Archive for 'JFI0'
History
It was probably the closest we ever got to a full blown nuclear war between the Unites States and the Soviet Union, even closer than during the 1962 Cuban missile crisis.
1983: Brink of Apocalypse - Part 1
1983: Brink of Apocalypse - Part 2
1983: Brink of Apocalypse - Part 3
1983: Brink of Apocalypse - Part 4
1983: Brink of Apocalypse - Part 5
1983: Brink of Apocalypse - Part 6
1983: Brink of Apocalypse - Part 7
Automotive
Although the relative silence of electric cars and hybrids was originally touted as one of their key beneficial attributes, alarmists have been less than enamored with the perceived difficulty involved in hearing one coming.
History
Sixty-nine years ago, on December 7th, 1941, the Imperial Japanese Navy launched a surprise attack against the United States naval base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
Science
Suddenly alcoholics are useful members of society again. (Warning: bad language)
Science
The IPCC is facing a crisis of credibility.
Computers
Chronology of Calculator and Computer Technology
1617 Napier’s Bones
1622 Slide Rule
1623 Calculating Clock
1645 Pascaline
1930 Differential Analyser
1946 ENIAC
1948 Transistors
1950 Turing Test
1951 UNIVAC I
1971 Hand Held Calculator
1977 Apple II
The History of Computing Project
Science
Norman E. Borlaug, the plant scientist who did more than anyone else in the 20th century to teach the world to feed itself and whose work was credited with saving hundreds of millions of lives, died Saturday night.
