NASA Space Elevator
Japan is committed, now NASA has 3 teams qualified to try to get their laser powered robot to climb a cable hanging from a helicopter one km in the air. Elevator to space? They’re really trying :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Nation.
Day: November 4, 2009
Open a Bottle of Wine with Your Shoe – Drinks – Lifehacker
Open a Bottle of Wine with Your Shoe – Drinks – Lifehacker.
GSM Palm Pre unlocked
This means you can use your Pre outside the O2 network by using a special SIM card produced by Rebel. GSM Palm Pre unlocked with a little Rebel assistance.
Why computers suck at maths
This article explores why computers can’t do floating point maths, which is what makes Excel and all those online calculators such lousy mathematicians – basically because computers are binary, they can’t calculate anything after a decimal point, so the workaround is to put the number including the decimal point in a register of a certain Read more about Why computers suck at maths[…]
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