Isn't there a "+1 Funny Illiterate" mod around here somewhere?
There's a really good reason why there's a -->NEW-- in the title. Otherwise it would have been "puts meaning".:)
Older still is pascal's gear system. So I suppose you'd crank the ol' gears of the mathematics in that case. I think they found an ancient mechanical computer, dating more than 1000 years, but they have no friggin' idea what it does.
This one however is definetly new, and truely obfuscated in construction. I wish I have one nearby next time one of my lecturers say "crank the handle on the mathematics".:)
As a junior (BSc., doing honours) physicists I agree, if something takes more than 20 seconds to do by hand, on comes mathematica and friends. It's also more useful to have those calculations nice and documented. If it's anything worthwhile you'll have to do that anyway! unless you love recomputing everything each time... need 1000 or so graphs for diffrent sets of data? No problem, you can do it in one line if you set everything up logically.
My poor HP49G has been gathering dust for the last few years, and it seems like it'll stay that way. The convience of mathematica+my laptop is a sharp contrast the the back ache assosiated with leaning down and picking up my calculator from the pile of junk under my desk... =)
Actually, Command and Conquer had a trigger system too, but it was hard to use especially because all you had was a texteditor back then.
Starcraft just did everything more professionally and made it a breathe to use for someone making a map. It was also one kick ass game, regardless of the fact that it was the same kind of game as all the other RTSes out there. Each race required a diffrent sort of mind set to use, every strategy had a counter strategy, at the end the best player wins.
I agree about WC3, it was really disappointing a truely a step backwards. People may like the "hero" concept but this was implemented in a more sane way by westwood in Tiberian Sun and Red Alert 2, with units getting a rank. Sure it was crude but it worked to give each unit a disctintion from the rest.
IANAC (I am not a chemist;)) but that would probably depend more on how they implemented the "layer of coating" on the flip side of the CD-R. Even if you don't make use of it, if it isn't designed right it may very well shorten the life of the CD.
It sounds like a good idea though, since it would make life easier if you want to maintain a collection of data CDs.
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Nah It was uncle Sharon, eating a few palestinian children.
Darn! It was getting good... :)
Isn't there a "+1 Funny Illiterate" mod around here somewhere? There's a really good reason why there's a -->NEW-- in the title. Otherwise it would have been "puts meaning". :)
Yeah. But that's an old example.
:)
Older still is pascal's gear system. So I suppose you'd crank the ol' gears of the mathematics in that case. I think they found an ancient mechanical computer, dating more than 1000 years, but they have no friggin' idea what it does.
This one however is definetly new, and truely obfuscated in construction. I wish I have one nearby next time one of my lecturers say "crank the handle on the mathematics".
Into the old saying that physicists love to say: "crank the handle on the mathematics".
Since they actually make a profit on those deaths. But ofcourse, in the real world, if windows kills your dog microsoft will hide behind it's EULA.
As a junior (BSc., doing honours) physicists I agree, if something takes more than 20 seconds to do by hand, on comes mathematica and friends. It's also more useful to have those calculations nice and documented. If it's anything worthwhile you'll have to do that anyway! unless you love recomputing everything each time... need 1000 or so graphs for diffrent sets of data? No problem, you can do it in one line if you set everything up logically.
My poor HP49G has been gathering dust for the last few years, and it seems like it'll stay that way. The convience of mathematica+my laptop is a sharp contrast the the back ache assosiated with leaning down and picking up my calculator from the pile of junk under my desk... =)
They must have entered the complex plane ... they'd have to be imagining if they think microsoft would help them. =)
Actually, Command and Conquer had a trigger system too, but it was hard to use especially because all you had was a texteditor back then.
Starcraft just did everything more professionally and made it a breathe to use for someone making a map. It was also one kick ass game, regardless of the fact that it was the same kind of game as all the other RTSes out there. Each race required a diffrent sort of mind set to use, every strategy had a counter strategy, at the end the best player wins.
I agree about WC3, it was really disappointing a truely a step backwards. People may like the "hero" concept but this was implemented in a more sane way by westwood in Tiberian Sun and Red Alert 2, with units getting a rank. Sure it was crude but it worked to give each unit a disctintion from the rest.
IANAC (I am not a chemist ;)) but that would probably depend more on how they implemented the "layer of coating" on the flip side of the CD-R. Even if you don't make use of it, if it isn't designed right it may very well shorten the life of the CD.
It sounds like a good idea though, since it would make life easier if you want to maintain a collection of data CDs.