We Only Just Solved a 33-Year Old ZX Spectrum Challenge
When the ZX Spectrum was released in 1982, a problem was posed in chapter 19 of the computer’s manual. Now, 33 years later, that problem has finally been solved by a team at Oxford’s Museum of the History of Science. Chapter 19 of the manual explains ‘BEEP’, a BASIC command that made the Spectrum play…
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Tom Pritchard - Gizmodo UK
Why It’s So Hard to Predict Where and When Earthquakes Strike
Can earthquakes ever be predicted? This question is timely after the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck Nepal recently. If authorities had more warning that the earthquake was coming, they may have been able to save more lives. While Nepal is a documented area of previous seismic activity, at the moment there is no technique that…
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Mark Allen
