I think the two go hand in hand. You can't apply if you don't know what to apply, but what good is knowing something if you can't use it? I guess that's what I meant in my original post, but didn't communicate it well enough (I'm an engineer... I can't write). Maybe I didn't mean theory as much as technique
And for the record, I can calculate triple integrals-- after double, they're the same. It's the theory (integrating) applied (multiple times).
Educational versoin is around $150/yr which includes the symbolic toolbox. That, I must say, is a darn good deal for MATLAB, considering it does a whole helluva lot. Everything that a high schooler would ever need to do, and a lot more. If you want math software, shell out the $150 (less than the cost of a textbook) and get Matlab, it's the best math software possible
That being said, the best software for math is no software at all. Paper and pencil, that's it. Over at my college, all engineers are required to go through four semesters of math (2 calc, diff eq. and linear algebra), and no calculators or tech tools are allowed for either course. And yes, we did need to plot slope fields, draw 3d representations of functions, etc... It's more important to know the concept of doing a problem than crunching numbers. The only time I use MATLAB is when I'm working on my design project-- I do the design, I setup the equations, MATLAB crunches the numbers for me.
Remember, number crunching != real math. Theory is the most important thing to learn.
Prof. Wang from TaM was my math teacher. Smart lady. She went crazy explaning the use of hyperbolic trig functions. At the time I had no idea what she was talking about, but now I see it actually has a use. Her other research is in the fields of insect flight. Looks like Calculus isn't useless after all.
Look, I love competition as much as the next guy, but there is currently nothing out there (that I've seen at least) that comes close to what MS Office can offer. I really didn't want to shell out the cash for Office last year, so I tried to use OO.o, and after all the headaches of trying to make every Impress presentation work, trying to get text to format correctly in Writer, or trying to make a semi-decent chart in Calc, I just called it quits and bought MS Office. It just works for me, even better when I turn auto-formatting off.
I'm not doubting that some people use MS Office because they're mindless sheep, but we have to admit that a lot of people use Office because it is truly a superior product. Windows may not be, but Office sure as hell is.
I see a computer as a computer, but that's just me. It's not going to be running DisneyOS (tm) or anything like that... it'll just look "cute." Hopefully parents will see this as a waste of money, because a normal computer will do.
And if you asked me, Disney should be more worried about their cartoons than anything else. They cling to Mickey Mouse as their "founding cartoon," but I haven't seen a Mickey cartoon in years. Hell, I bet the kids that will be using these Disney computers won't even know who Mickey Mouse, Pluto, Donald Duck, etc.., are.
1.8 L I4, 5 speed manual. Right about now I'm hitting something like 29-30 MPG with a good amount of city driving. That recently, however. About a year ago I was hitting something around 33 MPG. Highest I've recorded was 45, which was highway, cruising around 70 all the way. EPA rating is 31/37.
Though at 120 HP, it's not too much, but it's one helluva decent car that's pretty reliable, has a decent amount of pickup, and doesn't break down on me all the time. Hey, it's a good, cheap car.
Thanks... I didn't see those before (not being sarchastic). I use a Mac, so this layout of LTunes initially didn't look anything like iTunes. I sorta see the similarities now, but it seems to be more like an iPhoto that plays music.
But LTunes looks almost nothing like iTunes. Can somebody show me the similarity, other than the large song display?
LPhoto does look very much like iPhoto... I just wonder if it has the same functionality.
I know here at Cornell they don't care about ID's when you buy the iPod, and they're selling the 10GB one for $200... Check out the education channels (campus stores, etc...), they're a bit cheaper.
Well, the cool thing about quantum dots is that they can emit light in two ways: by being stimulated by UV light and by running an electrical current through them. Also, the color of these puppies can be tuned purely by the size of the dot- the bigger the dot, the redder the light, thus bue dots are (relatively) easy to make.
...But not with Silicon. Silicon LED's may be (relatively) cheap for red and green models, but the blue ones are insanely hard to make, and thus are quite pricy (just look at the DigiKey catalogue). Also, Si LED's are very ineffecient (I don't remember the number, but it's like 20%ish I thought). The next "wave" of things are going to come from OLEDs (Organic Light Emitting Diodes). These are easier and chaper to make for screens and such, and eventually can be made in a "roll to roll" production type deal since these things are "grown." They're already being used in some cell phones, I believe.
A problem with these is that they decay if they're not protected, so currently they use a glass-substrate and a glass coating for some, which can make them bulky. Also, OLEDs have a shorter life span than LCD's, but that's being worked on too. So hark, have patience, OLED screens are coming. Another interesting technology to look into is Light Emitting Quantum Dots... those little suckers are cool, and could also replace LCDs and lights as we know it (from what I remember, they're also quite efficient... I think around 60%).
I never got anything interesting from that anyway.
I wonder, though, will it be free for us who use Road Runner through Time Warner Cable? It isn't AOL Broadband, but through the same company. Well, just something to ponder
My personal experiment was a variation of the "Shoot the Monkey" experiment showing the priciples of gravity.
You all have probably seen this one, but here's how it goes. On one side of the room you have a projectile and a way to fire it (gun, blowgun, dartgun, etc...), and on the other side there is a stuffed monkey (bottle, etc...). When the projectile is launched, the monkey falls, and pegs the monkey. Little kids will think that the monkey will dodge the bullet, but it won't, gravity works the same on all bodies.
Anyways, that's my favorite. Quite possibly my second favorite experiment was when my teacher taped a mirror onto the woofer of a speaker and then shone a laser on it. The light reflected off of the mirror and made a neat pattern on the ceiling.
Well, those are my two favorites that I've seen, but I bet you that there are about a million and three that I haven't mentioned. Have fun!
But it's just wrong to do that. Plain old wrong. They're going to destroy themselves if they don't stop this nonesense, because once the general "stupid" public get to know this is happening, then they'll just give 'em the finger and stop using the programs.
I really don't know what to say, other than what they are doing is plain wrong.
Heh, well the thing is that I've been to court already, going back, and I'm not affraid to go for a third round (both times were car accidents where I was screwed out of compensation). My point is that if they pulled that stunt on me, I'd like them to know that there's at least one person out here that isn't affraid of going to court.
The RIAA sucks too... (loved the comment above, should get +5 Frickin Hilarious). What I don't see is why the RIAA gets pissy about MP3s in general. I own the albums those MP3s were ripped off of, so I already have the right to play them for myself. *sigh* They deserve to rot in hell.
Yeah, and it'd be a hoot if somebody got their VAIO ruined because of those CDs... maby I should buy that CD and have fun with the Best Buy display VAIOs. (Insert evil grin and laughter here)
Ummm... isn't this illegal? If some iMac owner accidently puts one of these CD's in the drive and send the thing to kingdom come, didn't Sony just damage their computer with malicious intent? C'mon, Sony has to know that the CD's are going to do this. Can we say class action lawsuit? What's wrong with playing a cd in your computer? Sure, I've got MP3's, but I also play audio cd's on my laptop, and if my laptop gets busted becase one of these damn cds, then I'd frickin sue Sony and anybody connected to the deal for every dime they've got.
Sony should realize that they're treading on very thin ice here. They need to realize that some people have very sensitive information on their computers, and if it gets f*$&# because of their cd protection scheme.....
This is almost as stupid as the hyperlink... *sigh* how dumb can people be...
Unless I'm mistaken, you can't patent a method of selling a product. You can patent the TV, you can patent how to deliver the signal, but you can't patent ads. And I have to wonder about these hairbrais too... What is being done on the internet is more or less an interactive ad from a newspaper... both images and text are being used to conduct business... maby PanIP owns the patent to that too and should sue ever newspaper that existed from the start of the USA.
In all, these claims are dumb, they don't own/hold the patents to HTML, forms, images or plain text, so they have no grounds to sue.
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I think the two go hand in hand. You can't apply if you don't know what to apply, but what good is knowing something if you can't use it? I guess that's what I meant in my original post, but didn't communicate it well enough (I'm an engineer... I can't write). Maybe I didn't mean theory as much as technique
And for the record, I can calculate triple integrals-- after double, they're the same. It's the theory (integrating) applied (multiple times).
Educational versoin is around $150/yr which includes the symbolic toolbox. That, I must say, is a darn good deal for MATLAB, considering it does a whole helluva lot. Everything that a high schooler would ever need to do, and a lot more. If you want math software, shell out the $150 (less than the cost of a textbook) and get Matlab, it's the best math software possible
That being said, the best software for math is no software at all. Paper and pencil, that's it. Over at my college, all engineers are required to go through four semesters of math (2 calc, diff eq. and linear algebra), and no calculators or tech tools are allowed for either course. And yes, we did need to plot slope fields, draw 3d representations of functions, etc... It's more important to know the concept of doing a problem than crunching numbers. The only time I use MATLAB is when I'm working on my design project-- I do the design, I setup the equations, MATLAB crunches the numbers for me.
Remember, number crunching != real math. Theory is the most important thing to learn.
I'm not sure that researchers from Theoritical and Applied Mechanics can do much for cancer research.
Remember, Civil Engineers make the targets, Mechanical Engineers (or TAM nerds) make the bombs.
Prof. Wang from TaM was my math teacher. Smart lady. She went crazy explaning the use of hyperbolic trig functions. At the time I had no idea what she was talking about, but now I see it actually has a use. Her other research is in the fields of insect flight. Looks like Calculus isn't useless after all.
Look, I love competition as much as the next guy, but there is currently nothing out there (that I've seen at least) that comes close to what MS Office can offer. I really didn't want to shell out the cash for Office last year, so I tried to use OO.o, and after all the headaches of trying to make every Impress presentation work, trying to get text to format correctly in Writer, or trying to make a semi-decent chart in Calc, I just called it quits and bought MS Office. It just works for me, even better when I turn auto-formatting off.
I'm not doubting that some people use MS Office because they're mindless sheep, but we have to admit that a lot of people use Office because it is truly a superior product. Windows may not be, but Office sure as hell is.
I see a computer as a computer, but that's just me. It's not going to be running DisneyOS (tm) or anything like that... it'll just look "cute." Hopefully parents will see this as a waste of money, because a normal computer will do.
And if you asked me, Disney should be more worried about their cartoons than anything else. They cling to Mickey Mouse as their "founding cartoon," but I haven't seen a Mickey cartoon in years. Hell, I bet the kids that will be using these Disney computers won't even know who Mickey Mouse, Pluto, Donald Duck, etc.., are.
I love my PowerBook, I really do, but how 'bout making our warranty last 3 years instead of 1? That'd be perfect.
1.8 L I4, 5 speed manual. Right about now I'm hitting something like 29-30 MPG with a good amount of city driving. That recently, however. About a year ago I was hitting something around 33 MPG. Highest I've recorded was 45, which was highway, cruising around 70 all the way. EPA rating is 31/37. Though at 120 HP, it's not too much, but it's one helluva decent car that's pretty reliable, has a decent amount of pickup, and doesn't break down on me all the time. Hey, it's a good, cheap car.
LTunes = LSongs (it's way too early in the morning)
Thanks... I didn't see those before (not being sarchastic). I use a Mac, so this layout of LTunes initially didn't look anything like iTunes. I sorta see the similarities now, but it seems to be more like an iPhoto that plays music.
But LTunes looks almost nothing like iTunes. Can somebody show me the similarity, other than the large song display? LPhoto does look very much like iPhoto... I just wonder if it has the same functionality.
I know here at Cornell they don't care about ID's when you buy the iPod, and they're selling the 10GB one for $200... Check out the education channels (campus stores, etc...), they're a bit cheaper.
Well, the cool thing about quantum dots is that they can emit light in two ways: by being stimulated by UV light and by running an electrical current through them. Also, the color of these puppies can be tuned purely by the size of the dot- the bigger the dot, the redder the light, thus bue dots are (relatively) easy to make.
...But not with Silicon. Silicon LED's may be (relatively) cheap for red and green models, but the blue ones are insanely hard to make, and thus are quite pricy (just look at the DigiKey catalogue). Also, Si LED's are very ineffecient (I don't remember the number, but it's like 20%ish I thought). The next "wave" of things are going to come from OLEDs (Organic Light Emitting Diodes). These are easier and chaper to make for screens and such, and eventually can be made in a "roll to roll" production type deal since these things are "grown." They're already being used in some cell phones, I believe.
A problem with these is that they decay if they're not protected, so currently they use a glass-substrate and a glass coating for some, which can make them bulky. Also, OLEDs have a shorter life span than LCD's, but that's being worked on too. So hark, have patience, OLED screens are coming. Another interesting technology to look into is Light Emitting Quantum Dots... those little suckers are cool, and could also replace LCDs and lights as we know it (from what I remember, they're also quite efficient... I think around 60%).
Scare any stoner friends of yours with this.
Light goes off- keyboard starts to glow and your tripping pal will be like "AAAAHHHH!!! The aliens have landed dude!"
And Internet Exploder, well, exploded the page.
Heh, so now we know that IE is behind the /. effect.
Where the hell can I get one engraved with Ellen Feiss's sig?
A great big slashdotting of your site! Congrats, may you have many good years together
I never got anything interesting from that anyway. I wonder, though, will it be free for us who use Road Runner through Time Warner Cable? It isn't AOL Broadband, but through the same company. Well, just something to ponder
Come anyway!
My personal experiment was a variation of the "Shoot the Monkey" experiment showing the priciples of gravity.
You all have probably seen this one, but here's how it goes. On one side of the room you have a projectile and a way to fire it (gun, blowgun, dartgun, etc...), and on the other side there is a stuffed monkey (bottle, etc...). When the projectile is launched, the monkey falls, and pegs the monkey. Little kids will think that the monkey will dodge the bullet, but it won't, gravity works the same on all bodies.
Anyways, that's my favorite. Quite possibly my second favorite experiment was when my teacher taped a mirror onto the woofer of a speaker and then shone a laser on it. The light reflected off of the mirror and made a neat pattern on the ceiling.
Well, those are my two favorites that I've seen, but I bet you that there are about a million and three that I haven't mentioned. Have fun!
But it's just wrong to do that. Plain old wrong. They're going to destroy themselves if they don't stop this nonesense, because once the general "stupid" public get to know this is happening, then they'll just give 'em the finger and stop using the programs.
I really don't know what to say, other than what they are doing is plain wrong.
Heh, well the thing is that I've been to court already, going back, and I'm not affraid to go for a third round (both times were car accidents where I was screwed out of compensation). My point is that if they pulled that stunt on me, I'd like them to know that there's at least one person out here that isn't affraid of going to court.
The RIAA sucks too... (loved the comment above, should get +5 Frickin Hilarious). What I don't see is why the RIAA gets pissy about MP3s in general. I own the albums those MP3s were ripped off of, so I already have the right to play them for myself. *sigh* They deserve to rot in hell.
Yeah, and it'd be a hoot if somebody got their VAIO ruined because of those CDs... maby I should buy that CD and have fun with the Best Buy display VAIOs. (Insert evil grin and laughter here)
Ummm... isn't this illegal? If some iMac owner accidently puts one of these CD's in the drive and send the thing to kingdom come, didn't Sony just damage their computer with malicious intent? C'mon, Sony has to know that the CD's are going to do this. Can we say class action lawsuit? What's wrong with playing a cd in your computer? Sure, I've got MP3's, but I also play audio cd's on my laptop, and if my laptop gets busted becase one of these damn cds, then I'd frickin sue Sony and anybody connected to the deal for every dime they've got.
Sony should realize that they're treading on very thin ice here. They need to realize that some people have very sensitive information on their computers, and if it gets f*$&# because of their cd protection scheme.....
Sorry, but these dumb moves just irritate me
This is almost as stupid as the hyperlink... *sigh* how dumb can people be...
Unless I'm mistaken, you can't patent a method of selling a product. You can patent the TV, you can patent how to deliver the signal, but you can't patent ads. And I have to wonder about these hairbrais too... What is being done on the internet is more or less an interactive ad from a newspaper... both images and text are being used to conduct business... maby PanIP owns the patent to that too and should sue ever newspaper that existed from the start of the USA.
In all, these claims are dumb, they don't own/hold the patents to HTML, forms, images or plain text, so they have no grounds to sue.