If this sounds interesting to you, the novel Timescape by Gregory Benford is about some scientists who attempt to send messages into the past to prevent an ecological disaster from happening. Good book, won the Nebula.
Could this(maybe not in this current incarnation, but the basic concept) exacerbate the existing mood? Like if I'm sad, and the painting becomes more dreary. So I get more melancholy, and the painting becomes progressively more depressing, until I am completely despondent. Or conversely, reinforce happiness to the point of mania? I suppose that might be in the 'preferences' dialog, do you want your mood reversed, or would you like it reinforced.
Stop doing this, you greedy, opportunistic bastards. We're tired of you riding on other companies' coattails, then tackling them and making them walk at your glacial pace. Some of us are simply fascinated by computing and would like nothing more than for you to go away and leave us alone.
Just to give credit where it's due, it's probably more accurate to say that Philip K. Dick foresaw this advertising, as it or something similar appears not only in his short story Minority Report, but throughout his fiction.
Of course only a pencil and paper are truly necessary to learn the majority of mathematical subjects, but I think it's implicit here that we are talking about *supplementing* a math education with software. I think it's obvious we are not considering a computer-only approach.
As an undergrad math student and as someone who is paid to tutor calculus, I can definitely vouch for the usefulness of software in helping students understand many aspects of mathematics. This is particularly evident in understanding the behaviour of functions when parameters are modified.
For example, it is much easier to see how varying a constant factor somewhere in a function changes it by actually watching the graph and the parameters change, via a Maple Maplet, or a Java applet, or something of the like.
It's a beautiful and very inspiring thing that some of you learned math with a chisel and a piece of slate, but also irrelevant. Software is more or less ubiquitous in the educational system now, and it has helped myself and many other students gain a fuller understanding of some rather abstruse mathematical concepts.
I initially read the title as The Future of the Sybian. Of course I clicked as fast as I could, only to be very disappointed by what it really was about.
Of course, Phoe6 meant "that clue is insanely abstruse. Unless the clue on saturdays is, in fact, insanely dumb. Seems to be a common mistake lately, I even saw Jon Stewart mix it up on The Daily Show. Wouldn't have said anything if the posting weren't in reference to a crossword. But what do I know? I can never get the stupid thing on Saturdays.
There is actually no casino game where the player has better odds than the house. However, there is *one* game where the player may have equal odds. Ironically (I think it's ironic, I'm not sure), it's roulette. If you play simultaneously only red or only black, you have a 50/50 chance of a win.
I know exactly what you mean. I have 5 sorority neighbors (which is just fine), but they found out I knew computers. One day they told me that their new wireless NIC card they put in wasn't working, and could I take a look... the OS didnt seem to know anything about any new card, so I opened the case... and there was the card, sitting (not attached in any way whatsoever) inside the case. I I told them something about a flux capacitor problem, so that they wouldnt feel stupid.
"What kind of pen is that?"
"This pen?"
"Yeah."
"This is an astronaut pen. It writes upside down. They use this in space."
- Jerry and Jack Klompus, in "The Pen"
Slashdot Mirror
There's a giant gold link named "Price." And when you click it, there are giant characters that read "U$ 150."
It's nice to see attorneys general instead of attorney generals. Now I'm going to go eat some Whoppers Junior.
If this sounds interesting to you, the novel Timescape by Gregory Benford is about some scientists who attempt to send messages into the past to prevent an ecological disaster from happening. Good book, won the Nebula.
The need for what?
Whooooosh.
This chicken tastes like Chicken.
Could this(maybe not in this current incarnation, but the basic concept) exacerbate the existing mood? Like if I'm sad, and the painting becomes more dreary. So I get more melancholy, and the painting becomes progressively more depressing, until I am completely despondent. Or conversely, reinforce happiness to the point of mania? I suppose that might be in the 'preferences' dialog, do you want your mood reversed, or would you like it reinforced.
Stop doing this, you greedy, opportunistic bastards. We're tired of you riding on other companies' coattails, then tackling them and making them walk at your glacial pace. Some of us are simply fascinated by computing and would like nothing more than for you to go away and leave us alone.
I'll be Frank.
Just to give credit where it's due, it's probably more accurate to say that Philip K. Dick foresaw this advertising, as it or something similar appears not only in his short story Minority Report, but throughout his fiction.
1) Downside X of my distro is actually an advantage, but only if you a) are hardcore, b) need optimization.
2) Downside X of my distro isn't a problem, you just...
3) You left out that my distro does...
4) My distro has apt/emerge, therefore...
and the only reasonable response...
5) Good. We need a simple guide to the pros/cons of the various distributions and of their intended userbase.
He should, however, add that Ubuntu gives a linux user the best of both worlds - ease of use and power. My distro is the best.
Or if it's just a sociology paper. Think about how short the program for communications classes would be.
My bad. Forgot we don't all use linux here.
Return of the Mack http://www.anysonglyrics.com/lyrics/m/markmorrison /returnofthemack.htm
I am sure that the 100,000+ e-Scrabble players will now rush out to replace their aging Scrabble boards.
Shouldn't the link font be extra large for this?
Of course only a pencil and paper are truly necessary to learn the majority of mathematical subjects, but I think it's implicit here that we are talking about *supplementing* a math education with software. I think it's obvious we are not considering a computer-only approach.
As an undergrad math student and as someone who is paid to tutor calculus, I can definitely vouch for the usefulness of software in helping students understand many aspects of mathematics. This is particularly evident in understanding the behaviour of functions when parameters are modified.
For example, it is much easier to see how varying a constant factor somewhere in a function changes it by actually watching the graph and the parameters change, via a Maple Maplet, or a Java applet, or something of the like.
It's a beautiful and very inspiring thing that some of you learned math with a chisel and a piece of slate, but also irrelevant. Software is more or less ubiquitous in the educational system now, and it has helped myself and many other students gain a fuller understanding of some rather abstruse mathematical concepts.
I initially read the title as The Future of the Sybian . Of course I clicked as fast as I could, only to be very disappointed by what it really was about.
"but on Saturdays that clue is insanely obtuse."
Of course, Phoe6 meant "that clue is insanely abstruse. Unless the clue on saturdays is, in fact, insanely dumb. Seems to be a common mistake lately, I even saw Jon Stewart mix it up on The Daily Show. Wouldn't have said anything if the posting weren't in reference to a crossword. But what do I know? I can never get the stupid thing on Saturdays.
There is actually no casino game where the player has better odds than the house. However, there is *one* game where the player may have equal odds. Ironically (I think it's ironic, I'm not sure), it's roulette. If you play simultaneously only red or only black, you have a 50/50 chance of a win.
Maybe I'm just simical, but I expect that most campaigns will resort to MUDslinging...
I know exactly what you mean. I have 5 sorority neighbors (which is just fine), but they found out I knew computers. One day they told me that their new wireless NIC card they put in wasn't working, and could I take a look... the OS didnt seem to know anything about any new card, so I opened the case... and there was the card, sitting (not attached in any way whatsoever) inside the case. I I told them something about a flux capacitor problem, so that they wouldnt feel stupid.
Anybody have a .torrent? ; )
"What kind of pen is that?" "This pen?" "Yeah." "This is an astronaut pen. It writes upside down. They use this in space." - Jerry and Jack Klompus, in "The Pen"