isn't that the capital of the Chess Republic?
I believe that Prime Minister Fisher lives there...
And you're missing step 4.
4) REVOLUTION!
Burn Baby, Burn! ---MP3s!
I hate the X-Box.
I'm looking forward to it coming out for the Mac.
More like Revenge of the Foul....
Amen!
m l
This is a reeeeeaaaalllllyyyyy hot post.
It's got the ol' research juices flowing big time. Spent the entire day reading online papers on the subject. Fun! Fun! Fun!
Did I say this was Fun?!?!?!?
Allow me to recomend the following articles, and papers...
http://www.physicstoday.org/vol-57/iss-6/p37.ht
JOURNAL OF OPTICS A: PURE AND APPLIED OPTICS:
J. Opt. A: Pure Appl. Opt. 7 (2005) S3-S11
Left-handed electromagnetism obtained via nanostructured metamaterials: comparison with that from microstructured photonic crystals Mathias Perrin, Sophie Fasquel, Thibaut Decoopman, Xavier M?elique, Olivier Vanb?esien, E Lheurette and Didier Lippens
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Index_of_refraction
see also Snell's Law,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snell%27s_law
Snell's Law: n(a) sin A = n(b) sin B,
where a n(a) is the index of refraction of medium a, and A is the incidence, and n(b) is the index of refraction of medium b, and B is the angle of refraction, where both A, and B are normal with respect to the surface between the two media.
The plane formed by the normal line, and the of incident ray will contain the the refracted ray whether the index of refraction is positive or negative. However, a positive index of refraction will produce a refracted ray that will be measured in the positive direction from the normal line, whereas a negitive index of refraction will produce a refractive ray that has an angle of refraction that is measured measured in the negitive direction from the normal line.
STB
Just adding to the confusion...
Your previous post was quite comprehensible, as was the parent article of this thread.
Oh, wait...
Not everybody majored in physics.
Never mind...
Very few...
A we speaking in terms of numbers, or percentages?
Assuming that the U.S.A. has a population of 300,000,000; not a bad assumption.
Then 10,000,000 is 3.33...%, or 1 in 30 persons in the U.S.A. can't ware contacts.
So how few constitutes few in terms of percentage?
Strict liability is an abomination! It has no place in criminal law.
The MOST pressing problem in law today is prosecutors trying to lessen their burden of proof. I say again without culpability there is no crime.
I had a prof. (physics) who was on a jury where a man was charged with drug smuggling. The man plead not guilty. He was a truck driver and stated that he was hired to drive a truck that was hauling a innocuous cargo. Drugs were hidden in the trailer.
The long and short of it was that the jury found the man not guilty, regardless of the strict liability standard. It's one thing to have strict liability standards, it's quite another to get juries to convict via that standard.