Trying to give up computer

[Rick Onanian]

On Mon, 08 Sep 2003 19:07:17 -0700, Bill Davidson <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Drat. I was going to try that project...
>
> I don't know where it is. It only did simple ratios to help me find duplicates. I haven't used it
> in years. Sheldon's web based calculator is better anyway with different types of gear measurments
> and lots of standard cassettes and freewheels pre-programmed into it.

Yeah, Sheldon's is where I got the idea, when I found myself spending hours repeatedly running
different combinations through it and decided I'd like to write a program to do all the combinations
I'd want AND show some additional data...

> --Bill Davidson
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[Tom Keats]

In article <5y67b.120636$kP.74629@fed1read03>, Bill Davidson <[email protected]> writes:
> David Reuteler wrote:
>> k&r (as in kernighan & ritchie who helped invent C) ..
>
> Dennis Ritchie invented C. He helped invent UNIX with Ken Thompson. C was invented for the purpose
> of writing operating systems; specifically UNIX.

You might find this interesting: http://www.mackido.com/Humor/Unixisahoax.html

cheers, Tom

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[Risto Varanka]

Buck <j u n k m a i l @ g a l a x y c o r p . c o m> wrote:

: Why not go for the whole enchilada? Add enough sensors and you could include gear selection,
: torque, front and rear brake pressure, deviation from vertical, tire pressure, tire temperature,
: apparent wind velocity, and uhhhh.... perhaps a whole suite of body readings like temps, glucose
: level, salinity, and on and on and on....

: Get it right and we could all be rolling laboratories!

Sure, would make statistical research quite a bit easier

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