Creating an Information Factory by Tim Bryce
"Q: How many interpretations of systems development are there? A: How many analysts and programmers have you got?" - Bryce's Law INTRODUCTION Back in the early 1980's, Japan's MITI (Ministry of International Trade & Industry) coordinated a handful of Japanese computer manufacturers in... An art-form, by definition, implies non-conformity and represents an expression of personal style and taste. ... Both are consistent approaches that can produce a high quality product. ... It is simply a means to channel such creative energies in a uniform manner.

Review - Sony PSP by Alex Mayo
I'm fairly certain there are folks at Nintendo feeling some serious self-loathing right about now. You see, back in the mid-90's Nintendo contracted Sony to develop a CD-ROM drive for the Super Nintendo. As the project progressed, a number of factors (one of them being the spectacular failure of... Both games and feature films look absolutely fantastic, and since the screen is formatted to a 16:9 ratio both applications can be appreciated in full widescreen, high-definition glory. ... Watching something like Wipeout Pure in motion is amazing; not only is the image in razor-sharp...

A Brief Description Of Normative Addendum 1 - By Clive Feather by Raj Maha
David R. Tribble: C99 vs. C++98 David R. Tribble has tracked down all the subtle differences between ISO C and ISO C++, as well as the features that once differed but have been aligned, and lists them with references to the two defining documents. Paul Eggert summarizes Technical Corrigendum 2... To render obscure. ... a. ... b. ... To darken. ... 2. ... 1. ... -cated, cating, -cates. ... There was only one type, the machine word, and the programmer was responsible for applying to a variable only such operators as made sense.'' Brian W.