Re: Positive Infinity forever

2016-05-24 Thread Mick Collins
Oh, no, Bob, it is also certain that a genooine understanding of trig, calculus, counting numbers, engineering and computer science will require a foundational knowledge of infinity, for example, why 1+2+3+4+ ... = -1/12 ;-) Hardy saw this in the notes of Ramanujan (“The Man Who Knew Inf

Re: positive infinity forever

2016-05-23 Thread Mick Collins
Thanks, Ali! And Congratulations! Ali Lloyd wrote: > > Having fairly recently done a PhD in set theory, I can confirm that the > independence of the continuum hypothesis has not been refuted! ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.co

Re: Positive Infinity forever

2016-05-22 Thread Mick Collins
one (Halmos?) found an extension of ZFC that trumps (sorry) Cohen's independence of CH. Is that the case? > On May 22, 2016, at 9:18 PM, Mick Collins wrote: > > Doc Hawk, > I'm envious that you took a course from Halmos, but I question what is > probably a typo. >

Re: Positive Infinity forever

2016-05-22 Thread Mick Collins
Doc Hawk, I'm envious that you took a course from Halmos, but I question what is probably a typo. "Dr. Hawkins" wrote: Well, which infinity? aleph-naught (A0) is the count of the integers/wholes/natural A1=2^A0, the count of the reals. For that mater 2^AJ=A(J+1) A1-A0=A1 Aj^n=Aj A0 is als

Re: beggars be choosers

2016-02-26 Thread Mick Collins
tion: > http://downloads.livecode.com/livecode/ > > As you can see on that page, Community Editions start at 6.0.1. > > Is that what you were asking for? > > Thanks - > Phil Davis > > Richard Gaskin wrote: > > Mick Collins wrote: > >> I?m wondering whether

beggars be choosers

2016-02-25 Thread Mick Collins
I’m one of those who can’t afford anything more than the community version of LC (for reasons of money, testing / experiment time). I’m wondering whether there will be a version 6._ or 7._ which will come out before the first sanctified version of 8 and when the next version (of 6, 7, and/or 8)

Re: What's everyone working on this month?

2015-09-29 Thread Mick Collins
I haven’t had the time to do more than a slight beginning yet, but I’ve been annoyed with it for some time. I’m on the digest and there is a msg about editing the subject line, but there isn’t one about not copying all of a thread (which may be fine for those not on digest, but ...). What’s anno

Re: Describing LiveCode

2015-08-14 Thread Mick Collins
teaching methods should be incorporated into a single > course. > > Bill > > William Prothero > http://ed.earthednet.org > >> On Aug 13, 2015, at 1:38 AM, Mick Collins wrote: >> >> Just my 2 cents worth: >> >> When I was studying math as an

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2015-08-14 Thread Mick Collins
PREVIOUS POST MISTAKENLY SENT,PLEASE DO NOT POST PREVIOUS NOR THIS MESSAGE ) Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 14, 2015, at 8:54 PM, Mick Collins wrote: > > > ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runre

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2015-08-14 Thread Mick Collins
nt learning styles. Some may be very persistent, > working until they get a solution. Others may need more motivation or self > confidence to get to a solution. Some learn well from documents. Others may > be more visual learners and need to be shown. > > Livecode seems to le

Re: Describing LiveCode

2015-08-13 Thread Mick Collins
Just my 2 cents worth: When I was studying math as an undergraduate and as a graduate student, many of the classes were taught by the (R. L.) Moore Method. In this method the professor gives axioms, definitions and just the statements of the theorems. The students have to prove the theorems the

Re: use-livecode Digest, Vol 137, Issue 35

2015-02-17 Thread Mick Collins
Hey Bob, it's not 4/1 yet, ya did reconcile yer on and end statements, right? Sent from my iPhone Bob S said > on openStack > go card 2 > go back > end openCard > > I end up on card 2. Ideas?? > > ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.run

Population puzzle

2014-09-25 Thread Mick Collins
I’ve been working on this one for a few minutes, a few there and finally got it, a month later. Great puzzle, Michael, thanks! > From: Michael Doub > To: How To use LiveCode use LiveCode > Subject: Population puzzle > Message-ID: <23af2370-8161-458a-91c6-22153c15f...@gmail.com> > Content-Type:

Re: ANN and OT: Calling All SETI Enthusiasts

2012-03-28 Thread Mick Collins
eclare your cry of "bullshit" to be the true "bullshit" that all who have no answers cry when they are confronted with the difficulties of their assertions.  Bob On Mar 28, 2012, at 11:21 AM, Mick Collins wrote: Bob's "logistics" is, as Ric

Re: ANN and OT: Calling All SETI Enthusiasts

2012-03-28 Thread Mick Collins
 Well, Roger, since you hijacked your own thread ... So 20th century! Speculation may not be "scientific", but neither is "this is the world" (as opposed to "this is the world as scientists presently know it"). See the difference; it is apparently a point of great confusion on this thread (and

Re: ANN and OT: Calling All SETI Enthusiasts

2012-03-27 Thread Mick Collins
ke a computer to calculate the answer to life, the Universe, Everything! :-) Bob On Mar 27, 2012, at 4:38 AM, Mick Collins wrote: Talking about presumptuous, Bob, well here's a good quotation to keep in mind. If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true is reall

Re: ANN and OT: Calling All SETI Enthusiasts

2012-03-27 Thread Mick Collins
Talking about presumptuous, Bob, well here's a good quotation to keep in mind. If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true is really true, there would be little hope of advance.   --  Orville Wright Message: 12 Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2012 11:28:29 -0700 From: Bob Sneidar To

Re: use-livecode Digest, Vol 87, Issue 7

2010-12-02 Thread Mick Collins
Thanks, Bob, Actually, the sole reason I posted this to make fun of those who couldn't see the difference between LiveCode and Fortran; I knew someone would take the bait,    -  Mick Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2010 13:30:00 -0800 From: Bob Sneidar To: How to use LiveCode Subject: Re: How to make a sq

Re: How to make a square topped, round rect bottomed graphic?

2010-12-02 Thread Mick Collins
I think I've seen all the previous replies.  If so, here's a different, more mathematical, approach that can be combined with the gradient and other techniques mentioned before: The main thing here is a function (pointsOfNorman, Norman because of the resemblance to a Norman window) that returns