I could see the danger. Have you ever opened a CDROM drive while the disk is still spinning? (Some CDROM drives don't spin down the disc when they are having trouble reading it) I've actually had CDs fly out of the tray when doing this.
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Yeah, but was the NeXT really supposed to be a *home* computer?
You can always do ZZ as well. I'm guessing that we (and I'd never learned about:x either) have simply learned all we know about vi from professors and mentors who do predate that.
BTW: if you do a:x! what does that do?
(:w!:q, or:q! ?)
One of the problems with the monster references is you probably shouldn't fall asleep with it over your eyes... A paperback novel, okay. A QUE or SAMS dictionary-sized book could be dangerous.
I have a book from an AI class, Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach by Stuart Russel and Peter Norvig (ISBN 0-13-103805-2) that covers the Markov Chain and Genetic algorithms, but not Monte Carlo. Monte Carlo is more of a computation/scientific programming random sample approach, whereas the random sample in Genetic algorithms are the functions themselves, and not the data.
Re:Random bits that are in Pi somewhere
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It would seem to me that if e is in pi, then that would be the only independent irrational sequence in pi, since you couldn't fit two infinite sets of numbers together "end to end" since there is no end. Therefore no other irrational number could be in pi. Unless (spooky) that other irrational number is contained in e.
Nesting irrational sequences...
Time to go to bed.
Conventional supercomputers aren't just really fast serial machines. They're parallel, just with better interprocecessor communication lines and (usually) shared memory.
Truth be told, I got the idea for my project from a light bar of LEDs featured in Wired for around $10.00.
The cool thing about Christmas lights is you can choose between lamp-style lighting (with the fishbowl I am using) or indirect lighting up the wall. I would just have to put a rail up near the ceiling to hide the lights themselves--my wife won't let me hang Christmas lights in our living room for some reason. I wonder why.
I rigged up a color-programmable fishbowl full of Christmas lights (RGB) through three dimmer switches for the same effect, much cheaper... I have noticed, however that there is a bit of a heat problem. I wonder whether LEDs would be any better in that regard.
I got this in email last week, called it, and this very tired-sounding lady answered... I made an excuse about having the wrong number. She said "Are you looking for option 7?", and transferred me to the duck.
On the university department's network I am responsible for, we don't really care what gets installed on individual labs' computers. I like Linux and run it on many of the department's server systems. My only problem is that I have to deal with the consequences of people who don't know much about security installing Linux on their lab PCs so they can run web servers, etc. More often than not, these machines end up becoming targets for remote attacks, then base stations for cracking the rest of our network.
What about a secure file or http server? With all the binaries and/etc/ configs on cdrom, you don't have to worry about rootkits or tripwire or such.
I would like one with a bunch of security tools--all you'd have to do is install driver modules for all the network cards and you could plop the cd in any pc and have a network adminstration workstation... You wouldn't need X for that.
Then again, a fraction of an award, shared with your collaborators, is better than no reward and your donation of time besides. I wouldn't mind $5000 out of the blue if I only had to put 2 and 2 together and call up a friend in the business.
I thought that Crighton's story was about cultures of bacteria sent up into space by scientists to study the effect of cosmic radiation on them. Andromeda Strain wasn't about ET bacteria.
What is the status on updates/upgrades for wince platforms?
One of the things I really like about the Palm III (and for that matter, Linux) is the ability to freely download new versions of the OS (including major version numbers). MS always seems to make you pay for upgrades at least 90% of what you paid for the last full version.
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I could see the danger. Have you ever opened a CDROM drive while the disk is still spinning? (Some CDROM drives don't spin down the disc when they are having trouble reading it) I've actually had CDs fly out of the tray when doing this.
Yeah, but was the NeXT really supposed to be a *home* computer?
Whenever I try to use other editors, I keep ending up with llll or jjjj inserted in my text.
Pico does not like escapes much.
You can always do ZZ as well. I'm guessing that we (and I'd never learned about :x either) have simply learned all we know about vi from professors and mentors who do predate that.
:x! what does that do?
(:w! :q, or :q! ?)
BTW: if you do a
One of the problems with the monster references is you probably shouldn't fall asleep with it over your eyes... A paperback novel, okay. A QUE or SAMS dictionary-sized book could be dangerous.
Only if it runs on Java...
I have a book from an AI class,
Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach by Stuart Russel and Peter Norvig (ISBN 0-13-103805-2)
that covers the Markov Chain and Genetic algorithms, but not Monte Carlo.
Monte Carlo is more of a computation/scientific programming random sample approach, whereas the random sample in Genetic algorithms are the functions themselves, and not the data.
It would seem to me that if e is in pi, then that would be the only independent irrational sequence in pi, since you couldn't fit two infinite sets of numbers together "end to end" since there is no end. Therefore no other irrational number could be in pi. Unless (spooky) that other irrational number is contained in e.
Nesting irrational sequences...
Time to go to bed.
Chango (which is a less-cute, more gorilla-like monkey than mono) would probably have been better. Besides, mono also means doll.
Four white walls and the room lights turned off. My TV and computer monitor both do a great job mood-lighting the rest of the room.
Just a shot in the dark. (Apologies to Ozzy.)
Conventional supercomputers aren't just really fast serial machines. They're parallel, just with better interprocecessor communication lines and (usually) shared memory.
Truth be told, I got the idea for my project from a light bar of LEDs featured in Wired for around $10.00.
The cool thing about Christmas lights is you can choose between lamp-style lighting (with the fishbowl I am using) or indirect lighting up the wall. I would just have to put a rail up near the ceiling to hide the lights themselves--my wife won't let me hang Christmas lights in our living room for some reason. I wonder why.
I rigged up a color-programmable fishbowl full of Christmas lights (RGB) through three dimmer switches for the same effect, much cheaper... I have noticed, however that there is a bit of a heat problem. I wonder whether LEDs would be any better in that regard.
I got this in email last week, called it, and this very tired-sounding lady answered... I made an excuse about having the wrong number. She said "Are you looking for option 7?", and transferred me to the duck.
Star Office "corrected" email to read e-mail...
On the university department's network I am responsible for, we don't really care what gets installed on individual labs' computers. I like Linux and run it on many of the department's server systems. My only problem is that I have to deal with the consequences of people who don't know much about security installing Linux on their lab PCs so they can run web servers, etc. More often than not, these machines end up becoming targets for remote attacks, then base stations for cracking the rest of our network.
What about a secure file or http server? With all the binaries and /etc/ configs on cdrom, you don't have to worry about rootkits or tripwire or such.
I would like one with a bunch of security tools--all you'd have to do is install driver modules for all the network cards and you could plop the cd in any pc and have a network adminstration workstation... You wouldn't need X for that.
Wouldn't they then be referred to generally as ubiquitous computers?
I see your point, though. We already make distinctions between computers and game consoles
Then again, a fraction of an award, shared with your collaborators, is better than no reward and your donation of time besides. I wouldn't mind $5000 out of the blue if I only had to put 2 and 2 together and call up a friend in the business.
You could make the price subject to how hard the click is (as a measurement of the buyer's level of excitement).
Or maybe I can't. *shame*
Just looked it up, and it is Crichton.
Erg. Creighton. I can spell, I just forgot to.
So much for Crichton. :)
I thought that Crighton's story was about cultures of bacteria sent up into space by scientists to study the effect of cosmic radiation on them. Andromeda Strain wasn't about ET bacteria.
What is the status on updates/upgrades for wince platforms?
One of the things I really like about the Palm III (and for that matter, Linux) is the ability to freely download new versions of the OS (including major version numbers). MS always seems to make you pay for upgrades at least 90% of what you paid for the last full version.