Snowden within the Russian’s no man’s land, searching for asylum in Iceland! Do you believe it? Do you believe that Russia will let to go this man to nowhere, just for his individual freedom? I understand that he requested asylum … Read More
A global teleprinter network, called the Telex network, was established in the 1920s, and was used through most of the 20th century for business communications. The main difference from a standard teleprinter is that telex includes a routing network, originally … Read More
Red Dog, also known as Red Dog Poker or Yablon, is a game of chance played with cards. It is a variation of acey-duecey or in-between. While found in some land casinos, its popularity has declined, although it is featured … Read More
The recent turmoil in the Arab world forced the Saudi Arabian royal family into critical regime stabilization decision junctures. The Saudis hiked their 2011 Homeland Security & Law Enforcement procurement budget by 46%. During 2013-2015 Saudi Arabia plans to procure … Read More
Termenii Internet şi internet provin din împreunarea artificială şi parţială a două cuvinte englezeşti: interconnected = interconectat şi network = reţea. Sensurile celor 2 termeni sunt strâns înrudite, în funcţie de context: Substantivul propriu „Internet” (scris cu majusculă) desemnează o … Read More
Influential engineers, activists, and entrepreneurs changed history through their vision and determination. Ceremony to be held 3 August in Berlin, Germany [Washington, D.C. and Geneva, Switzerland — 26 June 2013] The Internet Society today announced the names of the … Read More
A hacker is anyone who enjoys the intellectual challenge of creatively overcoming or circumventing limitations, primarily in their fields of interest, namely programming or electrical engineering. As will be discussed below, there is a trend in the popular press to … Read More
Signs of an unsuccessful site are clearly identified. Briefly, here are some characteristics of a doomed page: a page with a reasonable design (somewhere around the average), but the administrators have not tried to index the website at any major … Read More
During coin flipping the coin is “flipped into the air”, i.e., caused to both rise and rotate about an axis parallel to its flat surfaces. Typically, agreement is reached that one person will explicitly assign the action that will ensue … Read More
US Libraries began providing free e-books to the public in 1998 through their web sites and related services, though the e-books have been mostly scholarly, technical or expert in nature, and couldn’t be downloaded. In 2003, libraries started supplying cost-free … Read More
