Gary Scott's Page

Pluralitas non est ponenda sin necessitate - William of Occam

Foxglove (digitalis)

Iris

Technical

• Résumé
• ZPORT - An I/O Port Language for the Z8 Microprocessor
• ZRT - A Real-Time Operating System for the Zilog Z8 Microcontroller
• Daily compound interest calculation with arbitrary deposits/withdrawals.
• How to display math formulae in Internet Explorer.
• Conditional probability. Or how to fool some of the people some of the time.
• The $99 electronically controlled water valve.

Personal

• Travels in the Sceptred Isle.
• Some differences between the US and UK.
• Original and not so original quotes.

Other people's sites

• Everything you wanted to know about wavelets. By Amara Graps.
• The C++ Standard Template Library, STL. By Nicolai Josuttis.
• The founder of Autodesk. John Walker's web log
• One of the best books on Digital Signal Processing. By Steve Smith.
• A great book on Computer Networks. By Andrew S. Tanenbaum.
• Everything you want to know about C++. By Bruce Eckel.
• Some quotes from the British and American Humanist Associations.

RSCDS

• There are lots of wonderful Scottish Country dances but this is my favourite. Written by a wonderful dancer, instructor and friend.
• My first instructor.

Translation of obscure Latin quotes above

• Pluralitas non est ponenda sin necessitate - "Don't posit more than is necessary." or "Make things as simple as possible, but no simpler."

Tributes...

• Linda Smith
• Charlotte Coleman
• Stan Rogers
• Henry Cavendish