Actually all of my physics assignments are marked automatically online. It's not difficult to do - you just key in answers in a basic maths syntax.
It actually has an advantage over a normal assignment because the numbers used in each question change user to user, so someone can't just copy verbatim from someone else. It also give some interesting feedback if you key in the wrong answer (off by multiple, etc) which can give you a push in the right direction.
It also offers 'hints' for a small mark penalty, whereby the program can break down the question into smaller parts to make it easier to understand.
I was under the impression that once I purchase something (be it a PS2, a torch, a computer, a book, etc) it becomes mine and I can do as I please with it.
If I want to tear the book apart, I can do so. If I want to modify the torch or the computer, I can do so. But apparantly that has all changed now: modifying _MY_ PS2, containing hardware that _I_ own is no longer condoned. Does this effectively mean the company still owns the rights to the inside of the PS2? Am I not allowed to create any 'derivative works' of the hardware?
I also don't like the fact that the state will assume that I am guilty purely because a corporation says I am.
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Don't know if you got this far (try this again):
y = x^(1/x)
ln(y) = x*ln(x)
differentiation:
1/y = 1 + ln(x)
y = 1/(1+ln(x))
Don't know if you got this far: y = x^(1/x) ln(y) = x*ln(x) differentiation: 1/y = 1 + ln(x) y = 1/(1+ln(x))
Did you shower in bottled water too?
It's like internet spam. The first few times they do it it will be a novelty, then nobody will use spam because it's not worth it.
Oh, wait, something's going overhead now:
'Erectile problems? Reach this sign with FREE VIAGRA!!!'
I'm glad we didn't regulate the skies...
Then NASA can buy it from them for 29 cents.
No engineering project is complete unless it's held together by copious amounts of duct tape. No exceptions.
Actually all of my physics assignments are marked automatically online. It's not difficult to do - you just key in answers in a basic maths syntax. It actually has an advantage over a normal assignment because the numbers used in each question change user to user, so someone can't just copy verbatim from someone else. It also give some interesting feedback if you key in the wrong answer (off by multiple, etc) which can give you a push in the right direction. It also offers 'hints' for a small mark penalty, whereby the program can break down the question into smaller parts to make it easier to understand.
I was under the impression that once I purchase something (be it a PS2, a torch, a computer, a book, etc) it becomes mine and I can do as I please with it. If I want to tear the book apart, I can do so. If I want to modify the torch or the computer, I can do so. But apparantly that has all changed now: modifying _MY_ PS2, containing hardware that _I_ own is no longer condoned. Does this effectively mean the company still owns the rights to the inside of the PS2? Am I not allowed to create any 'derivative works' of the hardware? I also don't like the fact that the state will assume that I am guilty purely because a corporation says I am.