In blinding rain we drove, desperate to reach the murder scene before the formless riders of the cars in our wake. #worldsbiggestmarblehunt
July 2016 archive
Jul 26 2016
Binary Signed Integers – Ones Complement
In the last post, we saw that one of the major failings of the signed magnitude representation was that addition and subtraction could not be performed on the same hardware as for unsigned integers. As I pointed out, the reason for this is because negating a number in signed magnitude does not yield the additive …
Jul 14 2016
Grace Hopper on Distributed Computing
In pioneer days they used oxen for heavy pulling, and when one ox couldn’t budge a log, they didn’t try to grow a larger ox. We shouldn’t be trying for bigger computers, but for more systems of computers. – “Amazing” Grace Hopper
Jul 05 2016
Sharper Image Camera Drone Unboxing
I visit the local Michaels store at least once a week. Even if I didn’t have a 10 year old daughter with an insatiable appetite for arts and crafts, I imagine that I would still make that 5 minute crosstown trip weekly. The reason is simple: coupons. In their weekly circular, without fail, they always include a …