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overgauss wrote:
> Primarily I'm currently interested in historical U.S. dollar values as
> the language translation is impossible and I don't anticipate using
> historical British currency values in the near future. I have already
> cursed the fact that I don't have internet access on the thing while
> watching a cowboy movie and tring to figure out how much 15 dollars
> was in 1913 dollars. Kudos on a fine language!

I just added the ability for Frink to read a static file of the
Consumer Price Index data for historical U.S. dollar values. If it
can't connect to the internet, it will read this internal file and use
the (possibly older) values distributed with your version of Frink.

Give it a try. The downloads are available at
http://futureboy.us/frinkdocs/ as always.

By the way, thanks for the donation! Greasing palms always helps to
get new features implemented.

--
Alan Eliasen | "When trouble is solved before it
eliasen@... | forms, who calls that clever?"
http://futureboy.us/ | --Sun Tzu



Fri Sep 8, 2006 1:08 am

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Hey guys and gals! I have a coupla questions for you. 1) Is there any way someone could whip up a tutorial or two for n00bs such as myself? 2) I use a Zaurus...
overgauss
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Sep 6, 2006
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... Unfortunately, I don't have anything that's just a "quick start" tutorial. I recently gave a presentation which would be considered a tutorial, but it's...
Alan Eliasen
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... Thanks for your consideration! I eagerly await your reply. I think Frink goes a long way into turning my c1000 into a semi-sentient motherbox. The...
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Sep 7, 2006
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hey all, how flexible is the 'standard' units file that comes with frink? I'd like to add other units (mostly to do with energy densities, masses of materials,...
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... The standard units file is quite flexible. Hopefully, you shouldn't have to modify the units in there (unless you're, say, a surveyor and you want the...
Alan Eliasen
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Sep 10, 2006
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... I would like to contribute, but I don't know where to start. Are we talking about parsing text files for data, hand input, or a combination of both? Since...
overgauss
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Sep 11, 2006
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... I've imported data by parsing text files, or typing in text by hand, or dictating in tables of numbers with a voice dictation program. As long as the...
Alan Eliasen
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... [snip] It would be nice if I actually tested code samples before posting them, wouldn't it? There was a dumb mistake in there and one more subtle issue. A...
Alan Eliasen
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Sep 14, 2006
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... Here's a preliminary shot at it. Please let me know if anyone finds any errors. I used the IUPAC table 03 October version. Also for uncertainty levels I...
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Sep 15, 2006
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... them ... Corrected mistakes with Iridium, Gold and Radon. Damn my eyes!...
overgauss
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... Outstanding work! I'll see what I can do to turn the numbers after the u and the half-life values into something that Frink will parse directly. (The u...
Alan Eliasen
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... Ahh. Understood. Please let me know what else I can do to assist! I was wondering how you'd handle half life etc and figured that they'd be deleted or...
overgauss
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Sep 18, 2006
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... Another quick question or muse rather. How useful would things like Mathmetical/Scientific formulas in Frink be? I know I will have to learn alot of...
overgauss
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Sep 18, 2006
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... It's been on my wish list to devise a way to have Frink suggest the equations as well as calculate with them. That would greatly improve its power. I...
Alan Eliasen
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... I've extended this file a bit to add accessor functions which allow you to look up elements by name, symbol, or atomic number, and the ability to iterate...
Alan Eliasen
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... website ... Gosh I didn't mean to generate so much work for you! Thank you nonetheless. I've tried it out a few times and I can't seem to be able to sort...
overgauss
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Sep 23, 2006
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... It was necessary work! It always helps me to improve Frink by using it to tackle real-world problems. And it pointed me to another problem, ... You...
Alan Eliasen
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... I just added the ability for Frink to read a static file of the Consumer Price Index data for historical U.S. dollar values. If it can't connect to the...
Alan Eliasen
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... Certainly! I hope it is of some use to you. Mr. Peschko has me wondering... My goal is to get a degree in Bio-Medical Engineering. I'm currently enrolled...
overgauss
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Sep 8, 2006
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I downloaded the Zaurus .ipk installed it and tested it with "1250 dollar_1987 -> dollar. I got an error Uknown symbol "dollar" and "1250 dollar_1987...
overgauss
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Sep 8, 2006
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Sigh. I noticed that yesterday's build of Frink may have been entirely broken. Some files evidently didn't get packaged into the jar file due to a...
Alan Eliasen
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... Thanks for the bug report! As I noted in my last e-mail to this list, I believe that yesterday's build was entirely broken. Could you please download and...
Alan Eliasen
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Sep 8, 2006
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... Success! Evidently 15 year 1913 dollars equals around 308.33 year 2006 dollars. Much Appreciated. I'd be happy to test more functions for you, just give...
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