by Ardrich
April 27, 2011 in Micro-Bites
Quote
“One day soon the Gillette company will announce the development of a razor that, thanks to a computer microchip, can actually travel ahead in time and shave beard hairs that don’t even exist yet” - Dave Barry
by Ardrich
April 27, 2011 in Micro-Bites
Definition
Bytecode – Programming code that, once compiled, is run through a virtual machine instead of the computer’s processor. By using this approach, source code can be run on any platform once it has been compiled and run through the virtual machine.
by Ardrich
March 4, 2011 in Micro-Bites
Lateral Thinking
Q: A woman proves in court that her husband was murdered by her sister, but the judge decides that the sister cannot be punished. Why?
by Ardrich
March 4, 2011 in Micro-Bites
Definition
Frag is a commonly used term in first-person shooter game. When you kill an opponent in the game you call it a “frag” rather than kill. The term frag is commonly associated with multiplayer deathmatch games.
by Ardrich
March 4, 2011 in Micro-Bites
Quote
“Technology is like a fish. The longer it stays on the shelf, the less desirable it becomes.” ~ Andrew Heller
by Ardrich
March 4, 2011 in Micro-Bites
Profile
Winifred Mitchell Baker is the former CEO of the Mozilla Corporation, the company behind the Firefox browser.
Baker, sometimes referred to as “Chief Lizard Wrangler” is currently the Chairperson of the Mozilla Foundation, the parent company of the Mozilla Corporation.
by Ardrich
February 16, 2011 in Micro-Bites
Lateral Thinking
Q: A man had twelve toothpicks in front of him. He took one away. Now he had nine in front of him. How is this possible?
by Ardrich
February 16, 2011 in Micro-Bites
Definition
Warm standby is a method of redundancy in which the secondary (i.e., backup) system runs in the background of the primary system. Data is mirrored to the secondary server at regular intervals, which means that there are times when both servers do not contain the exact same data.
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by Ardrich
February 16, 2011 in Micro-Bites
Quote
“We build products that 500 million people see… If 5 million people see a movie, it doesn’t really matter that much.” - Mark Zuckerberg
by Ardrich
January 21, 2011 in Micro-Bites
Definition
Cloud portability – In cloud computing terminology, the phrase “cloud portability” means the ability to move applications and its associated data between one cloud provider and another – or between public and private cloud environments.
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