mobi |eng | 1982-01-15 | Author:Isaac Asimov

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This request probably explained why he’d asked her to dinner on her own, which was more than a little disappointing. “I’m glad we got that settled,” she said briskly. “Actually,” ...

epub |eng | 2010-05-30 | Author:Steven Levy [Levy, Steven]

Ken and Jay would be talking about the intricacies of some aspect of programming language—like trying to figure out, when somebody says “List by customer,” what that really means. Does ...

epub |eng | 2013-07-09 | Author:Martin Campbell-Kelly; William Aspray; Nathan Ensmenger; Jeffrey R. Yost [Yost, Martin Campbell-Kelly; William Aspray; Nathan Ensmenger; Jeffrey R.]

THE SOFTWARE CRISIS The emergence of a software contracting industry helped alleviate one of the most immediate challenges associated with programming computers—namely, finding enough experienced programmers to do the work. ...

mobi, epub |eng | 2005-01-02 | Author:Jeffrey S. Young & William S. Simon [Young, Jeffrey S. & Simon, William S.]

All of that changed in a blinding flash at one Pixar meeting. Steve has certain territorial imperatives, like having the right kind of bottled water laid out for a meeting. ...

azw3 |eng | 2002-05-17 | Author:Michael Lewis [Lewis, Michael]

I left Daniel Sheldon and drove two hours south in the English countryside to have a look at something that had just happened, of which Daniel was unaware, that suggested ...

epub, mobi, azw3 |eng | 2010-04-20 | Author:Tristan Donovan [Donovan, Tristan]

Merchants of Doom: (left to right) John Carmack, Kevin Cloud, Adrian Carmack, John Romero, Tom Hall and Jay Wilbur. Courtesy of John Romero 20. The Ultimate Display In 1965 computer ...

epub |eng | 2014-04-01 | Author:G. Pascal Zachary [Zachary, G. Pascal]

There is very little margin for error. A single careless [mistake] that causes us to do a rebuild, or otherwise lose a build day, can easily blow 25% of our ...

mobi |eng | 2005-01-02 | Author:John Markoff [Markoff, John]

5| DEALING LIGHTNING Doug Engelbart sat under a twenty-two-foot-high video screen, “dealing lightning with both hands.” At least that’s the way it seemed to Chuck Thacker, a young Xerox PARC ...

mobi |eng | 2000-11-29 | Author:Paul Freiberger & Michael Swaine [Swaine, Paul Freiberger and Michael]

Then, too, they could see that it might be a commercial success. So Cooper built and Kildall programmed, and they came up with their astrology machine, which would stand in ...

epub |eng | 2010-10-12 | Author:Doug Lowe [Lowe, Doug]

Chapter 6: TCP/IP Tools and Commands In This Chapter Recognizing tools and commands Making all your hosts sing with IPConfig and Ping Most client and server operating systems that support ...

mobi |eng | 2013-01-18 | Author:DaviD Houle [Houle, DaviD]

Summary of the Threshold Decades The 20-year period of 1985-2005 was a time of significant transition from the accepted “reality” of the past to the new “reality” of the present. ...

epub |eng | 0100-12-31 | Author:L.N. James [James, L.N.]

Ari was just about to take a big puff off of his newly lit Cuban Cabanas cigar when he saw Cirra walking in to the 95th's after dinner lounge. Ming ...

epub |eng | 1990-01-02 | Author:J. M. Redmann & Jean M. Redmann [Redmann, J. M. & Redmann, Jean M.]

Chapter 17 Ranson called me early in the day, but it was strictly business. She outlined the deal she was working on for Frankie. I told her I would get ...

epub |eng | 2014-09-29 | Author:Nicholas Carr [Carr, Nicholas]

ARCHITECTS HAVE always thought of themselves as artists, and before the coming of CAD the wellspring of their art was the drawing. A freehand sketch is similar to a computer ...