dwarfie76

In regard to the original poster's sentiments regarding encouraging pupils to take maths as a subject. No, I didn't say it increased your general mental faculties. I specifically said: It all comes down to how finely you want to split hairs. Does doing crossword puzzles increase your general mental acuity? Or does it only help you get better at doing crossword puzzles?

That's fine. I disagreed with the content of your post, so I posted a reply. If you would prefer your communiques be responded to by only a limited set of people you might want to either: a) make a list of the people allowed to reply to your post at the end, or, B) avail yourself of the private messaging facility. At any rate, your point is flawed. Like any other skill, practising mathematics does indeed increase your mental faculties. It may well only increase your mental acuity when it comes to mathematical problems, but your argument is as silly as saying bicep curls are of no use because they won't increase your overall fitness.

It's not that it makes you smarter. But developing your knowledge of the appropriate branches of maths to what you hope to do in life will make your working life easier. It depends on how you're measuring "intelligence". Standard IQ tests have a reasonable maths component to them. And if you're referring to general competency in life, then maths is applicable in a wide variety of circumstances. Again it depends entirely on what you want to do in life. Plenty of careers don't really need much beyond gradeschool arithmetic. The hardest maths most doctors need is working out what dosage of a particular drug to give a patient based on their body weight. However, there are also plenty of careers where a thorough understanding of some branches of mathematics are highly advantageous if not downright essential. Industrial chemists, engineers, electronics technicians, pilots, architects etc. Certainly choose the subjects at school that best suit your chosen career path. But it's also important not to specialise too early in life.

Jimi Hendrix Jimmy Page Joe Satriani Eric Clapton BB King Would be my top 5 with Angus Young Mark Knopfler Stevie Ray Vaughan Slash Tony Iommi Rounding out the ten.

^First person I thought of when I read the topic title. Axl's voice is easily imitatable, but no one else has the same amount of control while singing in that style as he does. What band is he in? Axl Rose - Guns n' Roses But for sheer uniqueness, I'd go for Toni Childs.

Does it still happen or was this a one-time event? Does it also happen when you try to log into high detail? Can you access other websites without problems? Have you tried with another browser (Firefox or Opera)?

Nothing us "unhackable". Runescape is pretty safe because anyone with the talent, know-how and inclination would have their sights set a little higher.

http://www.g4tv.com/attackoftheshow/blo ... rview.html Ebaum's World's Michael Parker being righteously owned by Attack of the Show

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The client is a Java applet. Technically a Java applet can only be written using Java. Whether or not they have some intermediary engine in the client is a moot point. Somewhere down the line someone wrote the code in Java. However the client is a very small piece of the RuneScape software. The server side code is where the real processing of the game takes place. What it is written in is anybody's guess.

Whoa... my kids only learn to fingerpaint at their daycare.

Logic more so than maths. However it could be said that the two are very much intertwined. I spend most of my time these days designing distributed workflow applications which are more about following business processes than crunching data, but I've done my fair share of reporting engines and graphing applications where high level maths is a must. Math topics that are most used in the IT field would be things like set theory, boolean logic, algebra, statistics, combinatorics etc. However, when you get into things like writing the software for things like scientific instruments you can be faced with integral calculus, fourier transforms, polar/rectangular transforms and differential equations. Computer game programming is also pretty intensive on the number crunching. Especially for immersive 3d environments where real-world physics need to be modelled. Very good advice. Programming suits people with a particular mindset. That mindset can be grown early on by tackling challenging maths problems because it works the same areas of the brain.

That's very strange. Is your computer doing anything else out of the ordinary? Taking it's time loading up documents or anything like that? How much RAM have you got in your system?

Does playing in low detail make any difference? Does your mouse handle OK for other Java applets?

Out of date JVM would be my first guess. Head here: http://www.java.com/en/download/index.jsp and download the latest version of Java for your operating system. Install it and see if it helps.

Computer programmer here, have used all of the above in the past twelve months. They're not things I use all day every day, most programming doesn't really go beyond basic arithmetic, but when I need to work out how to render a 3D pie chart based on a set of percentages I'm pretty glad I took maths up to 2nd year Engineering level.

I've got three not started, one started but incomplete: Desert Treasure (started but incomplete): I'm only a puny level 84 and Damis scared me. Devious Minds: Currently grinding RC and Smithing to get the reqs. Mourning's Ends 1: Got to get range up before I can start. Mourning's Ends 2: Well, can't do it until I've done part 1.

But in terms of made up lists of rules, what makes say the ten commandments and better than say the universal declaration of human rights? There are plenty of people who subscribe to a utilitarian viewpoint that holds that a definitive set of ethics can indeed be drawn purely from a secular standpoint, myself included. However there is also nothing stopping an atheist from following all the practical teachings of christianity. Would they not then be a 'good' person?

It depends on what you're trying to format... I presume your hard drive. In which case - as albosky said - you should use your windows cd, put it in the cd drive and reboot your computer. It should take you through the options for reinstalling Windows. One of which will be to choose between reformatting your drive or installing over the top of what's there.

There's nothing stopping anyone from getting their mage to a level where they can superheat in the guild. And once you're down there it's only a short hike to the anvils in the dwarven mines. I've ground out more than a few smithing levels down there. Mine, superheat, smith, alch, repeat.

1996 called. They want their funny back.

Your English is fine. Better than most on these boards. I'd be very appreciative if you would outline your beliefs a bit further. Following a non-theist, but (seemingly) very spiritual path is something that I've encountered a lot of people saying. How would you relate your beliefs to say Buddhism or Wicca?

I like the idea. Perhaps not for rocks though, perhaps if seams acted this way and rocks stayed how they are it wouldn't upset the balance so much.

I'll always treasure my shantay disclaimer.

About right. Pagan can either mean someone who practises an "alternative" religion. Or be synonymous with "heathen" and mean someone who doesn't practise the same religion we do. It's generally accepted that most of the Norse, Ancient Greek, Ancient Roman and Eastern and African Animist religions fall under the definition of "paganism" while most self confessed "Pagans" are actually Wiccans.