Monthly Archives: November 2016
What is Internet for? TV and Music.
“All is flux, nothing stays still—there is nothing permanent except change.” These words have been attributed to the Greek philosopher Heraclitus. Everything changes these days, including the way we get news, read books, listen to music, and watch movies. Sometime … Continue reading
Banana Peel: The Universal Menace
Good thing robots don’t have feelings.
Napoleon Bonaparte and the Russian Grandpa Frost
The well-known Minard diagram (see its larger version here) shows the losses suffered by Napoleon’s mighty army in the 1812-1813 during his invasion of Russia. Six variables are famously plotted in 2D: the size of the army, its location, time, direction of movement, and … Continue reading
Weekend Computer Humor
this is sad!