Recent content by OMGCarlos

I use the ternary operation in web development all the time, eg: x = y > z ? a : b Which reads, if x > y then a, otherwise b I realize that it is just a shorthand for if...else statements, but even still, are there any mathematical properties associated with it? I know inequalities have...

It would be impossible, literally impossible, for the human body to train as hard and as long as the top tier athletes do, to include Armstrong, in any sport without some sort of performance enhancement. Fact. Your body can only process so many nutrients per hour and your muscles can recover...

First, a definition of what I mean by socializing Mathematics A platform whereby people can either learn, teach, or advance Math/Physics/etc. either as individuals or groups by directly using, modifying, or expanding others work under the same platform. Think MIT OpenCourseWare meets...

When I ask this, I'm not being smart...I'm legitimately curious. What do pointers have to do with anything? As for the Facebook example, I was merely pointing out that C++ is useable. Your posts made it seem as though C++ is dangerous, or as you say "unsafe", which it isn't. People use...

@Avichal: I always have a hard time explaining what CGI is. It's not actually a program, but a set of rules...a standard. CGI scripts (typically coded in Perl, but can be coded in C/C++, Unix Shell scripts, etc) are used to interface the browser with the server, but in a very specific way. Best...

I hate to say this, but pretty much everything you said is false. PHP is a framework, for one. Also, interestingly, PHP is written in C and can be extended with C or C++ http://php.net/manual/en/history.php.php Facebook is for the most part built in C++. In fact, you can fiddle with some of...

In JavaScript, "var" defines a local variable. Even in other languages, all you would have to do is define local variables - I don't know how this would involve "ugly" re-writing. It might actually even be less code if your language is weakly typed or automatically variables as local. I'm a...

Here's a working example in JavaScript (because you can see it online): http://jsfiddle.net/Eg3MC/ I'm completely self-taught, so I couldn't say how they teach it at school. I'm pretty sure they wouldn't be teaching you recursion in this way however. I think you're overcomplicating it. For...

Yes, but if I saw that no-loop solution in the wild I would most likely vomit. If I remember it was still longer than the 1 loop solution, and slower anyways because you were dealing with maps - although it was most certainly a unique solution! I don't know what this pattern is called...

As others have said, it totally depends on what you're interested in. Khan Academy has a great beginner programming series created by John Resig - he's sort of a big deal. After you work through that series you should have the basic foundation to pick up another language, like JavaScript or C...

Ouch, I feel you brotha. I deployed as a System Administrator and ended up being the go-to guy who fixed anything that ran on electricity and had to McGiver things together. It was very stressful because I really didn't know what I was doing (hell I was just a system admin) and made many...

These are a few other free HTML5 calculators: Graphing Calculators: (2D) FooPlot: http://fooplot.com (2D) Graphr: http://www.graphr.org/ (3D) GraphyCalc: http://www.graphycalc.com/ Algebra: http://www.myalgebra.com/ Algebra, Trig, Calc...

You could take a look at IndieGoGo or Kickstarter, which are "crowdfunding" sites where one person or team attempts to launch a project by getting support from generous people like yourself. Some projects are for specific causes (disaster relief, 3rd world education, inexpensive energy), some...

I'm actually building a website which has an interactive "Mental Math" section which should be completed by this weekend (I'm releasing a demo tonight or tomorrow which has you solve random numbers by 11). In the meantime, there's a great book called "Secrets of Mental Math" by Arthur Benjamin...

Essentially, here's what's happening: When you visit a website you are actually passing an instruction to the server in the form of a URL. The purpose of the server is to, well, serve you data and exactly how it does this depends on the server technology you are using (examples include Apache...