Get the TI-92. Mine's lasted me for 7 years so far, and it's probably going to last me a whole lot more. You can download a RPN shell, but there's really no reason to hold a candle to an antiquated system.
The "pretty print" represents equations like we write them, and the storage options are phenomenal. You can store huge gobs of equations into sensible variable names. Huge matrix operations are a breeze.
If you don't want the huge keyboard, get the TI-89.
Decent story....maybe. Pacing: Horrible. Cutscene. Wander. Fight. Wander. Cutscene. Wander. Fight. Cutscene. Wander. Fight.
The interactivity is the same as it was a decade ago, but the storylines and cinematography have improved to the point of getting in the way of the game. I had the same feelings about Xenosaga. When you're watching a cutscene and you don't want it to end, it's interrupted by some pointless wandering and fighting. After you wander and fight for awhile the gameplay is interrupted by really long film clips.
If this were a novel and the author kept switching between different areas of the story, each time making you wish for more, then it would be a truly enjoyable. But instead, it just annoyed me. If you took the gameplay and stripped it of the cutscenes, the game would be played out and boring. If you took just the cutscenes the video would be breathtaking, but confusing and would encompass way too much continuous whining from the characters. Together it's a confused spastic mess. FFX2? Count me out.
(BTW if you absolutely loved the game, then good, you probably appretiated it in a way that I never can. Go ahead and counter me. I've had movies that I hated until someone pointed out the good points).
If you are using a PC to emulate a real time system, that cache would help out in keeping your processes from having to access the slower memory. That means a few extra operations per unit time.
More specifically, if you are doing real time wave modeling that would mean a slightly more complex waveform. Shure you could use a DSP, but if you are in the development stage, it's usually easier to use a desktop system.
Another example would be if you are approximating physical hardware at high speeds. That's a few extra logic gates.
I'm not going to buy one, but if I had the money I would consider it.
Sciency fiction is thriving. There are plenty of new publishings of sciency science fiction every year. Additionally there is a huge selection of previously published science fiction that is still relevant today.
It may be that proportionally more publi$hing is fantasy, but that doesn't mean that we aren't forward looking. Maybe everyone is just a cheapskate like me: going to the library instead of buying new.
Yeah some of the stuff released post-humously or as a sequel to capitalize off notoriety is crap. It's up to the individual to recognize this.
We live in a well informed society. It's not like there is some brutal dictator who is styiming reviews of Alien4 so that the public will have to go and $ee it for themselves.
There is, however, a brutal dictator that keeps me from accessing books on spelling and grammar.
Correction, the first job that you get WHILE you are in school will most likely be near your school.
A word of advice to collegebound people in technical fields: Get a co-op or internship. It pays off. Also in times of bad job markets, it's not what you know, but who you know. Get to know upperclassmen, hopefully they will get a job before you.
You are right though. If a school is anywhere on the list, it's a good choice. Whether one school is above the other doesn't matter much.
Yeah but the constant correction that the current kills you is still annoying.
Usually when you have systems with high voltage they are designed to carry high current.
I like to think of the analogy of height. Sure you could probably die falling off a stepstool, but the chances are greater of breaking your neck if you fall off a watertower. Greater potential. Of course the best way to fall a great height is on a roller coaster or a waterslide, but that's just the summer sun in me talkin'.
Average pentium 2 useless? I'm not leaving my pentium 2 for anything faster for at least another couple of years (although I process my video on another system). As for the architecture difference, you have me there.
Get a -deltaV AND a timed charger. I just picked up a 1 hour charger which probably cuts down the battery life significantly, but damn is it convenient. I throw them in the -deltaV charger when I have the time, but if I need to Trim My beard, load up the Digital Camera, charge up my CD player, reload my PDA, and charge up my Voice recorder I definitely enjoy the 1 hour charging.
I thought they stopped making the Reyovac Renewal. Maybe I just thought that because Michael Jordan didn't sponsor them anymore. I used them on my Walkman and drained the bejesus out of them and they lasted a good 5 years.
It's just the logical extrapolation of the current power structure. The US Industrial-Military Complex is conscious of its current state, and the state of where it wants to be: more secure and more powerful. The only point of moving towards a police state is to use the things that have been developed. That and to fight all the blonde haired blue eyed corn fed "terrorists" that will start sprouting up when some of these networks are installed.
Why not? Because the President's domestic and international policies were folly. Iran-Contra? Aiding training camps in Afghanistan? Weakening federal oversight on OSHA inspections and anti-trust actions? These aren't just political differences. This was a president that took power from the individual and gave it to a few, underwritten by the taxpayers of Americans. His presidency wasn't about protecting America and Americans, it was about establishing a new era of Robber Barons and a military force to back them up in the international community.
Call me a liberal hippy if you want, but if you ignore the mass malaise that has been caused and will be caused by his actions, you are pulling the wool over your own eyes.
Would you name a carrier after Nixon? Better to name a carrier after Carter, who did more for the safety of the world, than any aggressive president since WWII.
First off, good for you for asking for help and asking for others opinions. I know too many people who subscribe to the magic pill solution to their mental state.
My caveat involves two things.
1) Ask a trusted friend or two to monitor your behavior. Not heavily, but enought that there are no social barriers to approach you if you start behaving erratically. I've had several friends on the same drugs and they all behave differently. Some excell, but some start developing peculiar traits: aggression, memory loss, ability to focus, but inability to make larger decisions.
2) Beware alcohol use with these drugs. Even if your doctor or friends say combining the two is fine, it isn't always true. Some people have latent psyco-chemical problems with alcohol which don't always develop until the synergistic effect of psychological drugs interplay. Again, ask friends to be candid about your behavior. You will most likely not have a problem, but since you are concerned enough about your mind functioning correctly, at least make sure it is functioning correctly. You may feel vast improvements, but may be acting aberrantly and not know it. Good Luck
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As a respectable web pornographer I would have to say that when we consider subjects for our titalating erotic material, or as the 31337 call it, pr0n, we do choose to go with the younger crowds. Anyone over the age of 30 is typically considered outdated and useless. Unless of course you are visiting one of our spectacular granny sites.
Walmart encourages the self censorship of media. An example would be that Walmart refuesed to carry Magic the Gathering cards until they took out several cards / altered the artwork which did happen. The same could be true for movies as well.
Netflix will probably always survive because you can rent movies that are controversial, but I don't like it when a company has such an impressive control over the content of their products.
That aside, Walmart has every right to not sell "questionable" or "offensive" material and consumers have every right to support this by shopping at Wallmart.
What you are suggesting is that we accelerate the tragedy of the commons. An example of this is overfishing off the eastern seaboard. Since there were so many commercial fisherman and each boat took what they considered to be a "reasonable" amount, none of them individually realized that they were over fishing the area. When the fish ran out, people lost their jobs and the ecosystem was heavily damaged.
Indeed, there is the paradox, since what is the point of having nature if you cannot enjoy it. The cost of using the land, however, sometimes exceeds the benefit. Perhaps the suggestion is that we use the land any way we want to, and in twenty years the paths that man has created in the land have disrupted the ecosystem.
There are people who make decisions on how the parks are used, and they are usually the people that are in the parks everyday. I trust them to understand the nuances of nature, and to try to provide some for the future. If they let people in and off the trail, then fine. If they say hands off, they are just providing a little bit for now so that we can have that same little bit in the future.
If you want to go off the beaten path, find some really out of the way preserves, buy some land, or find friends or family who own some land and go exploring.
"The Iraqi people, the US, and the World in general is better off due to the US' actions in Iraq."
Yes, the people of Iraq are better off. I question whether or not the US and the World are better off with having the intentions and methods of the US be viewed as dubious. I doubt highly that the anger and uncertainty in people worldwide is worth the cost of the war. I can't speak for everyone else that opposed the war, but a day doesn't go by that I am not overwhelmed with stress at global events. It effects relatively unrelated aspects of my life and has put a strain on my sanity. I can't imagine what sort of effect the actions of the US has on non citizens.
There were different ways to go about diplomacy, but instead of acting as a leader, the US acted with much hubris.
I happen to feel that the price is too high as well. The price for a song that is CD quality uncompressed is around a dollar a track ($13 a cd, for 13 tracks. You can argue above or below, but it's still pretty close). While there is value in the ease of downloading, there is the counter value to the seller of having extremely low distribution costs. $0.25 a song seems fair.
You are correct though, if Apple sells and people buy, then cheapskates like HanzoSan and I don't really have any effect on the market.
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The "pretty print" represents equations like we write them, and the storage options are phenomenal. You can store huge gobs of equations into sensible variable names. Huge matrix operations are a breeze.
If you don't want the huge keyboard, get the TI-89.
You don't know what you're missing.
If this were a novel and the author kept switching between different areas of the story, each time making you wish for more, then it would be a truly enjoyable. But instead, it just annoyed me. If you took the gameplay and stripped it of the cutscenes, the game would be played out and boring. If you took just the cutscenes the video would be breathtaking, but confusing and would encompass way too much continuous whining from the characters. Together it's a confused spastic mess. FFX2? Count me out.
(BTW if you absolutely loved the game, then good, you probably appretiated it in a way that I never can. Go ahead and counter me. I've had movies that I hated until someone pointed out the good points).
If you are using a PC to emulate a real time system, that cache would help out in keeping your processes from having to access the slower memory. That means a few extra operations per unit time.
More specifically, if you are doing real time wave modeling that would mean a slightly more complex waveform. Shure you could use a DSP, but if you are in the development stage, it's usually easier to use a desktop system.
Another example would be if you are approximating physical hardware at high speeds. That's a few extra logic gates.
I'm not going to buy one, but if I had the money I would consider it.
The personal edition is only $10. I know what I'm getting instead of lunch today.
It may be that proportionally more publi$hing is fantasy, but that doesn't mean that we aren't forward looking. Maybe everyone is just a cheapskate like me: going to the library instead of buying new.
We live in a well informed society. It's not like there is some brutal dictator who is styiming reviews of Alien4 so that the public will have to go and $ee it for themselves.
There is, however, a brutal dictator that keeps me from accessing books on spelling and grammar.
A word of advice to collegebound people in technical fields: Get a co-op or internship. It pays off. Also in times of bad job markets, it's not what you know, but who you know. Get to know upperclassmen, hopefully they will get a job before you.
You are right though. If a school is anywhere on the list, it's a good choice. Whether one school is above the other doesn't matter much.
Well, I've met plenty of DeVry Graduates who can cut the mustard better than four year grads.
These certificate schools usually bring about bias in most people, but just remember that prejuduce is just that, pre-judgement.
Bright people can learn from a bad program, and DeVry doesn't have a bad program.
Yeah but the constant correction that the current kills you is still annoying. Usually when you have systems with high voltage they are designed to carry high current. I like to think of the analogy of height. Sure you could probably die falling off a stepstool, but the chances are greater of breaking your neck if you fall off a watertower. Greater potential. Of course the best way to fall a great height is on a roller coaster or a waterslide, but that's just the summer sun in me talkin'.
Better to be an idiot accused than an AC. Tssssssss.
The extra buns are for ketchup sandwiches (also known as wish sandwiches). They're for poor people (Like me).
Average pentium 2 useless? I'm not leaving my pentium 2 for anything faster for at least another couple of years (although I process my video on another system). As for the architecture difference, you have me there.
Get a -deltaV AND a timed charger. I just picked up a 1 hour charger which probably cuts down the battery life significantly, but damn is it convenient. I throw them in the -deltaV charger when I have the time, but if I need to Trim My beard, load up the Digital Camera, charge up my CD player, reload my PDA, and charge up my Voice recorder I definitely enjoy the 1 hour charging.
I thought they stopped making the Reyovac Renewal. Maybe I just thought that because Michael Jordan didn't sponsor them anymore. I used them on my Walkman and drained the bejesus out of them and they lasted a good 5 years.
My PDA, Remote Controls (about 5 of them), and my portable recorder all use rechargable AAA batteries with no complaints.
It's just the logical extrapolation of the current power structure. The US Industrial-Military Complex is conscious of its current state, and the state of where it wants to be: more secure and more powerful. The only point of moving towards a police state is to use the things that have been developed. That and to fight all the blonde haired blue eyed corn fed "terrorists" that will start sprouting up when some of these networks are installed.
Why not? Because the President's domestic and international policies were folly. Iran-Contra? Aiding training camps in Afghanistan? Weakening federal oversight on OSHA inspections and anti-trust actions? These aren't just political differences. This was a president that took power from the individual and gave it to a few, underwritten by the taxpayers of Americans. His presidency wasn't about protecting America and Americans, it was about establishing a new era of Robber Barons and a military force to back them up in the international community. Call me a liberal hippy if you want, but if you ignore the mass malaise that has been caused and will be caused by his actions, you are pulling the wool over your own eyes. Would you name a carrier after Nixon? Better to name a carrier after Carter, who did more for the safety of the world, than any aggressive president since WWII.
The only thing these stores specialize in is charging $18 for a CD.
I'm sure there is someone out there wondering what the point of coffee is when there is esspresso.
Look at tea. There are vastly differing levels of caffeine in the different types of tea. Why not let the same be true for coffee.
Why should you care what someone else drinks, or how it affects your image of what the drink should be.
My caveat involves two things.
1) Ask a trusted friend or two to monitor your behavior. Not heavily, but enought that there are no social barriers to approach you if you start behaving erratically. I've had several friends on the same drugs and they all behave differently. Some excell, but some start developing peculiar traits: aggression, memory loss, ability to focus, but inability to make larger decisions.
2) Beware alcohol use with these drugs. Even if your doctor or friends say combining the two is fine, it isn't always true. Some people have latent psyco-chemical problems with alcohol which don't always develop until the synergistic effect of psychological drugs interplay. Again, ask friends to be candid about your behavior. You will most likely not have a problem, but since you are concerned enough about your mind functioning correctly, at least make sure it is functioning correctly. You may feel vast improvements, but may be acting aberrantly and not know it. Good Luck
As a respectable web pornographer I would have to say that when we consider subjects for our titalating erotic material, or as the 31337 call it, pr0n, we do choose to go with the younger crowds. Anyone over the age of 30 is typically considered outdated and useless. Unless of course you are visiting one of our spectacular granny sites.
Netflix will probably always survive because you can rent movies that are controversial, but I don't like it when a company has such an impressive control over the content of their products.
That aside, Walmart has every right to not sell "questionable" or "offensive" material and consumers have every right to support this by shopping at Wallmart.
Indeed, there is the paradox, since what is the point of having nature if you cannot enjoy it. The cost of using the land, however, sometimes exceeds the benefit. Perhaps the suggestion is that we use the land any way we want to, and in twenty years the paths that man has created in the land have disrupted the ecosystem.
There are people who make decisions on how the parks are used, and they are usually the people that are in the parks everyday. I trust them to understand the nuances of nature, and to try to provide some for the future. If they let people in and off the trail, then fine. If they say hands off, they are just providing a little bit for now so that we can have that same little bit in the future.
If you want to go off the beaten path, find some really out of the way preserves, buy some land, or find friends or family who own some land and go exploring.
Yes, the people of Iraq are better off.
I question whether or not the US and the World are better off with having the intentions and methods of the US be viewed as dubious.
I doubt highly that the anger and uncertainty in people worldwide is worth the cost of the war.
I can't speak for everyone else that opposed the war, but a day doesn't go by that I am not overwhelmed with stress at global events. It effects relatively unrelated aspects of my life and has put a strain on my sanity. I can't imagine what sort of effect the actions of the US has on non citizens.
There were different ways to go about diplomacy, but instead of acting as a leader, the US acted with much hubris.
I happen to feel that the price is too high as well. The price for a song that is CD quality uncompressed is around a dollar a track ($13 a cd, for 13 tracks. You can argue above or below, but it's still pretty close). While there is value in the ease of downloading, there is the counter value to the seller of having extremely low distribution costs. $0.25 a song seems fair.
You are correct though, if Apple sells and people buy, then cheapskates like HanzoSan and I don't really have any effect on the market.