"Whet your appetite" would be idiomatic English. A whetstone is a stone one uses for sharpening knives.
On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 5:31 AM, Bo Jacoby <bojac...@yahoo.dk> wrote: > 'Whet you appetite' should perhaps be 'Wet your appetite'? > > > > > > Den 10:26 torsdag den 13. marts 2014 skrev Martin Saurer < > martin.sau...@bluewin.ch>: > > Hello all, > > > >Many thanks for all the feedback and suggestions. Based upon your > >feedback, there are three new videos which hopefully are better than > >"Version 1.0". > > > >1. Video is split up into three parts: > > > > J in 10 minutes (1. Whet your appetite) > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Q8_kYbTqhY > > > > J in 10 minutes (2. Desktop Applications) > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIvypQaQi8c > > > > J in 10 minutes (3. Web Applications) > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r815er6m6Ck > > > > > >2. Background Sound/Music > > Yes, I know, some people find this annoying/distracting/etc. > > English is not my native language, so I think I don't speak it > > good enough to produce a video/demo like this with spoken words. > > Some years ago, people in my former company have produced some > > video-demos with spoken comments (narration) (in German). > > Some customers found this to be distracting, like some of you > > feel about the background music. > > So, it's difficult to meet the preferences of all the audiences. > > => At least in my production, I will keep the background sound, > > but in the newest version of the video, the sound is more > > ambient. (Hopefully not so _upbeat_ ;-) > > => If somebody is willing to add spoken words (narration) to > > this video, please drop me a note. I will make the raw video > > material available for download, so one can add his own voice. > > > >3. I think my typing is not that bad, but Mr. AppleScript's > > typing is far better ;-) > > So I don't have to type the whole stuff again, to fix a > > bug or make some enhancements. > > Life can be that easy ;-) > > > >4. The J Term in the new video was configured with a larger font > > and less background. > > > >5. There were very interesting suggestions on Euler Problem 20, > > splitting the large integer into its digits: > > a) 10&#.^:_1 ]!100x > > b) "."0": !100x > > c) ".,"0": !100x > > d) '0123456789' i. ": !100x > > Solution a: 0.00076 201600 (using ts) > > Solution b+c: 0.00035 75648 (using ts) > > Solution d: 0.00015 10944 (using ts) => Winner! > > In J, there are often many different solutions to solve a problem. > > After years, I'm still unsure (sometimes), which solution is the > > best ;-) > > > >6. In Euler Problem 1, I added Stefano's suggestions about > > calculating the modulo of the whole array. > > > >7. No more scrolling through source code! > > I agree, this could be boring. > > In the new video, I picked some interesting parts of the source > > code, and executed them interactively in the JTerm window. > > Anyway, after the interactive demonstration, the GUI applications > > (Desktop/Qt and Web) are loaded/started to show the final > > application in action. > > > >8. Download links for the example scripts are now listed at the end > > of the video. > > > >9. Feedback is welcome. > > > >Cheers > > > >Martin > > > > > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > -- Devon McCormick, CFA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
