Category: Progress
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How Railroads Railed Us
The standard gauge of a railroad in North America and Europe is 4′ 8.5″, or four feet, eight and a half inches. Most people will give that absolutely no thought in their entire life. Of those who do, some will think to themselves, ‘I wonder if that is based on an old unit of measure…
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Will you pay?
An article showed up in my Inbox today: Intel Core i9: It’s not whether you need 12 cores, but whether you’ll pay for them. It is an interesting read, and a very good question. I have always liked ZDNet. Their people do a good job of keeping a pulse on the industry. Their question is…
The World According to Mitch 