Her understanding of the parts of a computer and their function equals that of my community college students, who are ten years older. Nice job, kid.
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The obvious choice: Gulden’s Spicy Brown Mustard.
The obvious choice: Gulden’s Spicy Brown Mustard.
I saw Peter perform three times, once with Davie and Mickey, and twice with his band Shoe Suede Blues. I twice shook his hand, got an autograph and chatted with him a bit; he was a real nice guy. RIP, Peter.
In 1956 John von Neumann, inventor of the first practical computer, published Probabilistic Logics and the Synthesis of Reliable Organisms from Unreliable Components. Required reading for any engineer.
#mandatory
“... the speed of sound does vary based on altitude, air temperature, pressure, and on and on...”
“... shoved off this mortal coil.”
Nice. I have a lifetime pass because I’m an old codger.
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This puts me in mind of the old, almost certainly apocryphal story about the dog and the dynamite. It seems two duck hunters drove a new SUV out onto a frozen pond, planning to use dynamite to blow a hole in the ice for their decoys. One guy lights the fuse and chucks the dynamite out onto the middle of the pond. His…
In 1955 the historical romance I, Libertine reached the New York Times bestseller list. The only problem was, the book didn’t exist. In those days the list was based on both sales and requests for a book. Late night raconteur Gene Shepherd invented the title and general storyline, and asked his many listeners to…
Forbidden Planet. I saw it in first run as a kid in the ‘50s, and I’ve watched it dozens of times since. It’s a classic that stands up very well even after all these years.
I have three of these and they’re dandy. However, I’ve always wondered why they stopped at 299, instead of throwing in one more band-aid and making it an even 300.
I have three of these and they’re dandy. However, I’ve always wondered why they stopped at 299, instead of throwing…
My wife and I babysit for our two grandkids all the time, for as long as two weeks so far. We love our grandkids, but these visits always remind me why people have children when they’re young.
“Sometimes you just need a break.”
Fun fact: elevators do free fall, just not very often. In November of last year an elevator in the Hancock Building in Chicago fell some 86 floors; happily the fall was arrested by safety cables. In 1945 a B25 bomber hit the Empire State Building in bad weather, cutting elevator cables and causing the car to fall 75…
