Thanks for all the news and keepinng this site going.

It had all the Web 2.0 things we now take for granted way in the beginning.
I always keep going back to slashdot for "News for nerds, stuff that matters."

I've always found graphical calculators completely pointless. A PC or laptop can run rings around a graphical calculator.
The only reason a graphical calculator sells because the schools want a limited device used for tests. Plotting functions can easily be done on paper, during an exam.

On the other hand. Getting a good calculator remains invaluable. I've bought a HP 32S-II calculator the day before the EMC (ElectroMagnetic Compatibility) exam. My 4th Casio FX-82D had broken down that year and I ead that HP makes decent calculators and that RPN rocks.

EMC is a fairly complex subject and you need to solve a lot of equations. The day I bought the calculator, I was pulling my hair out, trying to find out how the damn thing worked.
Because, I heard that using an RPN calculator allowed you to work faster. However, learning to use an RPN calculator takes a while. Not funny when you have an exam with a lot of equations the next day. On the day of the exam however, I was able to work with the HP 32S-II quite comfortably and was on average 20 minutes faster than the rest of the class.
The reason that RPN works faster remains the fact that you can skip all the intermediate solutions of the equations after you written out the correct algebraic solution to the problem. So that's a real life safer there, during exams, because you have to type a lot less.

Using a real calculator still has benefits nowadays. The tactile feedback from a real calculator allows you to work much faster than using a touchscreen of your phone.

So for graphing and complex mathematics I will use my computer. For simple algebra I will keep on using my trusty HP 32S-II for a long time.

Compatibility should not become a problem. After downloading you can transcode the files to any format you wish to use. Getting a program easy enough to do this without too much effort, will require some work.

Also marketing and promoting to users could become a challenge.
But if you download the .flac from a site. That site could also link to the programs / services that could render your .flac's to .mp3/ogg/wma.

Maybe even the site where you buy your music could also include the lossy compressed files as a bonus for extra cost.
I sense several business oppurtunities here.

When is a good remake of Syndicate coming about. Not just running around an shooting everybody. Also with good missions and mission descriptions.

Just update the graphics, sound and interface and keep the missions the same as it was.

I find the Inconsolata very good for diagrams and other texts that need a monospaced font.
advantages:
- Monospaced
- has a slashed zero
- The brackets are higher than the other characters. So you instinctively see what's inside the brackets.
- has an open license.
http://www.levien.com/type/myfonts/inconsolata.html

A couple of years ago I used ngspice en gschem for simulation.
I had some problems getting the whole toolchain running. But after the initial effort it proved very flexible and effective.
By creating a Makefile for the whole project everything could be automated.

Use gschem to define the circuit.
gnetlist with the spice back-end to generate a circuit
ngspice for simulation
gwave for viewing graphs and gnuplot for producing images.