Wednesday, March 26, 2008, 07:59 PM - techFoo
Learn Programming Online, For Free: 75+ Open Courseware Collections from the Ivy League and Beyond
I hope they stay online.
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Wednesday, March 26, 2008, 07:56 PM - techFoo
I was piloting the SR-71 spy plane, the world's fastest jet, accompanied by Maj Walter Watson, the aircraft's reconnaissance systems officer (RSO). We had crossed into Libya and were approaching our final turn over the bleak desert landscape when Walter informed me that he was receiving missile launch signals. I quickly increased our speed, calculating the time it would take for the weapons-most likely SA-2 and SA-4 surface-to-air missiles capable of Mach 5 - to reach our altitude. I estimated that we could beat the rocket-powered missiles to the turn and stayed our course, betting our lives on the plane's performance.
After several agonizingly long seconds, we made the turn and blasted toward the Mediterranean. 'You might want to pull it back,' Walter suggested. It was then that I noticed I still had the throttles full forward. The plane was flying a mile every 1.6 seconds, well above our Mach 3.2 limit. It was the fastest we would ever fly. I pulled the throttles to idle just south of Sicily, but we still overran the refueling tanker awaiting us over Gibraltar.
To fly that aircraft must have been a dream.
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Wednesday, March 26, 2008, 07:44 PM - techFoo
More here.
UPDATE: Even more here
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Wednesday, March 26, 2008, 07:33 PM - blogFoo
Some of these are funny.
Caution urged however, number four has very foul language.
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Tuesday, March 4, 2008, 05:14 PM - musicFoo
It's mostly swing, but it looks interesting.
Jazz Anthology.
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Tuesday, March 4, 2008, 05:11 PM - techFoo
A good roundup of free software from PC Magazine. I always find something new in these roundups.
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Tuesday, March 4, 2008, 05:08 PM - techFoo
A serious* review of cooling options from no less an authority than Tom's Hardware.
*Serious, as in real; actual; grave. Not the slang serious
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Tuesday, February 12, 2008, 01:14 PM - techFoo
I haven't read it yet, but I'm salvating at the prospect of a new Firefly novel. Hats off to Steven Brust for the effort.
Now, go read it!
More fan fic here .
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Tuesday, February 12, 2008, 01:06 PM - blogFoo
Just to tempt your tastebuds...
2. Always shoot first. Every good leader should be willing to do what he or she asks of her team. One of the reasons for the loyalty of the ragtag crew of Serenity, the ship Malcolm Reynolds captains in Firefly, is that Mal will throw himself into battle to protect his team. Whenever he has a crazy scheme or rescue mission in mind, he takes the first plunge. Lesson learned? Show your crew that you're willing to take a bullet for them, and they'll do the same for you.
Read the rest. 'Nuff Said.
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Thursday, February 7, 2008, 12:44 PM - techFoo
Now here is a petition worth signing.
Please complete this petition so we can add your name to those who want Microsoft to keep Windows XP available indefinitely, rather than force users to upgrade to Windows Vista. With your support, we can convince Microsoft to spare XP’s fate of being discontinued on June 30, 2008.
I, for one, would welcome our .. errr... old overlords ...back.
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Wednesday, February 6, 2008, 04:24 PM - politiFoo
Reddit headline:
In a stunning upset, Ron Paul loses every state on Super Tuesday!
I was unable to keep a straight face after reading this. "Stunning Upset"??? These Reddit folks aren't helping the notion the that geeks live in their own world.
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Tuesday, February 5, 2008, 07:16 PM - quoteFoo
"I have indeed two great measures at heart, without which no republic can maintain its strength. 1. That of general education, to enable every man to judge for himself what will secure or endanger his freedom. 2. To divide every county into hundreds, of such size that all the children of each will be in reach of a central school in it."
-In a letter to Thaddeus Kosciusko, 1810
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