with both this mouse and with the vertical mouse mentioned, that you have to move your whole arm. For me, I notice that I rarely do this. I keep my palm pretty much stationary and move the mouse with only my fingers. I would get anoyed quick if I had to use my whole arm, and probably tired too.
The one thing I like about the vertical mouse idea is that this could allow you to flex your grip, like you would with a squishy ball -- which I have found helps the pain go away.
without a doubt, the all around best ever tool for almost anything is a pad of graph paper.
I grew up with graph paper. I simply think better with a pencil and a pad of graph paper. I've always had a pad and my clipboard since I was 8 years old (same board, too) and I'm 32 now.
Be it mechanical, electronic, or software, I always start with graph paper.
I've tried using software for drawing diagrams and such, but it just gets in the way. Sure, when you want to make a published version of documentation, then you need it. But for actual design and refinement of your thought patterns, it just can't be beat.
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I'm almost certain (this was like, over 15 years ago) that I discovered this same exact thing while experimenting with graphics on an apple II. Using sin and cos left something to be desired speed wise, so I used a completely integer algorithm I found in an issue of sync (the Sinclair magazine!). Then I tweeked it. I also was trying to do 3D, so I tried to make elipses and then elipses with perspective. Not knowing a thing about how 3D graphics were done, matrix equations, etc, I just messed around.
I remember getting some really crazy spiro-graph like images just from a really simple formula.
I'm sure I still have it on a 5.25" floppy, somewhere...
I dont know who said it, but it went something like this:
"If buildings were engineered the way software is written, the first woodpecker that came along would destroy civilization".
I'm a programmer. I used to do mechanical engeering (aerospace). 99% of programming is not even close to engineering. Its more like art. Granted some of it is engineered...
If AOL sent out their cd's on CD-RW it would effectively eliminate the market for selling CD-RW's.:)
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This looks like a great idea. To bad it costs, what, almost $200? Could something like this be done on a laptop touchpad? Granted its much smaller and so the gestures couldnt be as complex, but it would be a neat little software hack...
So basicaly this is the SCSI equivalent of Serial ATA. But instead of coming up with some new cabling and hardware, they're just grafting SCSI on top of Ethernet.
Its too bad even gigabit ethernet wont be as fast as SATA. Not that harddrives can typicaly go that fast anyway..
That would be neat for making an entertainment system box or something. Too bad they dont seem to sell just the CPU. Horror of horrors, maybe I need to visit the local Fry's and see if they sell the chip...
I just want a cheap upgrade for the wife's computer...:)
Anybody know where I can actualy buy a C3 CPU? I was thinking it might make for a nice upgrade to an old S370 system... but I cant find anybody selling them!
Well apparently they're still trying to figure out how to make them reliably. It does seem odd, though, that they already say they are cheaper and quicker to make than LCD's which implies that they know how to do it cheaper and quicker already.. so where's the problem?
They sound as though they would pretty much make LCD's, as well as plasma displays, CRTs, and just about every display technology you can think of completely and utterly obselete, which makes you wonder if maybe they are purposely lagging on introducing the technology...
"Dont' get me wrong, the B-52 has proved to be an amazing aircraft; whiel far from efficient, it's sturdy enough to allow almost endless modifications, and that has allowed it to survive as a front-line weapons platform even today, 50 years after it's first flight.
But stop and think for a moment where we might be today if the better plane had won, validating the general design. If Northrop's commercial models had been allowed to compete with the more conventional early Boeing and Lockheed airliners.
Yeah, the Blended Wing/Body looks radical in the current context. But it shouldn't."
History is riddled with such stories... Replace "b52" and "northrop" with: "ford" and "Tucker", "IBM Clone" and "Amiga" or "Intel" and "Motorola", "Space Shuttle" and "Dynasoar" "VHS" and "Beta"
Anybody point in the direction of a list of the new functions / changed functions in php 4.2.0? Particularly the object aggregation functions which dont seem to be in the php manual as yet.
AmigaOS XL is just an emulator. Its pretty fast though.
OS 4.0 *wont* run with AmigaOS XL or UAE because its a PowerPC based OS (with lots of stuff also running emulated 68K).
Not that it's impossible to also make a PPC emulation for x86..
If you want AmigaOS *actualy* running on x86, not emulated, check out AROS. Its not complete yet, there's no workbench even. But its kinda cool to boot AmigaOS from a CD on a PC knowing its running x86 native code -- no emulation, and no host OS.
I have Roadrunner cable access in Huntington Beach, CA, and I typicaly get 3000kbps, usualy no less than 2000, and the times that I've tested the speed and made note of it, its never been lower than 1000. Seems usualy the only time things come accross slow is when the source isn't spitting it out fast enough, and not because of my connection...
I dont understand what the debate is. None of these computers was the first. To find the first true example of a computer you have to look at Babage's machine. Sure, it was never completed -- but that's perhaps the most important quality it had -- it was also the first example of vaporware!
Since Ada Lovelace is considered the first computer programmer, shouldn't the machine she wrote for be considered the first computer?
I'd pay $5 a month. Napster works pretty good, but of course, if I had to pay, I would expect it to be improved first. Having the convenience to be able to just think of a song and then get it just minutes later is well worth $5. Its more worthwhile then, say, paying $30 a month for 200 channels of crap on cable...
In fact, I'd be happy to spend as much as a whopping $.25 a SONG as long as the money went directly to the artist (minus a small percentage so napster makes money). Then the artists would make more money than they do from the greedy record labels...
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The term among my circle of freinds for people who basicaly "think" they're "hackers" is: "Lamers". A script-kiddie is a lamer. AOL people are lamers. And people who dont even attempt to be hackers are simply "end-users" which has the worst connotation of all.:)
I currently work for a company that is having our site rebuilt by razorfish. They've pushed back the delivery/launch date many times... but in all fairness I think the site looks great. I just hope it all works when it goes live... then again if it doesn't, I'll have more job security...:)
> I don't deny they were good in their time. But to insist that they're better than current machines is as daft as classic car enthusiasts saying 50's
It's not that its better than current stuff; but it does have certain qualities that are still amazingly lacking in current pc's. Things like being able to play audio and video without hickuping...
> Amiga's the same - what differentiated it essentially was the hardware (the OS was nice,
This is something even most Amiga people dont get. Yeah, the hardware was amazing at the time. Today, it pales in comparison to modern chips. Yet somehow, Amigas can still do things that PC's cant. Why? Because of the OS. Yeah, the Amiga hardware is what made it great, but the Amiga's OS is what made it possible.
Of course, this is all relatively moot since the stuff that "Amiga" is working on has practicaly nothing to do with any existing Amiga software or hardware, other than trying to hold to the same basic principles (being small and lean, etc).
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with both this mouse and with the vertical mouse mentioned, that you have to move your whole arm. For me, I notice that I rarely do this. I keep my palm pretty much stationary and move the mouse with only my fingers. I would get anoyed quick if I had to use my whole arm, and probably tired too.
The one thing I like about the vertical mouse idea is that this could allow you to flex your grip, like you would with a squishy ball -- which I have found helps the pain go away.
without a doubt, the all around best ever tool for almost anything is a pad of graph paper.
I grew up with graph paper. I simply think better with a pencil and a pad of graph paper. I've always had a pad and my clipboard since I was 8 years old (same board, too) and I'm 32 now.
Be it mechanical, electronic, or software, I always start with graph paper.
I've tried using software for drawing diagrams and such, but it just gets in the way. Sure, when you want to make a published version of documentation, then you need it. But for actual design and refinement of your thought patterns, it just can't be beat.
the cartoon on the right side bar.
"Then, you are star now for DVD players"
I'm almost certain (this was like, over 15 years ago) that I discovered this same exact thing while experimenting with graphics on an apple II. Using sin and cos left something to be desired speed wise, so I used a completely integer algorithm I found in an issue of sync (the Sinclair magazine!). Then I tweeked it. I also was trying to do 3D, so I tried to make elipses and then elipses with perspective. Not knowing a thing about how 3D graphics were done, matrix equations, etc, I just messed around.
I remember getting some really crazy spiro-graph like images just from a really simple formula.
I'm sure I still have it on a 5.25" floppy, somewhere...
it turns out that, whatever the hell it is he's talking about, turns out to be true?
:)
Or any of the other seemingly wacky ideas people have these days?
Highly unlikely, but what if?
As a programmer, I would love to have the "law" repealed that makes divide by zero an error condition...
it would be possible.
But much sooner then that, perhaps real soon if not already, you could simply build a digital camera into, say, a pair of sunglasses...
I dont know who said it, but it went something like this:
"If buildings were engineered the way software is written, the first woodpecker that came along would destroy civilization".
I'm a programmer. I used to do mechanical engeering (aerospace). 99% of programming is not even close to engineering. Its more like art. Granted some of it is engineered...
If AOL sent out their cd's on CD-RW it would effectively eliminate the market for selling CD-RW's. :)
This looks like a great idea. To bad it costs, what, almost $200? Could something like this be done on a laptop touchpad? Granted its much smaller and so the gestures couldnt be as complex, but it would be a neat little software hack...
So basicaly this is the SCSI equivalent of Serial ATA. But instead of coming up with some new cabling and hardware, they're just grafting SCSI on top of Ethernet.
Its too bad even gigabit ethernet wont be as fast as SATA. Not that harddrives can typicaly go that fast anyway..
It also finaly can end the Apple IIgs vs commodore war. This thing would kill a IIgs! So there! AHAHAHA!
I was thinking of doing an Amiga emulator in Flash.
Shouldnt be that hard.
That would be neat for making an entertainment system box or something. Too bad they dont seem to sell just the CPU. Horror of horrors, maybe I need to visit the local Fry's and see if they sell the chip...
:)
I just want a cheap upgrade for the wife's computer...
Anybody know where I can actualy buy a C3 CPU? I was thinking it might make for a nice upgrade to an old S370 system... but I cant find anybody selling them!
Well apparently they're still trying to figure out how to make them reliably. It does seem odd, though, that they already say they are cheaper and quicker to make than LCD's which implies that they know how to do it cheaper and quicker already.. so where's the problem?
They sound as though they would pretty much make LCD's, as well as plasma displays, CRTs, and just about every display technology you can think of completely and utterly obselete, which makes you wonder if maybe they are purposely lagging on introducing the technology...
.. hates this calculator. Every time she picks up its in hex or binary mode and she can't figure it out.
ha.
Wonder if there's an emulation?
"Dont' get me wrong, the B-52 has proved to be an amazing aircraft; whiel far from efficient, it's sturdy enough to allow almost endless modifications, and that has allowed it to survive as a front-line weapons platform even today, 50 years after it's first flight.
But stop and think for a moment where we might be today if the better plane had won, validating the general design. If Northrop's commercial models had been allowed to compete with the more conventional early Boeing and Lockheed airliners.
Yeah, the Blended Wing/Body looks radical in the current context. But it shouldn't."
History is riddled with such stories... Replace "b52" and "northrop" with:
"ford" and "Tucker",
"IBM Clone" and "Amiga" or "Intel" and "Motorola",
"Space Shuttle" and "Dynasoar"
"VHS" and "Beta"
-sigh-
Anybody point in the direction of a list of the new functions / changed functions in php 4.2.0? Particularly the object aggregation functions which dont seem to be in the php manual as yet.
AmigaOS XL is just an emulator. Its pretty fast though.
OS 4.0 *wont* run with AmigaOS XL or UAE because its a PowerPC based OS (with lots of stuff also running emulated 68K).
Not that it's impossible to also make a PPC emulation for x86..
If you want AmigaOS *actualy* running on x86, not emulated, check out AROS. Its not complete yet, there's no workbench even. But its kinda cool to boot AmigaOS from a CD on a PC knowing its running x86 native code -- no emulation, and no host OS.
I have Roadrunner cable access in Huntington Beach, CA, and I typicaly get 3000kbps, usualy no less than 2000, and the times that I've tested the speed and made note of it, its never been lower than 1000. Seems usualy the only time things come accross slow is when the source isn't spitting it out fast enough, and not because of my connection...
I dont understand what the debate is. None of these computers was the first. To find the first true example of a computer you have to look at Babage's machine. Sure, it was never completed -- but that's perhaps the most important quality it had -- it was also the first example of vaporware!
Since Ada Lovelace is considered the first computer programmer, shouldn't the machine she wrote for be considered the first computer?
I'd pay $5 a month. Napster works pretty good, but of course, if I had to pay, I would expect it to be improved first. Having the convenience to be able to just think of a song and then get it just minutes later is well worth $5. Its more worthwhile then, say, paying $30 a month for 200 channels of crap on cable...
In fact, I'd be happy to spend as much as a whopping $.25 a SONG as long as the money went directly to the artist (minus a small percentage so napster makes money). Then the artists would make more money than they do from the greedy record labels...
The term among my circle of freinds for people who basicaly "think" they're "hackers" is: "Lamers". A script-kiddie is a lamer. AOL people are lamers. And people who dont even attempt to be hackers are simply "end-users" which has the worst connotation of all. :)
I currently work for a company that is having our site rebuilt by razorfish. They've pushed back the delivery/launch date many times... but in all fairness I think the site looks great. I just hope it all works when it goes live... then again if it doesn't, I'll have more job security... :)
> I don't deny they were good in their time. But to insist that they're better than current machines is as daft as classic car enthusiasts saying 50's
It's not that its better than current stuff; but it does have certain qualities that are still amazingly lacking in current pc's. Things like being able to play audio and video without hickuping...
> Amiga's the same - what differentiated it essentially was the hardware (the OS was nice,
This is something even most Amiga people dont get. Yeah, the hardware was amazing at the time. Today, it pales in comparison to modern chips. Yet somehow, Amigas can still do things that PC's cant. Why? Because of the OS. Yeah, the Amiga hardware is what made it great, but the Amiga's OS is what made it possible.
Of course, this is all relatively moot since the stuff that "Amiga" is working on has practicaly nothing to do with any existing Amiga software or hardware, other than trying to hold to the same basic principles (being small and lean, etc).