We largely have hipsters to thank for the “nerd”, “gamer” and “geek” looks coming into style in recent years. In essence it’s another of those fashion trends that, while claiming to be inspired by a particular subculture, reflects nothing of the truth of it. If thick rimmed glasses with fake lenses and a “witty” T-shirt… Continue reading How to Dress Like a Nerd in Five Easy Steps
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Usenet History Past & Present
It all began with two students in 1979 from Duke University in North Carolina. Tom Truscott’s and Jim Ellis´ idea was to create an alternative to Arpanet (the early World Wide Web) where people from all over the world were able to discuss various topics. The result was Usenet which allowed two computers using UUPC… Continue reading Usenet History Past & Present
Choosing the Right Graphic Cards
Structure of a graphics card The essential component of a graphics card is the GPU (Graphic Processing Unit) and the GPU itself is consisted of Stream processors: for performing the majority of the pixels calculations, Texturing units: for creating image textures, Raster Units: mainly used for anti-aliasing.