Keyboards for efficient input on PDAs.
See some of the best
keyboards. Words are formed by gliding the stylus from one letter
to the next. The boards were formed using simulated annealing with
letter frequencies from common English (s and z
represent leading and trailing spaces, though either can be used for
'space', or a twiddle back over them for double space). Generally the
keys naturally align themselves to a hexagonal grid.
Resources : Miscellaneous Resources : Related Categories
Beowulf with the modern and
old English side-by-side (I grabbed the texts individual from the net and formatted them; also available from the original Old English source, Modern English source, and in LaTeX.
Computer tests of Axis and Allies "Rising Factor" (that the success of a battle between two pure armies, can be determined by the relative magnitudes of the value (a n^2) (a is the roll needed for success, n is the number of combatants: 10000000 results of 10 infintry attacking 7 infintry (Rising factors are 100 vs. 98), computer generated; Borderline Tests, using the floor and ceiling of the Rising-factor-predicted number of defenders for a given number of attackers (note that the only failing cases are due to defenders "winning" in the case of a wash), computer generated.
Scheme Best Dice Score Calculator, for calculating the best score one can get from a roll of 6 dice, in the game Dice. I don't remember testing this.
Fractal formed by successive infinite
applications of Apollonius's Circle problem (forming "kissing" circles
within circles). Written as a Scheme
procedure that returns parameterized function, taking an
independent variable and returning a point (cons x y).
Know the rule, "i before e, except after
c"? Well I've compiled (with an electronic webster program) a list of
words that break that rule. See the i
before e after c words and the e before i not after c words.
Old English Pronoun Cheat Sheet, in LaTeX, DVI, and Text (with $, @, _, and . standing
for Anglo-Saxon letters/accents).
Home-grown joke concern Godel and a logical
theorem.
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Fractal Planet Project Descriptions of and links to the programs I've developed for creating and viewing fractal planets
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