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Project “Omega” Announced
APRIL 20, 2012 – Richmond Hill, ON — Dacris Software Inc. today announced the formation of an exploratory committee to research the real potential of starting a solar panel manufacturing business in North America. The full details of this project, codenamed “Omega”, remain to be determined. The viability of this project, if viability is confirmed, [...]
The Job of the Future
I’m trying to look to the future and see what the job of the future might be like, in light of the post-industrial era now emerging. For that, we first need to look at the job of the past. The Industrial Job What were some of the attributes of the industrial job? 9 to 5 [...]
The Human Manifesto: The Founding of Civilization 2.0
The following is a declaration of the natural rights and responsibilities of all people on Earth. These rights are rooted in scientific fact and observations (hence the term “natural”) and are reserved equally by each and every individual human on Earth. The Manifesto for Civilization 2.0 We, the humanity of the Earth, wish to state [...]
Full JavaScript Interpreter for C# (.NET)
Stumbled across a beautiful JavaScript interpreter for .NET today, based on Google’s V8 engine. It’s called JavaScript.NET, and even though it lacks in-depth documentation, it’s extremely easy to use. I used it to integrate this AES – Counter algorithm (implemented in JavaScript) in my C# app. Tried Jint but that didn’t work. Too picky. But [...]
JavaScript Code Snippet: Round to Significant Digits
I had a brief moment of insight today that I thought I’d share with the world. Nothing major, but quite useful. Here’s how you round to significant digits in JavaScript… Code I created a function called Math.sig (see snippet below). By default it rounds to 2 significant digits. /* Test cases: alert(Math.sig(2515.7753)); alert(Math.sig(-593)); alert(Math.sig(315.152)); alert(Math.sig(3.14159265)); [...]
Node.js: Microsoft’s Web Empire is Coming to an End
It appears that Microsoft has just sown the seeds for their own demise. In June, 2011, they announced that they would port Node.js to Windows. Fast-forward to now. Node.js now runs in IIS with the help of an open-source library called iisnode. I know what you’re thinking… What’s Node.js? Node.js is an open-source web server [...]
JavaScript Faster in Firefox 7
Today I used the benchmarks found at JSMark.com to test the latest beta of Firefox (Firefox 7). My PC is a Core 2 E8400 @ 3.6 GHz with Windows 7 64-bit. Here are the findings: Test Firefox 4 Firefox 6 Firefox 7 CPU (Modern) 335 465 515 CPU (Classic) 14215 12750 13325 As you can [...]
Is the PC Dying?
The following is an in-depth look at how the PC is evolving as a form factor, and whether or not its survival is threatened by the proliferation of smaller form factors now occurring. Signs Pointing to End of PCs HP recently announced it wants to end its PC business. HP represents 17.5% of the PC [...]
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Windows 8, Windows RT, Microsoft Extinction Event
Microsoft began its Windows business in the 1980s by selling the software (the operating system) that IBM’s hardware badly needed. This was the kernel of business that would eventually become Microsoft. As the PC (IBM PC at first) began its proliferation, growing in popularity exponentially, Microsoft began its growth as a software company. Sure, there [...]