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I'm 52. There was plenty of earlier stuff, but the oldest code I can still find online is from an article I wrote in 1992 on how to write assembly language routines to extend the Q…

Very inspirational, great song. While I'm fine with them presenting this as a live collaboration, the truth MUST be that Chris Hadfield's side was prerecorded and played back while…

Very inspirational, great song. While I'm fine with them presenting this as a live collaboration, the truth MUST be that Chris Hadfield's side was prerecorded and played back while…

= 0.1 quantitative easements, and will provide 1000x more boost to the economy.. What are we waiting for?

How can this guy get all the way through this article without mentioning that not only is Nathan Myhrvold "former CTO of Microsoft", but that as owner of Intellectual Ventures, the…

As was softbuilder, I was motivated to ABORT before the last paragraph - thanks for persevering for the team! Reminds me of the Monty Python killer joke sketch where the joke is tr…

The list of languages covered made me look at the date on the article. I was almost certain it would be pre-y2k. Sounds like a blinkered enterprise Java-centric worldview to me. To…

"But most of all, having a draft might, as General McChrystal said, make Americans think more carefully before going to war." As if "Americans" will suddenly have a say in any deci…

Douglas built the JSON spec 1) to be language agnostic. Following ES5's syntax directions is fine for ES5 focused development, possibly not for others. 2) to be final - i.e. there …

answered my own question. http://zfacts.com/p/318.html

I'd like to see a chart of that 200 years of debt accumulation.

Apparently, "Error establishing database connection.".

I dropped out of my Electronics Engineering Technology polytech course in 1982 after working part time for a couple of years with electronics and microcomputers and finding I was l…

I have to say it's jarring to hear Ron Paul referring to "6000 years of human history" as though that is the totality of human history. While I still support him fully because ever…

There is a wide range of quality in PHP code, and it depends mostly on the coder. If your team uses simple php pages with inline code and a rats nest of includes like newbies did i…

Many of us at the time "thought up" web-based email access but didn't see it through to execution much less turn it into a business. It's the same for most successful software idea…