The ability to describe what you want and get it without knowing the implementation details started with Fourth Generation Languages (4GLs) like SQL. SQL emerged in the 1970s and was commercialized alongside other 4GLs in the 1980s.
In 1896, Walter Arnold achieved an unusual first: the world's first speeding ticket. He was caught going 8 miles per hour (mph) in a 2 mph zone in Paddockwood, Kent, UK.
This speed limit seems astonishingly low today. Why was it so slow?
Tech is Cool, But Results Rule
Guinness doesn’t just brew beer! One of their statisticians, William Sealy Gosset (aka “Student”), developed the t-test to improve quality control while keeping sample sizes small.
A perfect model, elegant design, or aesthetic bit of code means nothing if it doesn’t solve a problem.
Impact is what matters. Cheers to making a difference!
Find out more with the story below:
How the Guinness Brewery Invented the Most Important Statistical Method
Bob Seger released the song "Old Time Rock & Roll" on his 1978 album Stranger in Town. Over the last year, several articles have highlighted a resurgence in analog computing — a mode of computing that fell out of favor around the same time.
The Colossus, created 80 years ago for code-breaking during World War II, holds the distinction of being the first digital computer.
Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 were launched in 1977 and have been traveling farther from home each year.
Recently, work has been undertaken to update their software to correct bugs in the attitude articulation and control system (AACS) software for both.
"I don’t have a photograph, but you can have my footprints. They’re upstairs in my socks." ~ Groucho Marx
Several recent events have had me thinking more about open-source. The same as many people in the 1990s, my introduction to open-source was with Linux. I remember installing Slackware Linux and later switching to Red Hat Linux.