I was going to say I'd only click this once I'd seen all 6 million collars,
but that would have been cruel. I clicked it anyway. Woo!
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Mon 25 Feb 2008, 19:27,
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I cast thee out, iteration.
I've been doing enough of them the past couple of days.
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Mon 25 Feb 2008, 19:32,
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i would like to make it clear that i was writing pseudocode
and not v****l b***c
that's important
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Mon 25 Feb 2008, 19:43,
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that's important
matlab has the best console of anything ever
i will be working with a bit of matlab this week, by a curious coincidence
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Mon 25 Feb 2008, 19:51,
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You know matlab?
Me your frieeeeeend?
I'm stuck with Origin 6.0 which, incidentally, sucks donkey balls.
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Mon 25 Feb 2008, 19:53,
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I'm stuck with Origin 6.0 which, incidentally, sucks donkey balls.
not much, alas
i write the odd bit of code that occasionally gets mex'd. the limited experience i've had with it has been fun though
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Mon 25 Feb 2008, 19:55,
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The manual left me feeling completely lost.
There was no easy way into it.
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Mon 25 Feb 2008, 20:00,
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It's surprisingly easy to use.
I'm not really a computer geek, I'm a physicist, but we occasionally have to program for data analysis and things.
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Mon 25 Feb 2008, 19:53,
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bah! matlab is okay, but python is better. except for maths, maybe. although there is Numeric.
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Mon 25 Feb 2008, 19:55,
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i prefer ruby to python
the whitespace-as-syntax thing does my head in
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Mon 25 Feb 2008, 19:56,
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Well, blocks do MY head in:
"hello".each do |c| {
print c
}
or something. I dunno. Blocks!
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Mon 25 Feb 2008, 20:04,
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print c
}
or something. I dunno. Blocks!
i did smalltalk before i'd heard of either of em
which probably explains the bias. i'd be quite happy to write either, to be fair
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Mon 25 Feb 2008, 20:09,
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But what sort of language!
for i in range(1, 6000000):
or
every i := 1 to 6000000 do
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Mon 25 Feb 2008, 19:46,
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or
every i := 1 to 6000000 do
Sucks almost as much as this:
H = -2J1(SA.SB)-2J2(SA.SC+SA.SD+SB.SC+SB.SD)
Of course, when J1 is greater than ~75 K, it all goes to shite.
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Mon 25 Feb 2008, 19:49,
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Of course, when J1 is greater than ~75 K, it all goes to shite.
Magnetism
It describes the energy levels in two systems I'm investigating. One has four copper atoms and has six energy states, which Origin 6 pro can deal with on a decent computer. The other has four mixed-valence manganese atoms and has 110 energy states, which make Origin shut down without a chance to save your work.
Crappy.
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Mon 25 Feb 2008, 19:59,
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Crappy.
Pretty big napkin...
Of course, when you've worked out each energy level, you have to input each one into the Van Vleck-Dirac-Heisenberg equation to calculate the susceptibility.
which is just what I was saying to the vicar the other day...
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Mon 25 Feb 2008, 20:05,
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which is just what I was saying to the vicar the other day...
Hmmm. Sounds interesting. Like an enzyme active site. I think photosystem II has 4 Mn atoms.
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Mon 25 Feb 2008, 20:10,
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