Keep your eye out for the Sony Reader coming out this Spring sometime. Yeah, yeah, all the stuff about Sony... but if it's as good as it sounds, it's something I could see myself getting.
I believe the correct formula would be ((n^2+n)/2) for figuring the maximum number of unique 1- or 2-button combinations. That would leave a 9-button mat with 45 unique combinations (given only two feet) or a 10-button mat with 55 unique combinations.
However, your calculation (n^2-n) works if the mat has the ability to detect which foot (left or right) made contact (which may be the case - I don't know) In which case a better formula might be (n^2+n), allowing for a double-foot stomp on a single pad - and you could actually get 90 unique combinations out of a 9-button mat, or 110 on a 10-button.
Wow, I've put way too much thought into this. I hope someone gets something out of it!
I am also a Timer Warner customer and likewise am naming them because I have been extremely satisfied with the level of service I get from them.
I have been running a secure mail server for about two years and have had no attempts by TW to block and no harrassment from them to take it down. On the other hand, I have a friend who was also a TW customer and who had set up an Exchange email server but did not understand about open relays and such. They shut down port 25 on him within a couple hours of his server spewing forth unrelenting spam.
So yes, they do watch it, but as long as you're responsible it seems they will leave you alone.
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Keep your eye out for the Sony Reader coming out this Spring sometime. Yeah, yeah, all the stuff about Sony ... but if it's as good as it sounds, it's something I could see myself getting.
However, your calculation (n^2-n) works if the mat has the ability to detect which foot (left or right) made contact (which may be the case - I don't know) In which case a better formula might be (n^2+n), allowing for a double-foot stomp on a single pad - and you could actually get 90 unique combinations out of a 9-button mat, or 110 on a 10-button.
Wow, I've put way too much thought into this. I hope someone gets something out of it!
I have employed a similar system in inversely determining the best operating system.
Search for "Windows Sucks": 143,000
Search for "Linux Sucks": 44,800
Search for "Mac Sucks": 25,100
Wait, let me try that again...
I am also a Timer Warner customer and likewise am naming them because I have been extremely satisfied with the level of service I get from them.
I have been running a secure mail server for about two years and have had no attempts by TW to block and no harrassment from them to take it down. On the other hand, I have a friend who was also a TW customer and who had set up an Exchange email server but did not understand about open relays and such. They shut down port 25 on him within a couple hours of his server spewing forth unrelenting spam.
So yes, they do watch it, but as long as you're responsible it seems they will leave you alone.
Yeah, and I thought it was Aussie slang for "crazy-assed American scientists".