Wired has made a list of what they think are some of the worst bugs in computer history: Last month automaker Toyota announced a recall of 160,000 of its Prius hybrid vehicles following reports of vehicle warning lights illuminating for no reason, and cars’ gasoline engines stalling unexpectedly. But unlike the large-scale auto recalls of [...]
Entries from November 9th, 2005
Worst Bugs In Computer History
November 9th, 2005 · No Comments · Coding & Web Development, Security
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Risk Via Google Maps
November 9th, 2005 · No Comments · Cool Geeky Stuff, Google
In what I proclaim to be the “cool hack of the day”, someone has modified Google Maps so you can play Risk on it. The dude that created it says the following: A For some reason I decided a bit after the API for Google Maps came out that it would be awesome to be [...]
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Interview With The Executioner
November 9th, 2005 · No Comments · News
News.com.au has an interesting if somewhat morbid interview with one of Singapore’s main executioners, Darshan Singh: Mr Singh joined the British colonial prison service in the mid-1950s after arriving from Malaysia. When the long-established British hangman Mr Seymour retired, Singh, then 27, volunteered for the job. He was attracted by the bonus payment for executions. [...]
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Cross Platform Gaming Development To Be Tough
November 9th, 2005 · No Comments · Coding & Web Development, Video Games
Arstechnica has an excellent editorial piece on how developing for multiple plaforms is becoming more and more difficult and give their view on where the future is taking us: The gaming industry has come a long way since its humble beginnings more than thirty years ago. From a time when people were thrilled to see [...]
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