I'm afraid of making any sort of software, even for fun. If it somehow leaves my PC goes public, someone could notice I made it, dig up some old patent, and sue my ass to Hoboken, New Jersey. This leeching is far worse than file leeching, and it's always sad to see that something intended to advance science and the arts (see Sec. 8, Clause 8) is impeding it instead. If it can happen to "M$" with their many IP/etc. lawyers, it can happen, and cause far worse damage, to us. That's -1, Scary to me.
I referred to both pop'n and sample. The calculator manuals had slightly different formulas listed for both, and (I don't quite remember, they might have been the same for all I know) gave different results. They both involved putting numbers (or pairs of numbers for value and freq) into data "lists" (though I don't think one can access each element in those lists either, only their resulting statistics [means, deviations, etc.] via Shift or 2ndF and number keys). It frightens me somewhat.
calculators in tests are a trap: At first they help you with the basic knowledge that you SHOULD have. But they WON'T help you doing fraction stuff with polynomials (unless they're really advanced calcs). And when you NEED the basic knowledge, you don't have it.
Definitely. My precalc class, e.g.; there's lots of simplification techniques (Law of [Co]Sines, polynomials, logarithm etc.) that many calculators could not possibly do for you. (You can probably verify each step by checking that the simplified expression gives the same answer as the original, though...)
How often do you defrag your LIFE?
How DO you defrag your LIFE? Do you download the PDF issue and then run defrag? Do you mean real life (I'd have no idea about that)?
Why not show them what they can achieve with the calculator rather than how to achieve what the calculator does?
Because then someday, none of us will know how to add, and any answer that any calculator gives us will seem right. They'll become more like lottery machines with a different answer between each other (or even give different answers every day!) than verified, scrutinized teaching aids.
How do we scrutinize our calculators? We do the math ourselves. How do we let them become misleading tools? Not knowing the math. I remember seeing differences, IIRC, between the Sharp EL-520R and the CASIO fx-4200P in how they calculate standard deviations (with small differences in their end results). (I cannot give examples because my Sharp's screen is garbled now, but their manuals give slightly different formulas also.) Will the plus sign become inconsistent next? I hope not.
Chesterfield County school officials held a low-key ceremony to honor him, and Texas Instruments sent him a graphing calculator, "which he loved..."
Yeah, that'll help him learn the fraction function. I would've loved it too though. I have a plain vanilla (or chocolate? It is black) TI-83, and I would not mind trying one of those TI-89s or whatever's the newest one now.
What did AOL start out with (until popular backlash)? Pop-ups when the AOL session started (and ended? the memory escapes me). I never saw any popups with teh Google, and every time I can search Google, view the Maps and upload something with GMail, [breaks into R&B music] I bless the day...that I found Goo...
...people would hack just about anything. Not that the PSP is exactly "anything"; it's immediate envy whenever I see one (waiting for the price to go down, if ever) and besides, I had read of the earlier browser hack and other things. Maybe this should be in CmdrTaco's because-you-can dept. instead.
Side note: ByteWoopy?!? Just as Michael Bolton wondered about that PC Load Letter, so I wonder about that, uh...name. (Not that game kid is any less odd...)
...they can just call them "Beta" and add to the manuals or online help: "Nintendo is not responsible for any damage caused to your system or television. Use of these immensely cool games will void your warranty and (in the case of some insane developers) give you an incurable epileptic seizure. Nintendo will not hear claims arising from the use of these Beta games, and mails requesting support for said games will be stamped with 'I told you so', 'Fuck off', or 'I have some good news--I just saved a bunch of money on my car insurance by switching to GEICO', and returned to sender."
Is that you? I didn't know homophobic late-night hosts posted here! Love your show though. Maybe you can showcase this PC and make fun of its builder with your "geek" voice too.
...that my college (which shall remain nameless) requires the Internet for registration, homework and other things. Sans a PC, I'd just be another high school grad.
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I'm afraid of making any sort of software, even for fun. If it somehow leaves my PC goes public, someone could notice I made it, dig up some old patent, and sue my ass to Hoboken, New Jersey. This leeching is far worse than file leeching, and it's always sad to see that something intended to advance science and the arts (see Sec. 8, Clause 8) is impeding it instead. If it can happen to "M$" with their many IP/etc. lawyers, it can happen, and cause far worse damage, to us. That's -1, Scary to me.
So the virus will make the wearer kick himself in the nuts and yank his chin into his own shoulder?!?
...oh, that Steve. I love that weird slo-mo sound effect. As long as I don't have to hear it every time I flex my leg muscles...
I referred to both pop'n and sample. The calculator manuals had slightly different formulas listed for both, and (I don't quite remember, they might have been the same for all I know) gave different results. They both involved putting numbers (or pairs of numbers for value and freq) into data "lists" (though I don't think one can access each element in those lists either, only their resulting statistics [means, deviations, etc.] via Shift or 2ndF and number keys). It frightens me somewhat.
calculators in tests are a trap: At first they help you with the basic knowledge that you SHOULD have. But they WON'T help you doing fraction stuff with polynomials (unless they're really advanced calcs). And when you NEED the basic knowledge, you don't have it.
Definitely. My precalc class, e.g.; there's lots of simplification techniques (Law of [Co]Sines, polynomials, logarithm etc.) that many calculators could not possibly do for you. (You can probably verify each step by checking that the simplified expression gives the same answer as the original, though...)
How often do you defrag your LIFE?
How DO you defrag your LIFE? Do you download the PDF issue and then run defrag? Do you mean real life (I'd have no idea about that)?
Because then someday, none of us will know how to add, and any answer that any calculator gives us will seem right. They'll become more like lottery machines with a different answer between each other (or even give different answers every day!) than verified, scrutinized teaching aids.
How do we scrutinize our calculators? We do the math ourselves. How do we let them become misleading tools? Not knowing the math. I remember seeing differences, IIRC, between the Sharp EL-520R and the CASIO fx-4200P in how they calculate standard deviations (with small differences in their end results). (I cannot give examples because my Sharp's screen is garbled now, but their manuals give slightly different formulas also.) Will the plus sign become inconsistent next? I hope not.
...will it show me its hidden pr0n?
Yeah, that'll help him learn the fraction function. I would've loved it too though. I have a plain vanilla (or chocolate? It is black) TI-83, and I would not mind trying one of those TI-89s or whatever's the newest one now.
What did AOL start out with (until popular backlash)? Pop-ups when the AOL session started (and ended? the memory escapes me). I never saw any popups with teh Google, and every time I can search Google, view the Maps and upload something with GMail, [breaks into R&B music] I bless the day...that I found Goo...
...we can easily though malware into the floor have fun too.
Let's decompose and enjoy kicking worm ass.
...but even I'd prefer that the two-bit "on-or-off" color structure is emphasized with phrases like "black-and-white".
Microsoft purchased Dack, and are using their bullshit generator to reinvent cross-platform experiences!
...people would hack just about anything. Not that the PSP is exactly "anything"; it's immediate envy whenever I see one (waiting for the price to go down, if ever) and besides, I had read of the earlier browser hack and other things. Maybe this should be in CmdrTaco's because-you-can dept. instead.
Side note: ByteWoopy?!? Just as Michael Bolton wondered about that PC Load Letter, so I wonder about that, uh...name. (Not that game kid is any less odd...)
Best disclaimer ever. Sig'd.
Of course, if you're offended by said sig'ing, you must be strange indeed.
UPS: What can BROWN lose for you?
...they can just call them "Beta" and add to the manuals or online help: "Nintendo is not responsible for any damage caused to your system or television. Use of these immensely cool games will void your warranty and (in the case of some insane developers) give you an incurable epileptic seizure. Nintendo will not hear claims arising from the use of these Beta games, and mails requesting support for said games will be stamped with 'I told you so', 'Fuck off', or 'I have some good news--I just saved a bunch of money on my car insurance by switching to GEICO', and returned to sender."
...but really, this is the first I've heard of it. If I get one, I might even teach myself to swim...
Is that you? I didn't know homophobic late-night hosts posted here! Love your show though. Maybe you can showcase this PC and make fun of its builder with your "geek" voice too.
...not to run the same program twice, lest you run into your own bright digital trail...
...but 1.21 gigabytes.
Don't worry. When the CD drive hits 88 rounds per minute, you're gonna see some serious shit.
Regular guys prefer brunettes, gentlemen prefer blondes, but guys like me only accept red.
The Chicken of the Sea thing blew it for them. No blonde kids coming from any future wife of mine--not after that.
Yes.
I, for one, welcome our new ancient bear overlords.
Unless they get genetically engineered to defeat me in a real-life King of Iron Fist Tournament or something. Or take my picnic baskets.
This story really should have been a poll though.
...that my college (which shall remain nameless) requires the Internet for registration, homework and other things. Sans a PC, I'd just be another high school grad.
They have a lower TCP: total cost of pwnz0rship.