a sea of lead, a sky of slate: Abandoned on Everest
http://godheadv.blogspot.com/2010/04/abandoned-on-everest.html read it, a chilling article [and comments!] about what ‘commercialized’ mountaineering has become.
http://godheadv.blogspot.com/2010/04/abandoned-on-everest.html read it, a chilling article [and comments!] about what ‘commercialized’ mountaineering has become.
http://www.universetoday.com/81424/grand-tour-of-closet-sized-crew-quarters-in-space/ video tour for living compartments for US crew on board ISS (International Space Station)
http://codicesoftware.blogspot.com/2010/11/linus-on-branching.html START NEW BRANCHES FROM A KNOWN STABLE POINT. that’s it. the article (and Linus) basically explain why it’s bad to do otherwise
http://rhaas.blogspot.com/2010/11/mysql-vs-postgresql-part-1-table.html An article from a well-known PostgreSQL developer comparing MySQL InnoDB and PostgreSQL table structures
http://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2010/07/whats-wrong-with-the-american-university-system/60458/ Interesting interview with Andrew Hacker and Claudia Dreifus, the authors of “Higher Education”
http://www.theness.com/neurologicablog/?p=1994 Excellent article, shows some aspects why ppl do not accept silence – main cause: due to human nature emotions win over reason
http://www.techradar.com/news/audio/linux-audio-explained-685419?artc_pg=1 Excellent article explaining linux audio stack, describing which component does what and why
http://www.linux-mag.com/cache/7744/1.html detailed article about CEPTH – [client] parts of Cepth were recently accepted into the mainline linux kernel
http://www.westnet.com/~gsmith/content/postgresql/InsideBufferCache.pdf “There’s very little information about PostgreSQL buffer cache
http://www.hpbt.org/articles/contrsniper.htm Military tactics and strategy