Cheaper, quieter and fuel-efficient biplanes could put supersonic travel on the horizon. For 27 years, the Concorde provided its passengers with a rare luxury: time saved. For a pricey fare, the sleek supersonic jet ferried its ticketholders from New York to Paris in a mere three-and-a-half hours. Continue reading
Researchers at North Carolina State University have discovered the means by which a polymer known as PVDF enables capacitors to store and release large amounts of energy quickly. Their findings could lead to much more powerful and efficient electric cars. Continue reading
Five hundred IT professionals were surveyed about what they expect for the future of their industry. They were asked questions such as why they like their jobs, what they’re trying to accomplish in their IT roles, and how they feel … Continue reading
A programming language is a way for a human being (the programmer) to communicate with a machine (the computer) in an intermediary form that both will understand. Computers process information in binary form, which only has two characters: 0 and … Continue reading
Yesterday when I was updating one of my WordPress blogs the automatic update failed and was stuck in maintenance mode. What to do when this happens? First of all, don’t panic! Your blog is not lost for ever, or anything … Continue reading
“Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.” — Rich Cook “A system admin’s life is … Continue reading
Perhaps the Most Truthful: on Microsoft marketing: “There won’t be anything we won’t say to people to try and convince them that our way is the way to go.” Not on his mind while developing Win9X..circa 1981… “640K ought to … Continue reading
