They probably forgot the francophones in New-Brunswick, Alberta, etc. Sweepstakes, etc. are almost all void in Quebec due to the government owning the largest (only?) money-game enterprise. Talk about vested interests:)
mp3 conversion is incredibly slow on their software. Burn the mp3 to an image, mount the image as a CD and record the CD on the MD; it'll be much faster.
I'm quebecois, and i don't give a ****. Hell, i'd probably have a lot of fun with the game if i had a PS2:) However, I think it's a bit sad that the FLQ is only remembered for their one(and last) mistake. They did many things before the kidnapping-and-murder mistake, and it was very clean; it involved blowing statues representing the british domination, etc. While it was costly, but it made their point and didn't physically hurt anyone.
BTW, re the inflammatory comments: not all of us are like the hardline PQ, just like not every anglo's like Alliance-Quebec(or whatever their name is) people. Thank you.
They take pre-teens/barely teens and ask them to play classic games. They've been raised to expect instant gratification, extremely narrow (regular) gameplay and plots that are always the same, to like eye candy instead of depth, etc. This is exactly like the situation of theatre or reading, or say, The Birds VS Crossroads("Woah, no explosions! Too small boobies" [etc]). It does not mean anything except that the kids they used for the article weren't geeky enough.
I read classics at that age. I still play battlezone (MAME) and have fun, even though battlezone is a bit older than me. Just like many others with litterature, classical music and other timeless works of arts, the kids will learn to like good stuff isntead of shiny new stuff as they get older and see more of the world. They'll find a way of escaping their generation's cavern, of curing themselves of the contemporaries' myopia(? it's hard translating english-french-english. i feel like babelfish)
"Why? Is it not conceivable that computers may perhaps be weaker in some THING than humans?"
No. I believe the universe to be definable as cellular automata. If not the universe, it is nearly certain that it is possible to do so at an atomic level. Therefore, a computer can plausibly be at least equivalent to a brain.
Moreover, it can easily be argued that the difference between computer and humans' brain is artificial.
In any case, from just about any non-mystical PoV, no, it is not plausible(conceivable?) that computers in general will always be less powerful than humans.
I can tap on my cheap TI keyboard much faster than i can ever hope to enter data with a pen on a palm. Even using the screen as an input device doesn't cut it: tactile feedback is GOOD.
Also, i have no idea why HS are pushing graphing calcs: there aren't many college courseswhere you can su programmable calculators.
And finally, battery life.
If you want power and usability, you're always going to ahve to dish some money. Heck, nowadays, it's more like, usability == money; power is easy to get. It's not like it's not possible now: there's a package to emulate the hp48 on PPCs and Palms that has been out for a while. Still, it makes you much less efficient. In the calculator world, if you want power and usability, for real world usage, and not only HS, get an HP (while they're still decent), which is what has been used by those who interact with their calculators all the time(engineers, bankers, etc) for many years, not a Palm.
No, it's not a rumour(comp.sys.hp48 is your friend).
Pros: ARM processor -> better speed Larger screen SD slot USB connection to computer Seems to be emulating the Saturn, since everything else seems to be pretty much the same.
Cons: Keyboard not registering EVERY keypress (you have to concentrate on pressing a bit harder than usual, it seems) Much higher power consumption Bad SD support - you have to remove and reinsert the card everytime you reboot. USB connection -> no nice HP48modem, etc, hack Defaults in algebraic mode, manuals only for algebraic mode. Still haven't found the way to program the ARM directly.
Many of the cons seem to be solvable with ROM updates, so wait and pray for HP to fix them:)
Clearly, two infinites are not always equal, just like it is with any other number when we are considering a limit. In fact, I believe infinity itself is not a number, but a concept(the biggest number you can think of), and as such, we can only have numbers or values that approach it.
Similarly, for 1 = 0.999... It seems that this is not the case. When the difference approaches 1/[infinity], it approaches 0+. However, 0+ != 0, and there still is a difference, an infinitely small one, but one none the less. To say that an infinitely small value is equal to zero would mean calculus can not exist. Integration and differentiation all rely on the fact that values that approach zero are not actually equal to 0, and can therefore be used as dividers(sp?) and multipliers.
It is incredibly easy for High School teachers to create misunderstanding regarding infinity since it is such a complex concept, and that given what they teach, such complexity is often not useful. Thankfully, my HS math teachers from 9th grade up were college teachers (eh... private HS+College), and forced us to twist our brains around it as much as they could.
Smart cards have been used to pay for stuff like gas in europe since at least 1997. I can't give you a precise date because all i know is i saw them in use when i went to France in '97. No they were not credit or debit cards.
54 Mbps has never been the advertised real bandwidth for g. 54 Mbps is the speed at which data goes between your card and your router. Guess what? There's a lot of correction code, synchronisation, etc.
Maybe the author should read the docs(RFCs aren't that ahrd to find, are they?) before jumping on a juicy story?
Oh, and... DUPE! "lie" was already covered a few months ago. Heck, there even was the same conclusion: g gives you around 20 Mbps, VS what, 11 Mbps max on b?
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Only because the standard also defines tons of library. It still is lisp, where the language can be defined with a half-dozen functions. It's just that the half-million other function that MIGHT be needed are also defined by the standard.:D
Yup, you can't clone mammals all that well. Each cell's genetic code is imprinted (the DNA is chemically modified with -NH3+ molecules, iirc, so it can't be read) so that it's not the same as the original embryonic cells.
Communism \Com"mu*nism\, n. [F. communisme, fr. commun common.]
A scheme of equalizing the social conditions of life;
specifically, a scheme which contemplates the abolition of
inequalities in the possession of property, as by
distributing all wealth equally to all, or by holding all
wealth in common for the equal use and advantage of all.
Bamboo is used every day in Asia for contruction work (you use wood+steel, they use bamboo). Seems strong enough (in the right orientation, yes).
I saw a paper bike from Japan once. I believe it was a research product, not something that was actually for sale. Still, it was the same kind of idea: use tight paper cylinders to have longitudinal strength. IIRC, it did not have a losange frame. It might have been to deal with the problem of tension, forces, etc applied in the wrong direction.
Not exactly a new idea, but still cool. Maybe the design should be improved.
See subject. OK, so, as Austin and his father showed, it is possible to make it impossible to understand UK English for others... if you try really hard.
You know, there's no different dictionary for France and Quebec; it's the same words, pronounced grossly the same way.
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IBM CF Micro-drive. :)
I'm surprised the Zaurus doesn't have PCMCIA, though.
They probably forgot the francophones in New-Brunswick, Alberta, etc. Sweepstakes, etc. are almost all void in Quebec due to the government owning the largest (only?) money-game enterprise. Talk about vested interests :)
mp3 conversion is incredibly slow on their software. Burn the mp3 to an image, mount the image as a CD and record the CD on the MD; it'll be much faster.
I'm quebecois, and i don't give a ****. Hell, i'd probably have a lot of fun with the game if i had a PS2 :) However, I think it's a bit sad that the FLQ is only remembered for their one(and last) mistake. They did many things before the kidnapping-and-murder mistake, and it was very clean; it involved blowing statues representing the british domination, etc. While it was costly, but it made their point and didn't physically hurt anyone.
BTW, re the inflammatory comments: not all of us are like the hardline PQ, just like not every anglo's like Alliance-Quebec(or whatever their name is) people. Thank you.
Do you have erable? If not, then the 49G+ is better, since it comes with erable and metakernel installed.
Tetris has depth. So do chess, dune I, dune II, early FF, go, othello, impossible mission, bolo, etc.
They take pre-teens/barely teens and ask them to play classic games. They've been raised to expect instant gratification, extremely narrow (regular) gameplay and plots that are always the same, to like eye candy instead of depth, etc. This is exactly like the situation of theatre or reading, or say, The Birds VS Crossroads("Woah, no explosions! Too small boobies" [etc]). It does not mean anything except that the kids they used for the article weren't geeky enough.
I read classics at that age. I still play battlezone (MAME) and have fun, even though battlezone is a bit older than me. Just like many others with litterature, classical music and other timeless works of arts, the kids will learn to like good stuff isntead of shiny new stuff as they get older and see more of the world. They'll find a way of escaping their generation's cavern, of curing themselves of the contemporaries' myopia(? it's hard translating english-french-english. i feel like babelfish)
Hopefully.
"Why? Is it not conceivable that computers may perhaps be weaker in some THING than humans?"
No. I believe the universe to be definable as cellular automata. If not the universe, it is nearly certain that it is possible to do so at an atomic level. Therefore, a computer can plausibly be at least equivalent to a brain.
Moreover, it can easily be argued that the difference between computer and humans' brain is artificial.
In any case, from just about any non-mystical PoV, no, it is not plausible(conceivable?) that computers in general will always be less powerful than humans.
User Interface.
I can tap on my cheap TI keyboard much faster than i can ever hope to enter data with a pen on a palm. Even using the screen as an input device doesn't cut it: tactile feedback is GOOD.
Also, i have no idea why HS are pushing graphing calcs: there aren't many college courseswhere you can su programmable calculators.
And finally, battery life.
If you want power and usability, you're always going to ahve to dish some money. Heck, nowadays, it's more like, usability == money; power is easy to get. It's not like it's not possible now: there's a package to emulate the hp48 on PPCs and Palms that has been out for a while. Still, it makes you much less efficient. In the calculator world, if you want power and usability, for real world usage, and not only HS, get an HP (while they're still decent), which is what has been used by those who interact with their calculators all the time(engineers, bankers, etc) for many years, not a Palm.
No, it's not a rumour(comp.sys.hp48 is your friend).
:)
Pros:
ARM processor -> better speed
Larger screen
SD slot
USB connection to computer
Seems to be emulating the Saturn, since everything else seems to be pretty much the same.
Cons:
Keyboard not registering EVERY keypress (you have to concentrate on pressing a bit harder than usual, it seems)
Much higher power consumption
Bad SD support - you have to remove and reinsert the card everytime you reboot.
USB connection -> no nice HP48modem, etc, hack
Defaults in algebraic mode, manuals only for algebraic mode.
Still haven't found the way to program the ARM directly.
Many of the cons seem to be solvable with ROM updates, so wait and pray for HP to fix them
Is that really what it says? As far as i know, my brain+enough paper is Turing complete, which would basically make every software patent nil, no?
Zork?
The filter simply needs to have access to more data.
lim 1/x x-> 0 = [infinity]
lim 2/x x-> 0 = [infinity]
lim (2/x)/(1/x) x -> 0 = [infinity]/[infinity] = 2
Clearly, two infinites are not always equal, just like it is with any other number when we are considering a limit. In fact, I believe infinity itself is not a number, but a concept(the biggest number you can think of), and as such, we can only have numbers or values that approach it.
Similarly, for 1 = 0.999...
It seems that this is not the case. When the difference approaches 1/[infinity], it approaches 0+. However, 0+ != 0, and there still is a difference, an infinitely small one, but one none the less. To say that an infinitely small value is equal to zero would mean calculus can not exist. Integration and differentiation all rely on the fact that values that approach zero are not actually equal to 0, and can therefore be used as dividers(sp?) and multipliers.
It is incredibly easy for High School teachers to create misunderstanding regarding infinity since it is such a complex concept, and that given what they teach, such complexity is often not useful. Thankfully, my HS math teachers from 9th grade up were college teachers (eh... private HS+College), and forced us to twist our brains around it as much as they could.
Didn't they change their contracts so that there is a minimal revenue you must reach before getting a cheque, and additional administration charges?
Not a customer, just someone who stumbled on a rant about cafepress.
Look elsewhere.
Smart cards have been used to pay for stuff like gas in europe since at least 1997. I can't give you a precise date because all i know is i saw them in use when i went to France in '97. No they were not credit or debit cards.
54 Mbps has never been the advertised real bandwidth for g. 54 Mbps is the speed at which data goes between your card and your router. Guess what? There's a lot of correction code, synchronisation, etc.
Maybe the author should read the docs(RFCs aren't that ahrd to find, are they?) before jumping on a juicy story?
Oh, and... DUPE! "lie" was already covered a few months ago. Heck, there even was the same conclusion: g gives you around 20 Mbps, VS what, 11 Mbps max on b?
Only because the standard also defines tons of library. It still is lisp, where the language can be defined with a half-dozen functions. It's just that the half-million other function that MIGHT be needed are also defined by the standard. :D
Gotta love committees, no?
Yup, you can't clone mammals all that well. Each cell's genetic code is imprinted (the DNA is chemically modified with -NH3+ molecules, iirc, so it can't be read) so that it's not the same as the original embryonic cells.
:D
The clone would be different from the original
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Communism \Com"mu*nism\, n. [F. communisme, fr. commun common.]
A scheme of equalizing the social conditions of life;
specifically, a scheme which contemplates the abolition of
inequalities in the possession of property, as by
distributing all wealth equally to all, or by holding all
wealth in common for the equal use and advantage of all.
!= socialism.
Bamboo is used every day in Asia for contruction work (you use wood+steel, they use bamboo). Seems strong enough (in the right orientation, yes).
I saw a paper bike from Japan once. I believe it was a research product, not something that was actually for sale. Still, it was the same kind of idea: use tight paper cylinders to have longitudinal strength. IIRC, it did not have a losange frame. It might have been to deal with the problem of tension, forces, etc applied in the wrong direction.
Not exactly a new idea, but still cool. Maybe the design should be improved.
Please Advise, I don't know how to think about this story, I'm a Swiss-American.
You ought to be proud! The Swiss cheese concept making it on your very own National Security computers.
Talk about a shifting national identity!
See subject. OK, so, as Austin and his father showed, it is possible to make it impossible to understand UK English for others... if you try really hard. You know, there's no different dictionary for France and Quebec; it's the same words, pronounced grossly the same way.