Re: [sage-devel] Re: Proposed Project

2012-07-25 Thread rjf
On Tuesday, July 24, 2012 12:28:17 PM UTC-7, kcrisman wrote: > >> I assume you've seen this before? >> >> >> http://www.molto-project.eu/story/simple-dialog-system-sage-natural-language >> > Actually I had not seen the recent work there. > >> It seems like their goal is, long-te

[sage-devel] Re: Proposed Project

2012-07-25 Thread Jason Grout
On 7/25/12 8:30 AM, Andrea Lazzarotto wrote: Anyway, IMHO a Nintendo DS will never be able to perform Sage computations, but it may be nice to implement the web interface. :) Yes, but apparently there is a python for Nintendo DS. I think it is still an interesting question whether sympy might

Re: [sage-devel] Re: Proposed Project

2012-07-25 Thread Andrea Lazzarotto
If you Google my name in the Italian version of Google, you will surely find some news about a guy with my name who has been murdered in 2007. Anyway, IMHO a Nintendo DS will never be able to perform Sage computations, but it may be nice to implement the web interface. :) -- *Andrea Lazzarotto*

Re: [sage-devel] Re: Proposed Project

2012-07-25 Thread kcrisman
On Wednesday, July 25, 2012 4:46:38 AM UTC-4, Javier López Peña wrote: > > You think you have it bad? Look at who the other Javier López Peña is: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Javier_L%C3%B3pez_Pe%C3%B1a > > when this guy hit the news I received hate mail on a daily basis for > almo

Re: [sage-devel] Re: Proposed Project

2012-07-25 Thread Javier López Peña
You think you have it bad? Look at who the other Javier López Peña is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Javier_L%C3%B3pez_Pe%C3%B1a when this guy hit the news I received hate mail on a daily basis for almost a year :-/ On Wednesday, July 25, 2012 9:31:29 AM UTC+1, John Cremona wrote: > >

Re: [sage-devel] Re: Proposed Project

2012-07-25 Thread John Cremona
On 25 July 2012 01:24, William Stein wrote: > On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 1:33 PM, Julien Puydt > wrote: >> Le 24/07/2012 21:28, William Stein a écrit : >> >>> I googled the original poster ("Kevin Smith") and found this: >>> >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Smith >>> >>> It seems that he

Re: [sage-devel] Re: Proposed Project

2012-07-24 Thread William Stein
On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 1:33 PM, Julien Puydt wrote: > Le 24/07/2012 21:28, William Stein a écrit : > >> I googled the original poster ("Kevin Smith") and found this: >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Smith >> >> It seems that he might be Silent Bob >> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sile

Re: [sage-devel] Re: Proposed Project

2012-07-24 Thread Julien Puydt
Le 24/07/2012 21:28, William Stein a écrit : I googled the original poster ("Kevin Smith") and found this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Smith It seems that he might be Silent Bob (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_Bob), so I'm guessing he might not be interested in VOICE input. I'

Re: [sage-devel] Re: Proposed Project

2012-07-24 Thread William Stein
On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 12:05 PM, rjf wrote: > Frankly, this sounds like a waste of time, and the original poster admits he > doesn't have a clue. > > These devices cost $150 or more in US, according to wikipedia. For under > $250 you can buy > a low-end laptop that would be fine to run Sage. > >

Re: [sage-devel] Re: Proposed Project

2012-07-24 Thread kcrisman
> > >> I believe it is easier to get VOICE input of math than handwriting, and >> perfecting that >> in a Sage context might be a fun project. But don't complicate your life >> by programming >> on (or for) a toy. >> >> RJF >> PS. If you can't use google to find references and are truly interes

Re: [sage-devel] Re: Proposed Project

2012-07-24 Thread kcrisman
On Tuesday, July 24, 2012 3:05:18 PM UTC-4, rjf wrote: > > Frankly, this sounds like a waste of time, and the original poster admits > he doesn't have a clue. > > These devices cost $150 or more in US, according to wikipedia. For under > $250 you can buy > a low-end laptop that would be fine t

Re: [sage-devel] Re: Proposed Project

2012-07-24 Thread rjf
Frankly, this sounds like a waste of time, and the original poster admits he doesn't have a clue. These devices cost $150 or more in US, according to wikipedia. For under $250 you can buy a low-end laptop that would be fine to run Sage. The idea that existing technology for handwriting of math

Re: [sage-devel] Re: Proposed Project

2012-07-24 Thread Christopher Swenson
Detexify does some neat mathematics handwriting recognition: http://detexify.kirelabs.org/classify.html --Christopher On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 1:20 PM, Julien Puydt wrote: > Le 24/07/2012 16:13, Jason Ekstrand a écrit : > > Then the big >> issue would simply be the math handwriting detection (I

Re: [sage-devel] Re: Proposed Project

2012-07-24 Thread Julien Puydt
Le 24/07/2012 16:13, Jason Ekstrand a écrit : Then the big issue would simply be the math handwriting detection (I say simply, but it's not that simple). I attended a talk about OCR for mathematics a few years ago, and from what I remember, recognizing from a picture is indeed very very diffi

Re: [sage-devel] Re: Proposed Project

2012-07-24 Thread Jason Ekstrand
That does sound interesting. However, I'm concerned that the DS won't be able to handle it entirely onboard. Looking at the specs, the DS only has 4M of ram (with a possible extension of unknown size). If one went for the 3DS (which has significantly higher specs), you might be able to run a light

[sage-devel] Re: Proposed Project

2012-07-24 Thread Jason Grout
On 7/24/12 2:57 AM, Kevin Smith wrote: Hello, I'd like to propose a Sage project for all groups interested. The project is a version of Sage Math for Nintendo DS hardware. Sage's being open-source software means the project may only be developed as a rom. The hardware is more than capable for