Nice free software, unfortunately for the wrong operating system. A world with different properties and inhabitants is simulated. You can use it to recreate various natural feedback loops, or simply watch how the world changes. Or throw meteors at it.
Well, but the cable networks absolutely had to be privatized so that competition would bring cheaper prices and better services for customers. And what came of it? A monopolist that does every possible nonsense — not only wanting to sell the public broadcasting programs, but also demanding fees for the ad-financed private channels. Great. Really delivered for the consumer.
At tagesschau im Internet you can find the original article.
According to a recent poll by TV network ABCNews, Christians in the USA, contrary to enlightenment and science, predominantly believe Bible parables literally and treat religion as a substitute for politics. - are we now allowed to count them among the other religiously fanatical groups and make them members of the axis of the stupid?
At Telepolis News (22.02.2004) there's the original article.
Fascinating. A story about how Apple discovered Hungarian notation (variable names with prepended characters for the variable type) by Charles Simonyi. Literally discovered — in the source code of the memory manager for Mac OS
Well, the reaction to the discovery speaks volumes: the source code was first purged of this defacement, then commented and documented, and then manually reimplemented in Assembler. Good old days...
Hartblei - Ukrainian manufacturer of medium format optics and cameras
Steve Roy, Software Design : Action Helper - Tool for managing Folder Actions