15th
April
2004
“The tough reality is that hard drives are made up of spinning disks, which on the average system spin between 5,000 and 10,000 times per minute. Tiny electromagnetic heads hover over these disks, reading and writing information, constantly. Like a light bulb, there is a MTBF (Mean Time Before Failures) estimate for hard drives. Typically this was around 100,000 hours, but some of the most recent hard drives boast 500,000 of power on hours. This means that on average your drive would last over 57 years if it’s on 24/7, but of course reality is a lot different.”
posted in Software/Hardware | Permalink |
15th
April
2004
“Microsoft on Thursday announced it has released documentation that allows corporate and third-party developers to take full advantage of the XML-based schemas, called DatadiagramML, in its Office Visio diagramming tool.”
posted in XML/XSLT | Permalink |
15th
April
2004
“Here you’ll find a growing collection of free high resolution photos and illustrations. They’re free to use in both your personal and professional design projects. Registration is not required. Just be sure to review our Terms of Use before downloading. All of our images are high quality JPGs. Sizes vary from a minimum of 1280×960 up to 3072×2048.”
posted in Photography | Permalink |
15th
April
2004
“A9.com enhances your search results with your search history, which keeps track of which searches you have done in the past, and what search results you have seen and clicked on… In addition to web search results we present book results from Amazon.com that include Search Inside the Book.”
posted in Searching | Permalink |
15th
April
2004
“What can business sections do to break through the perception that they’re boring, dry, hard to understand, too mathematical and just plain dull? Here are 10 tips for breathing more life into the design of your business pages.” (Thanks News Designer)
posted in Journalism | Permalink |
