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Comment Re:Well.. (Score 1) 397

... For instance, the latest sends the subtle message that only whipped boyfriends willing to wear yoga tights will use a Windows Phone.

This is probably Microsoft's marketing divisions perception of what the iPhone market is like. It's most likely a ploy to get customer converts from that market.

Comment Re:USB 3.0 or proprietary? (Score 1) 75

So, the question is will it be USB 3.0 or something proprietary.

My guess would be proprietary, so they don't have to worry about it getting hacked this time. Of course, that would also mean that there's a new XBox in the works.

I think getting it "hacked" is what made it so popular with other developers. Hopefully they aren't that short sighted, but you never know.

Comment Re:Argh. (Score 1) 748

They either think it makes their computer safer, or they don't realize they already have one installed when they go to install another.

It's like wearing a belt and suspenders at the same time. Anyone who does it really looks like a dork and the two counteract with each other making it worse than having just one or the other. I'm guessing people do it because they don't want to get caught with their pants down.

Comment Continuum Mechanics (Score 1) 358

What you want is a course in Continuum Mechanics. The progression could go as follows:

High School - > single variable calculus - > linear algebra -> multi-variable calculus -> differential equations (ordinary and partial) -> various physics courses (this is important to put the math in context) -> Continuum Mechanics (Mechanics of a continuous media)

See the wikipedia article on this. Continuum mechanics will teach you all about tensors (or about 3/4 of what the wikipedia article talks about).

You can top it off with some Statistical Mechanics and Quantum mechanics (these are about non-continuous media, such as atoms) if you like. You would get most of this with an applied math degree I'd presume. To get just the math down, you could probably get there in a year or so of intense study if you've got some time and some wits.

Best of luck!

Tamran

Comment Re:Why not? Change is baaaad, uhkay? (Score 1) 990

We couldn't get the country to adopt metric measurements fer chrissakes. No way we could convince bubba that 2 AM is lunch break.

It's hard to make this argument if you don't really "try" to make it happen. Everyone else had no issues. By the way, most technical companies (Ford, GM, Caterpillar, on and on) use the METRIC system. We think in inches and miles in North America (even Canada), but good luck getting a technicians diploma or engineering degree without understanding the Metric system.

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