these are not open source, but I found them invaluable in helping visualize equations in an intuitive manner. For 2d use GrafEq, and for 3d DPgraph. They are both amazingly intuitive tools, and complement each other rather nicely. You should check if the college has licenses for the last one.
Another useful tool maybe Maple, again, if the college has the proper license. The lastest version has a number of "tutors" geared toward the first years of college (meaning calc I-III, and lin. alg.). There is a step by step symbolic integrator, for instance.
Anyway, my advice would be using tools that help creativity and visualization, not tools that do their work for them. And like other people have said, if they know a language like python or c++, they might be motivated to use it as a "playground" to explore ideas. This is very cool.
seriously, total commander (aka windows commander). I can't even begin to use a pc now without this. It's infinitely better and faster than the god-awful windows explorer copy-paste interface. Anyway, that counts for 9 programs...
The last would have to be opera... never got used to the 7.x versions, so I keep using 6, but the new 7.5 is superb... check it out.
As with 9.2, they include 3d accel ati radeon drivers on a *7* cd "poweuser" pack that you must *buy*:
-Additional drivers for NVIDIA-based and ATI videocards are available in Mandrakelinux packs and Mandrakeclub ISO images
Now, call me crazy, but I really think that something as important as a video driver should be included on the main cds, and shouldn't be sold separately. I guess it is a propietary kind of issue, so it isn't really mandrake's fault, but why should I pay for drivers for a card I obviously bought?
I realize I can download them from ati's site, but a new linux user (the primary target of this distro) is going to have mayor problems with that. For one, since the kernel source isn't included(at least in 9.2), and it's required to compile the drivers, you need an additional 50mb download. I had to find it and download it by hand, since the particular version of the kernel that mdk 9.2 came with, wasn't to be found on the update ftp sites. Additional problems with agp support and shaky tv-out presented then.
Nonetheless, I'm expecting this release, if only for improved stability and hardware support.
Newsgroups are very far from being a wasteland as some people claim. For me, as a cs student, it is almost a daily necessity, because the same questions I could have about languages I'm learning, or complex algorithms, or whatever, are already answered by very knowledgeable people, and I don't even have to disturb anyone. I usually get answers in matter of seconds.
Most of the tech groups (and more than any other medium) have experts in their field who donate their spare time to answer newbies and have great conversations with each other. I think that is pretty unique.
The same happens in many non-tech groups. I visit rec.music.classical.recordings frequently, looking for cds recommendations or new music to try. Some of the participants are players in big orchestras, so I know I get great advice. And spam is a non-issue, since the group is moderated.
I use google for text reading and gravity for binaries.(OE is useless for more than basic browsing)
OTOH, I fail to see why usenet would be affected at all by anything microsoft could do. All they are doing is data gathering and statistics analysis, in order to determine what are the most relevant and user-friendly newsgroups (for instance, the groups with most replies). And if this can help to bring more people, then it's welcome.
Usenet is a valuable and unique resource, because what it does isn't really covered by the alternatives. And it's also Internet history.
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Another useful tool maybe Maple, again, if the college has the proper license. The lastest version has a number of "tutors" geared toward the first years of college (meaning calc I-III, and lin. alg.). There is a step by step symbolic integrator, for instance.
Anyway, my advice would be using tools that help creativity and visualization, not tools that do their work for them. And like other people have said, if they know a language like python or c++, they might be motivated to use it as a "playground" to explore ideas. This is very cool.
please.
ugh
This is called "cryptovirology" and here is a really interesting book about it.
The last would have to be opera... never got used to the 7.x versions, so I keep using 6, but the new 7.5 is superb... check it out.
And how much people can open a .gz or .bz2, by the way? compared to a .rar?
I'm sorry, but your post doesn't make sense...
Why is parent modded as flamebait?
That's the most insightful comment I've read all week.
Bush thinks that by bombing innocent people he'll win war on terrorism? please... He is just making things worse for this and future generations.
As with 9.2, they include 3d accel ati radeon drivers on a *7* cd "poweuser" pack that you must *buy*: -Additional drivers for NVIDIA-based and ATI videocards are available in Mandrakelinux packs and Mandrakeclub ISO images Now, call me crazy, but I really think that something as important as a video driver should be included on the main cds, and shouldn't be sold separately. I guess it is a propietary kind of issue, so it isn't really mandrake's fault, but why should I pay for drivers for a card I obviously bought? I realize I can download them from ati's site, but a new linux user (the primary target of this distro) is going to have mayor problems with that. For one, since the kernel source isn't included(at least in 9.2), and it's required to compile the drivers, you need an additional 50mb download. I had to find it and download it by hand, since the particular version of the kernel that mdk 9.2 came with, wasn't to be found on the update ftp sites. Additional problems with agp support and shaky tv-out presented then. Nonetheless, I'm expecting this release, if only for improved stability and hardware support.
Most of the tech groups (and more than any other medium) have experts in their field who donate their spare time to answer newbies and have great conversations with each other. I think that is pretty unique.
The same happens in many non-tech groups. I visit rec.music.classical.recordings frequently, looking for cds recommendations or new music to try. Some of the participants are players in big orchestras, so I know I get great advice. And spam is a non-issue, since the group is moderated.
I use google for text reading and gravity for binaries.(OE is useless for more than basic browsing)
OTOH, I fail to see why usenet would be affected at all by anything microsoft could do. All they are doing is data gathering and statistics analysis, in order to determine what are the most relevant and user-friendly newsgroups (for instance, the groups with most replies). And if this can help to bring more people, then it's welcome.
Usenet is a valuable and unique resource, because what it does isn't really covered by the alternatives. And it's also Internet history.