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American Scientist has a facinating article on the ternary number system. It discusses how the base-3 system could be used to make computers or other systems faster, and some of neat little tidbits about the number system. Some really interesting mathematics in there, and well worth a read if you like math.
Australia has (hopefully) successfully flew its first scramjet. A scramjet is a revolutionary new engine that can fly over 7 times the speed of sound, but requires it to get up to Mach 5 to do that. It just uses the oxygen in the air to get its fuel. And so technology just keeps moving forward.
Byte has a MS-DOS Eulogy now that Windows XP is out. The old OS that many people never had the chance to use because they came into the computer era too late is now gone. Let it rest in peace.
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