Steve Jobs visited the Xerox Parc research lab in 1979. He was amazed at the experimental computer he saw that had a graphical user interface (GUI) and a mouse. Later he said, “Within 10 minutes it was clear to me that all computers would work this way someday” (Isaacson 40). Launched with a Super Bowl commercial the $2,495 Macintosh was “insanely” great, but it was also very flawed. It had only 128 kB of memory and no expansion slots.
Outliers Chapter 2 In this chapter of Outliers, Gladwell tells the stories behind the success of Bill Joy, Bill Gates, and the Beatles. He opens the chapter talking about the University of Michigan’s newly constructed state of the art computer center and how Bill Joy, one of today’s legendary programmers, happened to stumble across it. He uses this as an introduction to continue strengthening the argument he made in the previous chapter. Adding on to his argument that successful people are the beneficiaries of extraordinary opportunities, he talks about how in order to master a skill, one must practice for at least ten thousand hours. He goes on to say that luck also plays an integral role because you have to be doing the right thing at the right time.
He promotes himself and his work to audiences all over the world. Dale became interested in glass while he was studying interior design at the University of Washington. Chihuly graduated from UOW in 1965 with a Masters of Science in glassblowing. Soon after he graduated, he enrolled in the University of Wisconsin to take part in the first glass program in the country. Continuing on, he went to Rhode Island, which he went to the Rhode Island School of Design.
Wow, I am glad we use the shorter version of π =3.14 to solve our math problems but what is π really used for in today’s world? The obvious answer is π is used in almost every branch of math. If you want to find the circumference of a circle, the surface area of a cylinder, the area of a sector of a circle, any measurement of a circle, cylinder, or sphere it involves π since π was used to make the circle. So with that in mind, I thought I had a good handle on where π is used in the real world today. It is used by architects, contractors, draftsmen, building and bridge designers, engineers, or just about any job that uses shapes.
Apple Computer: Research how Apple managed to reinvent itself over the years. When it comes to innovation there are few companies that can stand next to Apple. Love them or hate them no one can deny their impact on the technology field. In 1976 Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak dropped out of college and developed a computer (Apple 1) in their garage. Aside from the Apple 1 being the beginning of personnel computing the two innovators were able to capitalize on the fact that they were nobodies from nowhere and managed to intrigue the world with their product.
The 10,000 Hour Rule “But what truly distinguishes their histories is not their extraordinary talent but their extraordinary opportunities” – Malcom Gladwell Malcom Gladwell in the 10,000 Hour Rule compares mathematicians and also describes how the famous “British Invasion” band came to be and other musicians. Malcom talks about the University of Michigan and how it opened its new Computer Center in 1871 in Ann Arbor. Also how Michigan had one of the most advanced computer science programs in the world. Bill Joy took a tour through the computer center and fell in love with computing sciences. He found a job working on programming during the summer with a professor.
a. x2+8x+15 b. x2–4x –5 c. x2–14x+45 2. Factor a trinomial whose leading coefficient is not 1. Pick any three problems and factor the trinomial. If the trinomial is prime, state this and explain why. a.
Plain cookies require 1 pound of cookie dough to make (per dozen), as well as .1 hours (per dozen). Iced cookies use .7 pounds of cookie dough and .4 pounds of icing (per dozen) as well as .15 hours to make (per dozen). So when you combine the two of those you end up with these constraints: Oven Space Available P + I ≤ 140 Amount of Cookie Dough Available P + .7I ≤ 110 Amount of Icing Available I ≤ 80 Preparation Time Available P + 1.5I ≤ 150 Those formula’s I used to create the constraints with are called equivalent inequalities. An equivalent inequality means that there is a number of different answers to a problem not just one. Such as the problem X < 5 means that any number less than 5 would be a correct solution.
Adding the two cases above, we arrive at the answer: un = un−1 + un−2 . (c): Use either (a) or (b) to determine the number of bit strings of length 7 that do not contain two consecutive zeros. SOLUTION: We note directly that u1 = 2 and u2 = 3. Then u3 = 2 + 3 = 5, u4 = 3 + 5 = 8, u5 = 5 + 8 = 13, u6 = 8 + 13 = 21, and u7 = 13 + 21 = 34. Problem 3.
He was going to school for his MBA at Stanford in the early '60s, Knight took a class with Frank Shallenberger. He was assigned a semester-long project that was to devise a small business, including a marketing plan. Synthesizing Bowerman's attention to quality running shoes and the burgeoning opinion that high-quality/low cost products could be produced in Japan and shipped to the U.S. for distribution, Knight found his market niche. Shallenberger thought the idea was interesting, but certainly no business jackpot. Nothing more became of Knight's project but that’s where he got the idea for his company from.