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12:48 <elite01> hi people
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14:05 <a^2> hi
14:06 <a^2> I'm having some problems with maxima 5.9.3 on ubuntu/edgy
14:06 <a^2> (%i1) jfa: starting server on port 4008
14:06 <a^2> it spawns this error when each time i run xmaxim
14:06 <a^2> a
14:07 <elite01> you can try wxmaxima
14:08 <a^2> elite01: it doesnt work either
14:09 <a^2> "Not connected to maxima!"
14:10 <a^2> elite01: should I file a bug?
14:12 <elite01> had the same on freebsd once
14:12 <elite01> textmode maxima works, doesn't it?
14:12 <a^2> yes
14:13 <elite01> hmm what happens when you try that as root?
14:14 <a^2> doesnt work
14:15 <a^2> elite01: did you remember how did you fix it?
14:16 <elite01> no, i think i didn't find a fix
14:16 <a^2> elite01: let's file a bug.
14:16 <elite01> don't have freebsd anymore because too much stuff wasn't working
14:16 <elite01> sounds like a good idea
14:16 <elite01> you don't know about the units module, do you?
14:17 <a^2> units module ... ehmm .. no .. what are you talking about?
14:18 <elite01> just by the way because i'm having trouble with that one
14:18 <elite01> let's you use... units (as in kg, meter, ...) - but doesn't work too well for me
14:19 <a^2> ahhh no .. actually I'm not really into maxima ..
14:20 <elite01> ah
14:20 <a^2> I'm studying electronic engineering and for my 3 yrs thesis I've used scilab, gnumeric, and some more because I found out on the IEEE that excel is really bad in statistics..
14:21 <a^2> electromigration is statistical ..
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16:11 <JohnFlux> What's the command to get it to tell you the numerical answer?
16:11 <JohnFlux> to convert say sqrt(3) in to a number
16:34 <rtoym> float(sqrt(3)) or bfloat(sqrt(3)) or even sqrt(3),numer;
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20:31 <__mikem> Does anyone here know how to implicitly differentiate a 3 variable relation
21:01 <Prax01D> I'm sure the helpful staff here will be around to answer your question at some point.
21:01 <Prax01D> ;>
21:02 <__mikem> Its just as bad in #gnuplot
22:45 <Prax01D> ;P