I would like a Lifetime Postal Address (LPA) that I could give to the 50+ organisations that send me items in the post. I would be happy to pay Australia Post $100 per year for the opportunity to never have to change my postal address – ever.
Given the mobility of the Australian popupation,...
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I visited Thirlmere yesterday – the centre of Steam Engines in NSW. I didn’t get to ride on any of the engines, but did meet half a dozen people who commute daily to the Sydney CBD to work. This is a two hour commute – in both directions. One person leaves...
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Given that expecting motorists to manually start and stop their cars at traffic lights is impractical and unlikely to be widely adopted …
How can we stop our cars burning petrol while
waiting for a traffic light to go green
crawling in city traffic at less than 10km/h
Solution
Fit cars with a controller that will automatically stop...
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Here is the Ambi code to calculate the Collatz sequence including a demonstration for the largish number
99,999,999. To run this code simply copy and paste it into the wholly browser based Ambi implementation.
// Collatz Sequence Function;
function; collatz ;
if;
import dup $n = 1 neq;
ifelse;
$n 2 / floor $n 2 / dup $half = eq;
$half...
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2009-Jan-20 Australian students abroad rejoice! All Australian universities have agreed together to follow the recommendations of my report and more fairly convert SAT scores into the Australian UAI!
Did you know that in 2006/7 Australian students who attempt to enter university on the basis of a SAT1 score may be penalised by up to 6...
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I have created Ambi Calculator and Programming Language as a result of investigation about the possibility of a Reverse Polish Notation Language.
Ambi operates in both Reverse Polish Notation and Polish Notation for arithmetic expressions.
Ambi 0.4.0 is now released as an online Calculator and Programming Language.
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The image below captures my amazement. A few days ago, I installed Virtualbox on my Vista machine and installed Ubuntu. After a bit of tweaking I now have Vista and Ubuntu seamlessly working together on the same desktop! Check it out!
The installation of Virtualbox was easy and it seamlessly connected to the local...
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