about all I would add is some simple programming functionality so I can do basic field calculations when I'm on site or compute payments when haggling over the price of a car.
But yea, what made the old HP's great what that they were durable and well featured *calculators*. I used to have a 42-CV, which I could do basic matrix calculations on. This saved me a trip to the terminals in college. Nowadays I have a 42s that I *don't* loan out.
If I got to do anything more complex than that, I'd just as soon be at my desktop where I can take my time and think about it anyways.
I have a few ideas for computer designs, one of which is for a mobile computer. I know you can get just about anything you need for a desktop system but, it there anything available that would allow someone to design and build his own, battery-powered, mobile computer "off-the-shelf"?
That box of steel you lug around protects you from the weather - something neither a motorcycle nor a bicycle can do. One solution might be to get a minimalst "econo-box" of a car.
If your not lugging a bunch of extra stuff with you and there are no serious hills, 18 miles really isn't that bad on a good bicycle. If you do have to lug stuff, check out http://www.breezerbikes.com/
Although, with the latter option, you're looking at an hour and a half commute, at least until you start to get used to the ride.
Then you should be able to do it for a yacht or larger boat. It would be really cool to see somebody sail around the world on eco-power. -- now, let me anticipate a few responses....
1) Ummmm...what about sails? A: Sails don't generate heat and electricity.
2) Cloudy days? Can also use wind generators in addition to solar power.
Given the success I've been having with OpenOffice lately, I think I'd probably more inclined to try out StarOffice first if I were deploying this for a business.
Too bad....WordPerfect was once my favorite word processor.
"After a series of complaints, Riverside County's deputy counsel, William Kenison, recently asked the sheriff's department to stop e-mailing daily arrest records to lawyers -- unless they sign a statement promising not to use the lists to pitch prospective clients."
ummm....what else are they going to use that data for?
Nah...we'd have to use all the oil we found just to fly back...of course, that's assuming that there were once dinosaurs on Sedna...pretty bold assumption considering we just found that damn thing..
The average "elite" level cyclist can sustain about 700W, which is darned near 1 HP. Pretty impressive but, based upon some reading I've done in the wake of the death of Marco Pantani, I'm beginning to believe that it's also inhuman. It's starting to appear that the UCI actually permits athletes to artificaially bump their hemocrit levels, they just limit the extent to which they can do it...but I could be wrong. I'm not a doctor, but I am an engineer and constantly overdriving a system generally means it won't last as long.
Lance is fast - a monster climber and excellent time trialist, but if you really want to see impressive short term output, look at your sprinters.
Actually, I was heading in the direction of taking the signal directly from the brain. Even in a parapalegic, the appropriate part of the brain and much of the nervous system is still there. Granted we are talking about an evolutionary step from here, but worth looking into.
is to get this developed to the point where it could replace a wheelchair. The psychological advantage to a person who'd lost the use of his legs to actually stand up and interact with the world "eye to eye" would have to be powerful. It probably also doesn't hurt to keep the muscles moving and the appropriate neural pathways firing.
Yea, I know, long way to get there from here, but it's a promising first step. Certainly worth some research dollars in my opinion.
Cycling has CAT 5 through CAT 1, then elites, Swimming, pretty much the same thing, gymnastice, ditto, and so on and so forth. Why not categorized competition for online gaming? I'd be kinda surprised if they didn't do it already.
you'll have to shake that part out. However, my guess would be that a good gamer is a good gamer and leagues would be better ranked on categorized abilities as opposed to gender. Your suggestion of hours of experience would be such an example.
I understand there are theorys on visual-spatial acuity, etc., but I got a feeling that at the elite level, it boils down to tactical thinking. None the less, if somebody wants to actually test it, I'd be curious to see the results.
you see no apparent difference in ability? I really don't know but my guess would be that there is no gender based difference. From my exposure to the martial arts world, I've faced female sparring partners who were tactially as good as any male opponent I've faced. In fact, if any experienced (obviously you go a lot easier on novices) sparring partner thought I was taking it easy on them because they were female, they'd be p*ssed - and rightly so. It's a game, and they came to play - so let them.
THEORY: There is a gender based difference in the innate online gaming abilities.
TEST: Allow men and women to compete in the same arena and see if a statistical variation manifest itself. Particularly one that is not explained by raw numbers of male or female participants.
CONCLUSION: Depends on results of above test.
Still seems pretty straightforward to me. Either there is a difference or there is not. "Complete shit" would be making an assumption without testing it. It would also be "complete shit" to refuse to make adjustments in the face of contrary statistical data.
My hope is that it turns out that a good gamer is a good gamer, but hey, as long as the issue has been raised, why not put it to the test?
Let them compete on an equal footing initially. If it really turns out that there is such a clear deliniation in ability, then you have a great case for a separate league. If not, then we've just eliminated a lot of unnecessary organizational overhead. . Seems fairly straigtforward.
We've all seen the movies....woman running from maniac with a pickaxe gets into her car and starts fumbling with the keys. Then the car won't start until after about two good pickaxe shots throught the roof. . Now, on top of everything else, she's got to manage to breath into a tube between screams of terror. . yup, great day to be a homicidal maniac.
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about all I would add is some simple programming functionality so I can do basic field calculations when I'm on site or compute payments when haggling over the price of a car.
But yea, what made the old HP's great what that they were durable and well featured *calculators*. I used to have a 42-CV, which I could do basic matrix calculations on. This saved me a trip to the terminals in college. Nowadays I have a 42s that I *don't* loan out.
If I got to do anything more complex than that, I'd just as soon be at my desktop where I can take my time and think about it anyways.
I have a few ideas for computer designs, one of which is for a mobile computer. I know you can get just about anything you need for a desktop system but, it there anything available that would allow someone to design and build his own, battery-powered, mobile computer "off-the-shelf"?
Thanks,
must have been caused by one of those viroxen I've been hearing about.....
Hee hee :)
:)
Assuming public transport is not an option...
That box of steel you lug around protects you from the weather - something neither a motorcycle nor a bicycle can do. One solution might be to get a minimalst "econo-box" of a car.
If your not lugging a bunch of extra stuff with you and there are no serious hills, 18 miles really isn't that bad on a good bicycle. If you do have to lug stuff, check out http://www.breezerbikes.com/
Although, with the latter option, you're looking at an hour and a half commute, at least until you start to get used to the ride.
sorry, I'll get back to work now....
Let's see, what were the club names?
Pro Bulk Club
The Bulk Club
bulkmails.org
Egads, with such a raw display of creative thinking, we don't stand a chance. [grin]
Then you should be able to do it for a yacht or larger boat. It would be really cool to see somebody sail around the world on eco-power.
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now, let me anticipate a few responses....
1) Ummmm...what about sails?
A: Sails don't generate heat and electricity.
2) Cloudy days?
Can also use wind generators in addition to solar power.
3) Cloudy windless days?
ya got me there....
Given the success I've been having with OpenOffice lately, I think I'd probably more inclined to try out StarOffice first if I were deploying this for a business.
Too bad....WordPerfect was once my favorite word processor.
"After a series of complaints, Riverside County's deputy counsel, William Kenison, recently asked the sheriff's department to stop e-mailing daily arrest records to lawyers -- unless they sign a statement promising not to use the lists to pitch prospective clients."
ummm....what else are they going to use that data for?
just asking
S...s..somebody g..get my m..medi...cation...AOL's st..starting to l...l...look cool.....
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HEAD FOR THE LIGHT JOE!!!....HEAD FOR THE LIGHT!!!
No, the bought the full version of Adobe Acrobat so they could do it in thier own software. ;)
"What next? Drill Sedna for oil?"
Nah...we'd have to use all the oil we found just to fly back...of course, that's assuming that there were once dinosaurs on Sedna...pretty bold assumption considering we just found that damn thing..
why do I feel like I'm responding to a troll?
Here is my favorite calculus mnemonic...
d[(hi)/(ho)] = [(ho)d(hi) - (hi)d(ho)]/[(ho)(ho)]
yea, I know, corny....buy you'll never forget it.
The average "elite" level cyclist can sustain about 700W, which is darned near 1 HP. Pretty impressive but, based upon some reading I've done in the wake of the death of Marco Pantani, I'm beginning to believe that it's also inhuman. It's starting to appear that the UCI actually permits athletes to artificaially bump their hemocrit levels, they just limit the extent to which they can do it...but I could be wrong. I'm not a doctor, but I am an engineer and constantly overdriving a system generally means it won't last as long.
Lance is fast - a monster climber and excellent time trialist, but if you really want to see impressive short term output, look at your sprinters.
Actually, I was heading in the direction of taking the signal directly from the brain. Even in a parapalegic, the appropriate part of the brain and much of the nervous system is still there. Granted we are talking about an evolutionary step from here, but worth looking into.
is to get this developed to the point where it could replace a wheelchair. The psychological advantage to a person who'd lost the use of his legs to actually stand up and interact with the world "eye to eye" would have to be powerful. It probably also doesn't hurt to keep the muscles moving and the appropriate neural pathways firing.
Yea, I know, long way to get there from here, but it's a promising first step. Certainly worth some research dollars in my opinion.
I mean, if some kid combined that with his Habitrail he could put a powerful hurt on his pet hamster...
[I'll get back to work now.....]
Cycling has CAT 5 through CAT 1, then elites, Swimming, pretty much the same thing, gymnastice, ditto, and so on and so forth. Why not categorized competition for online gaming? I'd be kinda surprised if they didn't do it already.
you'll have to shake that part out. However, my guess would be that a good gamer is a good gamer and leagues would be better ranked on categorized abilities as opposed to gender. Your suggestion of hours of experience would be such an example.
I understand there are theorys on visual-spatial acuity, etc., but I got a feeling that at the elite level, it boils down to tactical thinking. None the less, if somebody wants to actually test it, I'd be curious to see the results.
you see no apparent difference in ability? I really don't know but my guess would be that there is no gender based difference. From my exposure to the martial arts world, I've faced female sparring partners who were tactially as good as any male opponent I've faced. In fact, if any experienced (obviously you go a lot easier on novices) sparring partner thought I was taking it easy on them because they were female, they'd be p*ssed - and rightly so. It's a game, and they came to play - so let them.
THEORY: There is a gender based difference in the innate online gaming abilities.
TEST: Allow men and women to compete in the same arena and see if a statistical variation manifest itself. Particularly one that is not explained by raw numbers of male or female participants.
CONCLUSION: Depends on results of above test.
Still seems pretty straightforward to me. Either there is a difference or there is not. "Complete shit" would be making an assumption without testing it. It would also be "complete shit" to refuse to make adjustments in the face of contrary statistical data.
My hope is that it turns out that a good gamer is a good gamer, but hey, as long as the issue has been raised, why not put it to the test?
Let them compete on an equal footing initially. If it really turns out that there is such a clear deliniation in ability, then you have a great case for a separate league. If not, then we've just eliminated a lot of unnecessary organizational overhead.
.
Seems fairly straigtforward.
We've all seen the movies....woman running from maniac with a pickaxe gets into her car and starts fumbling with the keys. Then the car won't start until after about two good pickaxe shots throught the roof.
.
Now, on top of everything else, she's got to manage to breath into a tube between screams of terror.
.
yup, great day to be a homicidal maniac.