Ever try to get it back together in working order? Yes - and I succeeded. Not only did it work, but I had two extra screws when I finished! It wasn't too difficult, I just followed the instructions in the manual. Programming's harder in the sense that I have to actually develop the instructions (algorithm) before I can actually follow them (in other words, write the program).
I wonder, was there a rule that said you could only use a slide rule with C,D,A,B, and the log scale (I forget its designation)? I had a slide rule with 20 scales - much easier to deal with logarithms. Don't ever recall being told I couldn't use it on an exam. On the other hand, maybe I've become forgetful in my old age.
No need to dive. Saw a CRT sitting on a particle-board computer desk along with a keyboard, 1m long ethernet cable, and a power cord adjacent to a dumpster in Bismarck, ND yesterday. Left the CRT but grabbed the keyboard, ethernet cable, and power cord
I taught my share of remedial math during my academic career. It's definitely a subject that doesn't change much from term to term (or even decade to decade). My strategy with regard to old quizzes and exams was to make them available, either on reserve in the library, or posted on my geocities web page. I figured if a student had properly memorized how to do every type of problem I asked on the older exams, then the student had learned most (if not all) of what was trying to teach and deserved to do well in the class. The types of problems I asked didn't change a whole lot, but the numbers certainly did.
I still use Fedora. I also still use Ubuntu. And I find that after getting my desktop set up the way I like it under GNOME, there's typically very little effective difference between the two. Right now, however, we have a somewhat significant difference. Fedora 13 ships with a nouveau driver that works with my on-board Nvidia 9100 graphics (and even does 3D if I install the experimental drivers in their repository); Ubuntu 10.04 does not; forcing me to use the proprietary Nvidia driver.
No, but some definitely are. It's one thing to call a course "AP calculus." It's quite another to have a large fraction of the students in an AP calculus class actually pass one of the calculus AP exams.
Chile is not Haiti - at least I don't think it is; I've never been to either one. However, the death toll in Chile was surprisingly low for a magnitude 8.8 earthquake. Sure, older buildings collapsed, just as they do in California and Japan when large earthquakes strike. The death toll in the 1989 Kobe, Japan earthquake was about 5100; more than five times that of the Chilean quake. And Japan is seen as a leader in building earthquake-resistant structures. Obviously, Chile has done something very, very right to keep the death toll so low.
Although some of the programming I've done has involved mathematical calculations, I've never specifically needed a knowledge of real analysis or differential geometry in my programming efforts (which is a good thing, since I've probably forgotten 95% of what I learned in those classes). Where my math background becomes useful is in developing algorithms. Developing an algorithm is like creating a math proof. Those who can do the latter well should be able to easily do the former. The converse is not, in general, true.
I'm not above building my own system, but for my (relatively simple) needs, it rarely seems worth the effort. So I approach the problem in a somewhat backward manner. I start with a budget, scan the ads (BB, Fry's, Microcenter, Newegg, even TD) to see what's available in my price range, then check out the capabilities of each system and do a rough cost/benefit analysis to select a system to purchase. Works for me.
Fedora, Ubuntu, Mandriva, Mint, and probably a whole host of others (that I haven't used recently, if at all) with either a GNOME or KDE desktop can easily be configured to look enough like Windows to make the look-and-feel part of the transition relatively painless. Come to think of it, I'd probably opt for a distro with long-term support, say CentOS or an Ubuntu LTS release; something that didn't need constant updating (other than security fixes).
As has been pointed out previously, just be sure they're not going to run into any serious gotchas. For example, I do some printing of web coupons, and there are a number of sites that use a coupon printer that's Windows only.
Not for anybody participating in this particular discussion. However, from what I've seen in some of the netbook forums, there are people out there who are using Linux on their netbooks only because that's what came on the SSD. The percentage of those folks savvy enough to install something like AbiWord is probably not all that high.
Besides, I'm pretty sure you could replace Openoffice with smaller alternatives and either gut Gnome or use Xfce and save 350 mb.
Gutting GNOME can be a real pain, especially when the package manager insists on restoring dependencies you deliberately broke. Last I used it, XFCE was lighter on resources than GNOME when running, but required almost as much space on my hard drive. These days I'm pretty happy using a modified LXDE when I want a lightweight desktop (roxterm replaces lxterminal; geany replaces leafpad). I have to give up automounting of hot-plugged USB drives, but that's a sacrifice I'm willing to make.
If you want a full-fledged computer, then get a full-fledged computer
I did - it just happens to be a small (8.9 -inch screen), lightweight (1.1 kg), and lacks an internal optical drive. The really nice thing about it is that it doesn't need to be connected to another device for me to create and/or edit documents and images.
I used dumb terminals back in the mid-1970s. Those were not the good old days of personal computing.
Pure silicon dioxide, in its glass form, is quartz.
Sorry, but quartz, cristobalite, coesite, stishovite, tridymite are all crystalling forms of silicon dioxide. However, the crystals are colorless if pure
1. Proofs, proofs, proofs. The specific area of math is less important.
2. Don't take a class by the author of the text, take it from another professor if you possibly can. Taking the class from somebody other than the textbook author gives you a second perspective on the topic.
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Is there a jewtube.com?
Apparently, there is.
Ever taken apart an old carburetor before?
Yes.
Ever try to get it back together in working order? Yes - and I succeeded. Not only did it work, but I had two extra screws when I finished! It wasn't too difficult, I just followed the instructions in the manual. Programming's harder in the sense that I have to actually develop the instructions (algorithm) before I can actually follow them (in other words, write the program).
I wonder, was there a rule that said you could only use a slide rule with C,D,A,B, and the log scale (I forget its designation)? I had a slide rule with 20 scales - much easier to deal with logarithms. Don't ever recall being told I couldn't use it on an exam. On the other hand, maybe I've become forgetful in my old age.
Picked up 50-ft pink CAT-5e cable for $5.99 @ my local Microcenter a couple of years ago. Wondered why it was so inexpensive.
No need to dive. Saw a CRT sitting on a particle-board computer desk along with a keyboard, 1m long ethernet cable, and a power cord adjacent to a dumpster in Bismarck, ND yesterday. Left the CRT but grabbed the keyboard, ethernet cable, and power cord
I taught my share of remedial math during my academic career. It's definitely a subject that doesn't change much from term to term (or even decade to decade). My strategy with regard to old quizzes and exams was to make them available, either on reserve in the library, or posted on my geocities web page. I figured if a student had properly memorized how to do every type of problem I asked on the older exams, then the student had learned most (if not all) of what was trying to teach and deserved to do well in the class. The types of problems I asked didn't change a whole lot, but the numbers certainly did.
I haven't listened to the Doctor for a number of years now, but Pico and Sepulveda was always my favorite
I still use Fedora. I also still use Ubuntu. And I find that after getting my desktop set up the way I like it under GNOME, there's typically very little effective difference between the two. Right now, however, we have a somewhat significant difference. Fedora 13 ships with a nouveau driver that works with my on-board Nvidia 9100 graphics (and even does 3D if I install the experimental drivers in their repository); Ubuntu 10.04 does not; forcing me to use the proprietary Nvidia driver.
NSA was the primary developer of SELinux. Circumstantial evidence that NSA does, indeed run Linux.
No, but some definitely are. It's one thing to call a course "AP calculus." It's quite another to have a large fraction of the students in an AP calculus class actually pass one of the calculus AP exams.
Maybe problem is that Hurd is with GPLv3 while Linux is GPLv2.
Maybe the problem with Hurd is that it's been over 20 years in the making and still not ready for prime time
Chile is not Haiti - at least I don't think it is; I've never been to either one. However, the death toll in Chile was surprisingly low for a magnitude 8.8 earthquake. Sure, older buildings collapsed, just as they do in California and Japan when large earthquakes strike. The death toll in the 1989 Kobe, Japan earthquake was about 5100; more than five times that of the Chilean quake. And Japan is seen as a leader in building earthquake-resistant structures. Obviously, Chile has done something very, very right to keep the death toll so low.
Although some of the programming I've done has involved mathematical calculations, I've never specifically needed a knowledge of real analysis or differential geometry in my programming efforts (which is a good thing, since I've probably forgotten 95% of what I learned in those classes). Where my math background becomes useful is in developing algorithms. Developing an algorithm is like creating a math proof. Those who can do the latter well should be able to easily do the former. The converse is not, in general, true.
I'm not above building my own system, but for my (relatively simple) needs, it rarely seems worth the effort. So I approach the problem in a somewhat backward manner. I start with a budget, scan the ads (BB, Fry's, Microcenter, Newegg, even TD) to see what's available in my price range, then check out the capabilities of each system and do a rough cost/benefit analysis to select a system to purchase. Works for me.
Hey, I run my webserver off an old P3 in my basement.
Fedora, Ubuntu, Mandriva, Mint, and probably a whole host of others (that I haven't used recently, if at all) with either a GNOME or KDE desktop can easily be configured to look enough like Windows to make the look-and-feel part of the transition relatively painless. Come to think of it, I'd probably opt for a distro with long-term support, say CentOS or an Ubuntu LTS release; something that didn't need constant updating (other than security fixes). As has been pointed out previously, just be sure they're not going to run into any serious gotchas. For example, I do some printing of web coupons, and there are a number of sites that use a coupon printer that's Windows only.
Ubuntu Lucid Lynx Development:
/usr$ du -sm *
/usr# du -sm *
836 lib
50 lib32
0 lib64
Fedora Rawhide:
275 lib
957 lib64
Are defaults really that important?
Not for anybody participating in this particular discussion. However, from what I've seen in some of the netbook forums, there are people out there who are using Linux on their netbooks only because that's what came on the SSD. The percentage of those folks savvy enough to install something like AbiWord is probably not all that high.
Besides, I'm pretty sure you could replace Openoffice with smaller alternatives and either gut Gnome or use Xfce and save 350 mb.
Gutting GNOME can be a real pain, especially when the package manager insists on restoring dependencies you deliberately broke. Last I used it, XFCE was lighter on resources than GNOME when running, but required almost as much space on my hard drive. These days I'm pretty happy using a modified LXDE when I want a lightweight desktop (roxterm replaces lxterminal; geany replaces leafpad). I have to give up automounting of hot-plugged USB drives, but that's a sacrifice I'm willing to make.
If you want a full-fledged computer, then get a full-fledged computer
I did - it just happens to be a small (8.9 -inch screen), lightweight (1.1 kg), and lacks an internal optical drive. The really nice thing about it is that it doesn't need to be connected to another device for me to create and/or edit documents and images. I used dumb terminals back in the mid-1970s. Those were not the good old days of personal computing.
Take a look at some of what NIST does
Ok - I'll look at http://www.time.gov/timezone.cgi?Central/d/-6/java/
Pure silicon dioxide, in its glass form, is quartz.
Sorry, but quartz, cristobalite, coesite, stishovite, tridymite are all crystalling forms of silicon dioxide. However, the crystals are colorless if pure
Have you ever looked at moon rocks? For the most part, they look a lot like rocks one finds right here on Earth. I think $2K/g is a bit overpriced.
Or society as a whole! I agree
1. Proofs, proofs, proofs. The specific area of math is less important. 2. Don't take a class by the author of the text, take it from another professor if you possibly can. Taking the class from somebody other than the textbook author gives you a second perspective on the topic.