Tag: hall_of_fame
RIP – John Backus
We have lost another computer software pioneer with the passing of John Backus. An entire generation of engineers and most of the early computer industry is based on the work of John and his small team at IBM. His team of about 10 misfit IBMers developed the FORTRAN language. John W. Backus, who assembled and […]
Posted: March 20th, 2007 under General.
Tags: breakthrough_ideas, hall_of_fame, innovation
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Sports Doping Article in Wired
Interesting article on sports doping and Dick Pound. Don’t miss the doping excuses “Hall of Fame” and the pool player who was thinking of his wife’s needs for him in the bedroom (at least he was creative ) powered by performancing firefox
Posted: January 5th, 2007 under Bicycle Racing.
Tags: doping, hall_of_fame, sports_doping
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