When writing programs that work together on different machines. Programmers encounter numerous types of problems ranging from endianess, file storage format, executable formats and many others. One possible problem is generating random numbers.
Random number generators are implemented in many different ways. I will not aim to discuss the details of generating random numbers here. Just […]
As programmers, we are used to dealing with lots and lots of numbers. Most of the time these numbers are quite small and manageable. Something they get really large and ugly. We create all sorts of programs to deal with these giants numbers collectively know as BIGNUM. Why do we need them? There are extreme […]
Here is an interesting story about Singapore Air loading up each in flight seat with a copy of RedHat Linux. This is one of sure signs that Linux has really grown up. … or many become a kid again?
Flying in economy class doesn’t have to be a miserable experience. To make flying more enjoyable […]
After playing with the Apple iPhone for a bit, I have come to appreciate Apple’s effort in designing this next generation device. All the development towards unleashing the power of the iPhone has left the world with about 200,000 pretty powerful mobile computers (I believe these devices are more powerful than just PDAs and phones). […]
It really pays to work for a company that provides room for creative investigation and experimentation as a matter of corporate principle. This way we get nice toys to play around with. A few weeks back our very first Apple iPhone arrived. Okay. A lot of people were enamored by its good looks and cool […]
I just did a presentation discussing the developments in both the Internet and Mobile space. My presentation was entitled “The Third and Fourth Screens”. This conference is sponsored by the Jesuit Communications. It is called The 1st JesCom Media Convention. Here are the details.
This August, Jesuit Communications, Inc. will be holding its first media […]
I have not been blogging lately due to on-going commitments, more entertaining pursuits (like writing parallel computing stuff) and numerous developments in the life. Fortunately, most of them are very positive. Friendly neighborhood tech blogger Abe just posted a note about Globe launching its own Mobile TV service and I just could not resist commenting […]
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