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Why Windows Once Had Special Code To Protect It From ‘Stray Gamma Rays’
I don’t think anyone, not even a programmer working on Windows, could list all the crazy workarounds and hacks that exist in the operating system’s code base. That said, from time to time, we do find out about one or two. Take the incredible, though temporary, patch that would protect the CPU cache from “stray…
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Listen To The Sound Of A Martian Sunrise
No amount of listening is going to help you hear something as visual as a sunrise, especially one on Mars. Unless, of course, you make your own sound effects, like Dr Domenico Vicinanza and Dr Genevieve Williams did with a photo of the Opportunity rover’s 5000th morning on the red planet. The end result is…
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Monopoly For Millennials Is A Real Game Where You Don’t Save Money Or Pay Rent
Monopoly is a terrible board game. Just… horrible. It brings in the money though, because Hasbro keeps pumping out all sorts of special editions and themed versions. But with the release of Monopoly For Millennials, I think we can all agree it’s gone too far.
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Forget NaNoWriMo, Read These Mad ‘NaNoGenMo’ Novels, Generated By Computer Programs
It’s November, which means National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo, is in full swing. It also means its programmatic pal NaNoGenMo — National Novel Generation Month — is up and about too. And yes, it’s exactly what it sounds like.