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Beautiful online Graphing calculator

Front of Texas Instruments TI-83 graphing calc...
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I wrote earlier about an online graphing calculator, but here is another one called Desmos that is beautiful as well. You might find it more useful than the one I mentioned previously.

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Losing faith in HP laptops (via Thoughtsofanidlemind’s Blog)

HP laptops not working well with Irish electricity. Should he buy more that have had problems?

My faith in HP laptops is going through a crisis of confidence due to a series of failures or faults experienced by the collection of laptops within the family. In the last few months, we have had: A DV2000 model whose motherboard expired (26 months old); this PC has been recycled. A DV6620 model whose motherboard has just expired after 22 months. A Pavilion DV5Z100 model that is 17 months old that heats up rapidly when in use and then shuts down … Read More

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Students can’t multitask. (via More or Less Bunk)

So having a laptop distracts you? Hard to believe. I thought multitasking made you a better worker?

That does it. I’m completely banning laptops from my lectures, unless I get a note from the folks on campus who deal with disabilities. From an interview with author Nicholas Carr in the Chronicle: There’s a study called “The Laptop and the Lecture” that divided a class into two sets. One-half of the students could use their laptops in a classroom while listening to a lecture. They were free to surf the Web. And the other half had to keep their l … Read More

via More or Less Bunk

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