Interesting links for programmers

Few famous bugs of their times...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killer_poke
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrix_coma_bug
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F00f


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentium_FDIV_bug
Link to Thomas R. Nicely's (person who discovered FDIV bug and reported to Intel) page
http://www.trnicely.net/#PENT
Original e-mail message announcing the discovery of the Pentium divison flaw, 30 October 1994
http://www.trnicely.net/pentbug/bugmail1.html
and FAQ for that
http://www.trnicely.net/pentbug/pentbug.html

Some more generic bugs...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Off_by_one_error

..and some unusual bugs :)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unusual_software_bug

And this is what happens to your code and data over time...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit_rot

Window to the south pole...

This is an interesting site...
http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/obop/spo/livecamera.html

Following photo is of the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station taken every 15 minutes (if a relay satellite is available for transmission) from the roof of the National Science Foundation's Atmospheric Research Observatory which houses NOAA/ESRL's Clean Air Facility. In order to preserve the life of the camera, it is tilted down onto the snow when the sun is in the field of view, which occurs for several weeks around sunset (March) and sunrise (September) when the sun marches in a circle above the horizon. From mid-April until mid-August the moon and the aurora australis provide the only natural lighting.

To the moon and back...

Yet another easy day at work after long time...time to fire up the browser for some surfing, today the journey was till moon :)

Started off by reading about old computer games that i enjoyed...found that there was a video made by Microsoft using Doom theme...

Check this site...
http://www.reelsplatter.com/doommedia.html

After that I spent next few hours surfing articles related to Moon missions...


This link will give a complete video of Apollo mission

http://sonicbomb.com/dmmvid.php?vid=43X9IGEtONhaw8GIf


Neil armstrong on moon...


Ever wondered how it feels to walk on the moon? Read the first person experience here

http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/node/545
http://men.msn.com/articlees.aspx?cp-documentid=4884951

And these must be the most isolated men in the universe..
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap070916.html
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap011002.html

Much energy was put into calling Apollo moon landing news a hoax. Read a detailed article here.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Moon_Landing_hoax_accusations
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_program_missing_tapes

Read about some efforts to take pictures of moon surface and testify
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/11/24/1037697982142.html

Also see this, http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2004/21jul_llr.htm


While reading, I just thought for a while, lets keep aside the hazards in space, what it would really feel like being in space? imagine looking at the earth and moon, miles away from your home!