With all the costumes, candy, and excitement that Halloween boasts, it’s not surprising that many young people become too preoccupied to worry about safety. With all the child-stranger interaction that the night has to offer, it’s no wonder that parents worry. Ironically enough, parental involvement is, particularly with younger children, the most important part of [...]
During the holidays I visited a local computer shop. There I noticed that all computers were networked together using a LAN and that they had a main server computer which is used not only to share resources with one another but it also ran a web server which is used for their company website. I [...]
The Ancient Egyptians developed a system of numbers in the third millenium BC as did the Sumerians (of Modern Iraq). Both civilisations used versions of abacus. The Chinese developed their numbers about a thousand years later. In 876 BC, a symbol for zero was invented in India. However, when we think of ancient mathematicians, most [...]
How is it possible that Napoleon Bonaparte, the most feared man in Europe, ruler of France, the most powerful nation in Europe in the early 1800’s, could ever possibly be defeated? The answer lies not so much the in battles that he lost, but rather in the many internal struggles Napoleon faced. The Quadruple Alliance [...]
During the 17th century, England began to stretch out its tentacles and grab hold of the Americas. The latecomers established their colonies in two different regions along the eastern coast of North America. These regions were known as the Chesapeake and New England areas. As extensions of the British Empire, they all had a similar [...]