Science

Newsflash: Time May Not Exist

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Most of us tend to think of time the way Newton did: "Absolute, true and mathematical time…

Most of us tend to think of time the way Newton did: "Absolute, true and mathematical time… flows equably, without regard to anything external." But as Einstein proved, time is part of the fabric of the universe……
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Java

Code Style

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[@046] JIDE Software new releases: JIDE Docking Framework 1.4.1, JIDE Components 1.3.2, JIDE Grids 1.2.1 and JIDE Dialogs 1.0.1. Cayenne ORM Milestone M3, a…

The Smartphone Universe:…
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News

T-minus 1

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[@099] Just got off the phone with my mom. She's not doing too good. The paralysis is getting worse and the treatment is not helping, except for making her v…

On February 13, 1997 — Astronauts on the space shuttle Discovery brought the Hubble Space Telescope aboard for a tune-up. The tune-up allowed the telescope to see further into the universe.…
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News

Two S's, L's and T's

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[@227] Alan — Is America a class-less society? Erik — No Fluff, Just Stuff. Jon — Oracle Installer please leave my default JDK alone! Joey — Maven and Eclips…

Scripting Language City. For folks who want to learn more about the future of this increasingly important subset of the programming universe.…
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Unclassified

Miss Universe 2002

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What do you do when there's nothing on TV? Watch the last hour of the Miss Universe 2002 pageant. Oxana Fedorova of Russia won, although she wasn't my favori…

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