KNOWLEDGE OF MANY THINGS IS THE SWORD UNSEEN

These goals are now (as of Sep2022) referred to as "the Global Goals". Note that Bill Gates via Gatesnotes.com is still pursuing...

A computer program (and software in general) is "built from scratch" by writing code. Programmers are encouraged to include and use...

This quickly devolves into terminology and what is meant by this or that. HOWEVER, and in any case, I believe that Eckert and Mauchley...

To help understand what distinguishes object behavior from agent behavior, imagine a falling leaf that weaves back and forth in the air...

There was a time (I believe it was somewhere in the “Roaring Twenties” a century ago), when the profession of being a telephone...

This long passage from "Alice Through the Looking Glass" has some special and mysterious significance to me. I identify with the gentle...

Note: I have finished a short story of the idea outlined below. I will publish it here later, if and only if there seems to be no hope...

It is time to publish Carew’s dictum regarding women: Women (all women) are like rainbows and flowers, and a perfumed, perfect day in...

Kalends (Kal) fell on the first day of the month. Nones (Non) was the 7th of 31 day months March, May, July, and October, and the 5th of...

I loved her books many years ago, when I was a child. But I stopped reading them when I became older and discovered the adventure of SF....

Writing a computer program in a curious blend of 2 things: As much noted everywhere, programming is the process of telling a system of...

This is from the 2nd to Last book (I believe) of the Travis McGee series by John D. MacDonald, who died in 1987. The world has been...

To me, the answer to this is easy, to wit: https://www.amazon.com/Computer-Programming-Volumes-1-4A-Boxed/dp/0321751043 by acknowledged...

There are those who love to get dirty and fix things. They drink coffee at dawn, beer after work. And there are those who stay clean,...

I would definitely be rusty on this stuff, because I do not program computer language compilers, nor interpreters. Here’s what I (sort...

Take Five (T5) tracking indicator is an emulation of Hi Lo “true count”, in that it produces a number that directly indicates current...

Your Hand What You Do (vs Dealer's Card Showing i.e. Up Card) =========== ================================================ HARD HANDS: 5 thru 8 H [Always Hit.] 9 D(3-6) e H [Double down on dealer showing 3,4,5, or 6. Else Hit.] 10 D(2-9) e H [Double down on dealer up cards 2 thru 9. Else Hit.] 11 H(A) e D [Hit when dealer

This is (as you may recognize) a point from the tao. However there is a funny story that I heard about this point, that I thought you...

+ In many things there is neither gate nor sanctuary—you cannot run and you cannot hide. There is only your ability to size up changing...