Looks like Verizon, Comcast, Bell South and other communications giants want to seriously ruin the internet by “developing strategies that would track and store information on our every move in cyberspace in a vast data-collection and marketing system, the scope of which could rival the National Security Agency.” And if that wasn’t bad enough: Under … Continue reading “This Really Sucks”
Category: Computing
Linux Games
Here’s a list of Linux games I stumbled upon recently.
History of BASIC
Lots of laughs — History of the BASIC family of languages: 1983 – Microsoft produces their first BASIC compiler for the PC. They are so embarrassed about it, they convince IBM to sell it under the IBM brand. The IBM Basic Compiler 1.0 is launched. It allows programs to have a maximum size of 64K, … Continue reading “History of BASIC”
The Top 10 Reasons to Work in IT
(via Dark Bilious Vapors) The top 10 reasons to work in IT: I love living the Revenge of the Nerds It’s a nice way to avoid the social and personal stresses that go with upward mobility It’s the satisfaction – every time I finish the re-install and reboot cycle I feel I’ve learnt something new … Continue reading “The Top 10 Reasons to Work in IT”
A really goofy Firefox extension
Abe Vigoda Status : When Firefox starts up, this extension automatically fetches Abe Vigoda’s current status, and displays it in a small panel on the status bar. It periodically does so again every so often, so that you always have relatively recent information on Abe Vigoda’s status. I’m going to have to learn to write … Continue reading “A really goofy Firefox extension”
Graphical User Interface Galleries
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(more…)Damn! That’s slick
A method of generating random numbers using a lava lamp was mentioned in this week’s “Security Now!”. I was intrigued enough to find LavaRnd: LavaRnd is a cryptographically sound random number generator. At its heart, it uses a chaotic source to power the generation of very high quality random numbers. As an added bonus, it’s … Continue reading “Damn! That’s slick”
They’ll want a real system and will end up doing VMS when they get to be serious about programming
One of the questions that comes up all the time is: How enthusiastic is our support for UNIX? Unix was written on our machines and for our machines many years ago. Today, much of UNIX being done is done on our machines. Ten percent of our VAXs are going for UNIX use. UNIX is a … Continue reading “They’ll want a real system and will end up doing VMS when they get to be serious about programming”
C++ Functions to Evaluate Legendre Polynomials
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