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Merrett's Databases at McGill

https://www.cs.mcgill.ca/~tim/

and networks of computers, object orientation, geographical information systems and data on the World Wide Web. Doctoral work in the Aldat Project has focussed on new data structu

How Hacker News ranking really works: scoring, controversy, and penalties

http://www.righto.com/2013/11/how-hacker-news-ranking-really-works.html

restoring vintage computers, IC reverse engineering, and whatever How Hacker News ranking really works: scoring, controversy, and penalties The basic formula for Hacker News ranki

Software and its Discontents, Part 2: An Explosion of Complexity | Kellan Elliott-McCrea: Blog

https://laughingmeme.org/2023/01/23/software-and-its-discontents-part-2-complexity.html

is nearly miraculous, computers are so damn fast and cheap these days, the quality of resources, much of it free, is off the charts, and the talent pool has exploded, and shows ev
This is part 2 in my “Software and its Discontents” series. This series is the product of my asking a bunch of folks about the current state of software engineering, the sense

Dave Raggett

https://www.w3.org/People/Raggett/

web applications. Computers with Common Sense I am intrigued with the idea of giving computers a modicum of common sense, or in other words a practical knowledge of everyday thing

My Marriage with a Scientologist

http://www.ilsehruby.at/hrubybook.html

including that of computers. With regard to psychic disorders he refers to "charge," "short circuits," "locked in," and "keyed out." And like a technician uses a gauge to seek out
A Personal Experience with Scientology: My Marriage with a Scientologist - the English language version of the German Book: Meine Ehe mit einem Scientologen

https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3023.txt

https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3023.txt

computing resources of computers, if they are performed many times. References [ASCII] "US-ASCII. Coded Character Set -- 7-Bit American Standard Code for Information Interchange",

The Anatomy of a Search Engine

http://infolab.stanford.edu/~backrub/google.html

As the capabilities of computers increase, it becomes possible to index a very large amount of text for a reasonable cost. Of course, other more bandwidth intensive media such as

Where Have all the Gophers Gone? Why the Web beat Gopher in the Battle for Protocol Mind Share

https://ils.unc.edu/callee/gopherpaper.htm

human communication, computers need a common set of conventions in order to share information. The history of networked computing is rich with stories about developing protocols.

Dan Connolly's Index of Events

https://www.w3.org/People/Connolly/events/

Eighth Conference on Computers, Freedom & Privacy CFP'98 in Jan 1998 San Jose, CA 7th Advisory Commitee Meeting 1997 in Dec 1997 Washington, DC 40th IETF in Dec 1997 Washingto

The Machine Fired Me

https://idiallo.com/blog/when-a-machine-fired-me

be very useful. I loved computers since I was a kid and I was labeled the computer guy in the family. Everyone came to me (and still do) to get help with the Microsoft Word issues
When computers handle big life altering decisions in a company, there needs to be an override for humans to take over. Otherwise, well, they fire employees.

The unix programming environment

http://www.talisman.org/unix/burgess-guide.html

well on large scale computers (with many processors) and small computers which fit in your suitcase! All of the basic mechanisms required of a multi-user operating system are pres

DVD FAQ

https://demystified.info/dvdfaq.html

the disc? [4] DVD and Computers [4.1] Can I play DVD movies on my computer? [4.1.1] Can I play DVD-Audio discs on my computer? [4.2] What are the features and speeds of DVD drives
The official DVD FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions about DVD). The most comprehensive source of DVD technical information in the galaxy. By Jim Taylor.


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