Excel question: I need a row number to automatically increment as I copy a formula horizontally across columns. Sample spreadsheet downloadable here, or viewable as a Google Doc here. Further details inside. [more inside]
posted by Conrad Cornelius o'Donald o'Dell on Nov 7, 2009 - 12 answers

Can I use the "Time Management Matrix" in a commercial software product without any legal repercussions? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jul 29, 2009 - 2 answers

Optimisation problem: trying to find the subset of my data that meets a couple of constraints. [more inside]
posted by muhonnin on Jun 14, 2009 - 18 answers

I want to calculate the mean of a matrix, but I don't want a value, I want co-ordinates. The following math question has lots of terminology that I'm not qualified to use i.e. most of it is wrong. I hope you can see through this and help me. I will be using the words matrix, mean and transformation without fully understanding them. For this I apologize. [more inside]
posted by handybitesize on Jun 8, 2009 - 6 answers

Maximizing a function over orthogonal matrices, or: solving polynomial order 2 systems. Help me out or point me to a better forum / listhost. [more inside]
posted by a robot made out of meat on Oct 26, 2008 - 15 answers

Please help me wrap my head around this 3d graphics math. :( [more inside]
posted by mebibyte on Oct 14, 2008 - 9 answers

how do you construct a correlation matrix in APA format in Microsoft Word 2007 without killing yourself? [more inside]
posted by esolo on Jun 14, 2008 - 5 answers

I have a Monotype matrix case containing a bespoke font. Please help me see what it looks like in print. [more inside]
posted by scruss on Mar 20, 2008 - 8 answers

What is this logical/matrix/algorithm symbol? [more inside]
posted by i love cheese on Nov 2, 2007 - 12 answers

Where can I find an aftermarket 16" wheel cover for a 2005 Totoya Matrix? [more inside]
posted by dy on Oct 25, 2007 - 6 answers

I want to map out every possible profession / career. How would I start? [more inside]
posted by pmaxwell on Aug 25, 2007 - 11 answers

Looking for help categorizing/finding a particular style of sunglasses, harder than it sounds! [more inside]
posted by Phyltre on Feb 7, 2007 - 7 answers

Converting an image to a simple dot-matrix pattern? [more inside]
posted by Sreiny on Oct 15, 2006 - 15 answers

Looking for all three Matrix films, region 1 DVD or VHS, either dubbed or subtitled in Korean. Can you help me?
posted by billtron on Oct 15, 2006 - 3 answers

Excel Powers Active! Vague Excel spreadsheet lookup problem inside. [more inside]
posted by brettcar on Jul 21, 2006 - 8 answers

Post-Matrix films? [more inside]
posted by ninebelow on Mar 9, 2006 - 47 answers

How do I create user-defined mathcad functions that take matricies as arguments and returns a matrix? [more inside]
posted by nickerbocker on Nov 21, 2005 - 1 answer

When I leave the 'grid' for vacation — weekend or week-long, it does not matter — I feel liberated. Free. Refreshed. When I return, ubiquitous media (especially television and internet) really get me down. Then, after a few days, I'm back on the grid, sucking from the teat of technology. I feel dirty. And guilty. Still, I love technology. It's like I'm addicted (especially to the internet), and only quitting cold-turkey helps. How does one cope with technology? Without becoming a Luddite, how does one break free of the addiction? How does one find balance? Note that I mean all technology — cars and phones and iPods, too — not just television and internet.
posted by jdroth on Jul 21, 2005 - 18 answers

I have a complicated Excel valuation spreadsheet. The "bottom line" is affected by about 20 variables. I'm comfortable fixing about 17 of them, but for the remaining three, I wish to output to a 4x30 matrix, consisting of parameters A, B, and C, and the bottom line value that corresponds to each of the three. As it stands now, I can plug and chug, but it's a bit unwieldy, and I may wish to make a bigger matrix soon (I'll keep the 4 parameters, but I may wish to go 4x100 or the like). I can't reverse engineer the entire spreadsheet-- it would take forever. So, how do I build this matrix? [more inside]
posted by Kwantsar on Jun 23, 2005 - 6 answers

Around a year and a half ago, it was rumored that Larry Wachowski (co-creator of "The Matrix") was to undergo a sex change operation. Did anything ever come of this? [more inside]
posted by jimmy on May 2, 2005 - 3 answers

Can someone check Lexis Nexis to see if this case is real: Sofia Stewart vs Andy and Larry Wachowski, Joel Silver and Warner Brothers, United States District Court of California? Boing Boing says that the Matrix was stolen by the Wachowski Brothers from Sofia Stewart and they lost a court fight but the only source is a college newspaper! The only thing I found on Google was some guy saying that the details were on Lexis Nexis.
posted by exhilaration on Dec 6, 2004 - 8 answers

Does anyone know who makes the chair that Agent Smith wheels over and sits down in while interrogating Morpheus in the first Matrix movie?
posted by tirade on Jan 6, 2004 - 11 answers