Blaise Pascal (/pæˈskæl, pɑːˈskɑːl/; French: [blɛz paskal]; 19 June 1623 – 19 August 1662) was a French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer and Catholic theologian. Continue reading
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Pascaline was the First Practical Adding Machine
The first practical adding machine, the Pascaline was invented by Blaise Pascal, a French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist in 1642. Continue reading
Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin
Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin OM FRS Hon
FRSC (12 May 1910 – 29 July 1994) was a British chemist who developed protein crystallography, for which she won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1964.
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A Total Internet crash
Because of a status-message virus that was accidentally propagated throughout the network on October 27, 1980, when the ARPANET (the U.S. Department of Defense’s prototype Internet) came to a complete halt, thus becoming the first total Internet crash. Continue reading
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Wow! Its been and interesting 10 months since we went live. We told a few friends and family… and that it.
We set a goal to have an average of 10 viewers a day in a month. Well we hit that goal with an avg. 13 viewers a day. For a total 398 unique viewers for the month of October.
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Internet hosts exceeded 1,000,000
Thats right in 1992, the number of Internet hosts exceeded 1,000,000 Continue reading
Thanks to our readers and supporters
Wow! Its been and interesting 9 months since we went live. We told a few friends and family… and that it.
We set a goal to have 100 viewers in one month by end of first year. Well we hit that goal with 189 viewers for September.
Our next goal is average of 10 unique viewers per day in one month.
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100 million people connected to the Internet
Title: 100 million people connected to the Internet
In 1997 the internet had 100 million people connected to it. Continue reading
William Henry “Bill” Gates III
William Henry "Bill" Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American business magnate, investor, author, and philanthropist. Continue reading
Three Heads of State to meet online
When the internet was just a baby, 3 Heads of state of 3 countries met online for 10 minute chat, on January 17, 1996. Continue reading