What feature would I like most on an RPN calculator? Infix notation!
Seriously, why are we worried about the "future" of inconvenient input formats? Why not worry about more important things, like phonographs and MS-DOS?
If you're going to keep posting April Fools' jokes, you might as well do something funny, like GNAA Reports 3rd quarter profits of $200 million, brought to you from Slashdot's own site. Can't we mod trolls up on just one day in 365? (Actually, it's 366 this year...)
If the shareholders benefit so much from all the outsourcing, why don't we all buy stock in programming-related industries? Not only would we benefit from the outsourcing itself, but the Slashdot effect would drive stock prices sky-high!
EBTX had this idea a long, long time ago: http://www.ebtx.com/mech/mech05.htm
True, this guy didn't actually have the materials in mind, but we ought to give him credit for coming up with it first.
From Rosetta's webpage:
The relative speeds of the spacecraft and comet will gradually be reduced, slowing to 2 metres per second after about 90 days.
If it moves slowly enough, the comet's weak gravity can hold it in.
I notice that most of those factors are vaguely defined at best... "Fun factor?" Get real! As long as we're pulling qualitative numbers out of the air, why not design a simpler system?
Perfect Family Game = 1.0g, where "g" is the "goodness level."
Practical, huh?
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What feature would I like most on an RPN calculator? Infix notation!
Seriously, why are we worried about the "future" of inconvenient input formats? Why not worry about more important things, like phonographs and MS-DOS?
If you're going to keep posting April Fools' jokes, you might as well do something funny, like GNAA Reports 3rd quarter profits of $200 million, brought to you from Slashdot's own site. Can't we mod trolls up on just one day in 365? (Actually, it's 366 this year...)
If the shareholders benefit so much from all the outsourcing, why don't we all buy stock in programming-related industries? Not only would we benefit from the outsourcing itself, but the Slashdot effect would drive stock prices sky-high!
EBTX had this idea a long, long time ago:
http://www.ebtx.com/mech/mech05.htm
True, this guy didn't actually have the materials in mind, but we ought to give him credit for coming up with it first.
From Rosetta's webpage: The relative speeds of the spacecraft and comet will gradually be reduced, slowing to 2 metres per second after about 90 days. If it moves slowly enough, the comet's weak gravity can hold it in.
I notice that most of those factors are vaguely defined at best... "Fun factor?" Get real! As long as we're pulling qualitative numbers out of the air, why not design a simpler system? Perfect Family Game = 1.0g, where "g" is the "goodness level." Practical, huh?