You are correct. I'm a Mac guy, so I make Mac programs. A future
plan is to implement this as a program on the web. You'll have to
either borrow a friend's Mac or wait until then.
-Dave
On Sep 28, 2009, at 5:35 PM, Reia M. Chmielowski wrote:
> What a cool idea. Am I reading this correctly that it will work on
> Macs, but those of us running Windows on a PC are out of luck at
> this time?
>
> thanks,
>
> --Reia
>
> At 00:51 29/09/2009, you wrote:
>> Mineralogy/Petrology Instructors:
>> I've always wondered how students are meant to learn to estimate
>> modes (volume percentages). We give them the little diagrams with
>> polygons (e.g., <http://faculty.uml.edu/Nelson_Eby/89.306/IMAGES/Modal%20percent%20chart.jpg)
>> >http://faculty.uml.edu/Nelson_Eby/89.306/IMAGES/Modal%20percent%20chart.jpg)
>> , as a tool, but learning requires positive reinforcement of
>> correct estimates and negative reinforcement of incorrect
>> estimates, which reference tools do not provide. Some may use
>> their personal estimates as the correct answer; I am not confident
>> enough in my own estimates to feel comfortable with this option.
>> Others may do as I have done and use an image processing program to
>> calculate modes for scans of polished slabs of rock photos. This
>> however, is fairly laborious.
>>
>> For years, therefore, I've wanted to create a program with which I
>> could make those polygon diagrams to order, for use in quizzes so
>> as to provide the feedback that learning requires. Here is that
>> program for you to use. It requires at least MacOSX 10.4, and is a
>> Universal Binary, so will run on PowerPC- or Intel-based Macs. I
>> hope you find it useful.
>>
>> Please note that this is a 1.0 program. There may be bugs I
>> haven't yet found, and there is plenty of room for improvement.
>> But in the interest of getting it out for you to use, I'm providing
>> it now, with the core functionality working and bug-free as far as
>> I can tell.
>>
>> Download ModeMaker 1.0 here: <http://almandine.geol.wwu.edu/~dave/research/code/ModeMaker/
>> >http://almandine.geol.wwu.edu/~dave/research/code/ModeMaker/
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Dave
>>
>>
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>> Dave Hirsch
>>
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>>
>> Department of Geology
>>
>> Western Washington University
>>
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> Reia M. Chmielowski
> PhD Candidate
> Department of Earth Sciences/CODES
> University of Tasmania, Australia
> (03) 6239 6666
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> http://utas.academia.edu/ReiaChmielowski
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