After reading through this list, the only thing I could think of is: what discoveries have been lost due to small chance? How many discoveries have been made, but never told about? What applications of discoveries have we missed? Take a look at the Top Ten Accidental Discoveries…
I was looking at the floor in the restroom here in Marks Hall, and I noticed that the drain cover was off. On it was an engraving: “SMITH.” And I wondered: where did it come from? The drain cover must be its own element of the puzzle. Despite there being an entire restroom with many…Continue Reading…
And I’m glad. I am now fully convinced that Yahoo Search is currently superior to Google Search. Personally, I have nothing against Google. In fact, I’m earning more with AdSense than with YPN. And, as you probably know, I run a Google Forum. But from a purely objective point-of-view, for the kinds of searches I…Continue Reading…
When you want to hide your code from people who may steal it, but you still want to release your script so that other people can use it, there are several main techniques you can use. There’s the Zend Optimizer, IonCube / Loader, and then there’s simple obfuscation or encryption within your code. I’ve used…Continue Reading…
SplashPower claims to be offering practical wireless power solutions in the near future. According to Wikipedia: In electronics, inductive coupling refers to the transfer of energy from one circuit component to another through a shared magnetic field. A change in current flow through one device induces current flow in the other device. The two devices…Continue Reading…
I got this error when trying to run MATLAB 6 R12. “Failure Loading Desktop Class” The first result in Google didn’t help. But Solution 1-1881O did. I’m running Windows XP on a Dell Dimension 4600 with a 2.4 GHz Pentium 4. With a similar (P4-based) setup, you may get the same error. To fix it,…Continue Reading…