... 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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Ed Peschko
esp5@...
Sep 7, 2006 11:58 pm
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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Alan Eliasen
aeliasen
Sep 8, 2006 1:08 am
... 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...
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overgauss
Sep 8, 2006 5:42 am
... 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...
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overgauss
Sep 8, 2006 6:02 pm
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...
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Alan Eliasen
aeliasen
Sep 8, 2006 9:42 pm
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...
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Alan Eliasen
aeliasen
Sep 8, 2006 11:40 pm
... 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...
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overgauss
Sep 10, 2006 5:04 am
... 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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Alan Eliasen
aeliasen
Sep 10, 2006 9:52 pm
... 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...
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overgauss
Sep 11, 2006 1:52 am
... 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...
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Alan Eliasen
aeliasen
Sep 13, 2006 7:34 pm
... 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...
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Alan Eliasen
aeliasen
Sep 14, 2006 7:01 am
... [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...
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overgauss
Sep 15, 2006 3:58 am
... 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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overgauss
Sep 15, 2006 4:20 am
... them ... Corrected mistakes with Iridium, Gold and Radon. Damn my eyes!...
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Alan Eliasen
aeliasen
Sep 18, 2006 7:11 am
... 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...
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overgauss
Sep 18, 2006 9:09 pm
... 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...
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overgauss
Sep 18, 2006 9:46 pm
... 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...
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Alan Eliasen
aeliasen
Sep 19, 2006 12:20 am
... 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...
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Alan Eliasen
aeliasen
Sep 19, 2006 4:38 am
... 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...
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overgauss
Sep 23, 2006 5:00 am
... 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...
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Alan Eliasen
aeliasen
Sep 25, 2006 10:00 am
... 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...
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Alan Eliasen
aeliasen
Dec 13, 2006 8:42 am
If you use Frink to perform calculations with dates in the future, especially dates in the U.S.A., I would like to strongly urge you to make sure that your...
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Alan Eliasen
aeliasen
Dec 13, 2006 11:47 am
... I've just checked Sun's website and the latter 3 don't even appear to be available for download yet, so Java 6 is currently your safest bet for date...
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Alan Eliasen
aeliasen
Dec 31, 2006 10:34 pm
If you're looking for some fun programming puzzles to solve, I found out about the "Project Euler" programming contest yesterday: http://projecteuler.net/ It's...
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overgauss
Jan 3, 2007 12:50 pm
... found ... Cool. I checked it out. Would it be possible to see your solutions to some of these problems? At one time I tried to make a tip and total...
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Alan Eliasen
aeliasen
Jan 4, 2007 12:52 am
... Since it's a contest of sorts (albeit a friendly one,) I don't feel too comfortable giving out working solutions to the problems. It's too bad, because...
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Alan Eliasen
aeliasen
Jan 4, 2007 1:07 am
There have been several new Frink releases in the last week or two. These add several new features, and fix a minor bug in the Frink-to-Java mappings. The full...
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overgauss
Jan 4, 2007 8:04 am
... Yes, this was very helpful. Thanks for your help and time. Would you be up to showing us how you solved a few of the problems after the contest is over? ...
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Alan Eliasen
aeliasen
Jan 5, 2007 10:39 am
... I'm not sure that the contest is ever going to be "over", nor will there be a "winner"; they seem like they continually add more problems, and people...
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overgauss
Jan 11, 2007 8:20 pm
... JVM ... used as ... text ... You are too kind. I'll take more advantage of the sample programs. Thanks again for the help!...
