High Level Logic: Rethinking Software Reuse in the 21st Century
Sunday 27th of May 2012 08:39:26 AM
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| IntroductionAn application programmer spends six months perfecting a set of components commonly needed in the large company that employs him. Some of the components were particularly tricky and key pieces required very high quality, reliable and complex exception handling. It has all been tuned to run quickly and efficiently. Thorough testing has demonstrated his success. Part of his idea of “perfection” was to build in a way that the software, even many of the individual components, could easily be reused. But it is surprisingly likely that no one outside of a small group within the project will ever hear of... |
Report Says Lotus Will Build a Battery-Powered Car (Goodbye Tesla?)
Sunday 27th of May 2012 08:39:26 AM
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| HETHEL, England — British sports car maker Lotus will build a battery-powered performance car, according to a Thursday report in the Financial Times. The technology used in the Lotus car will be similar to that in the Chevrolet Volt, with a fuel-powered range extender that works after the battery charge has depleted. The car is reportedly expected to achieve 300 to 400 miles on a single tank of gas. The Financial Times quoted chief executive Michael Kimberley as saying: "Don't be surprised to see an electric Lotus shortly. We are working on the technologies that will go behind it." Lotus... |
IBM To Offer Free Office Software In Challenge To Microsoft
Sunday 27th of May 2012 08:39:26 AM
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| The week's not off to a great start for Microsoft. On Monday, a European court upheld almost $1 billion in antitrust penalties against the software maker. A day later, it's IBM that is taking aim at Microsoft with the release of a free office software suite called Lotus Symphony. IBM said Tuesday that Symphony, based on open source software from the OpenOffice.org project, will be made available as a free download essentially to whoever wants it. The package contains a word processor called Lotus Symphony Documents, as well as Lotus Symphony Spreadsheets and Lotus Symphony Presentations. IBM is calling the... |
Lotus bio-fuels the amazing Exige
Sunday 27th of May 2012 08:39:26 AM
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| Lotus has released details about the new bio-ethanol-powered Exige 265E - the most powerful road version of the Lotus Exige ever, which we covered briefly yesterday. And we've driven it -- see links below.The research vehicle is a true Lotus -- it weighs just 930 kg unladen -- and is called the Lotus Exige 265E: 265 indicates the approximate horsepower and is consistent with the naming strategy of other one-off and limited run Lotus variants such as the Lotus Sport Exige 240R. and the E indicates the environmentally favourable bio-ethanol E85 fuel containing 85 per cent ethanol alcohol and 15... |
VIDEO: Lotus Exige vs. Apache Helicopter
Sunday 27th of May 2012 08:39:26 AM
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| OK he talks a bit of smack. But I give him a pass since if anyone has ever seen Top Gear, you know it blows away any US car show. Top Gear-Lotus vs Apacheyep, needs decent bandwith |
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