thank you David!
michele (mac guy)
On 29 Sep 2009, at 02:39, David Hirsch wrote:
> 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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>>>
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>>
>> Reia M. Chmielowski
>> PhD Candidate
>> Department of Earth Sciences/CODES
>> University of Tasmania, Australia
>> (03) 6239 6666
>> 0408 238 590
>> http://utas.academia.edu/ReiaChmielowski
>
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