Monthly Archives: June 2009

Airbus A330 Unsafe to Fly

Posted on June 29, 2009 by Administrator

The NTSB is investigating 2 more recent Airbus A330 incidents similar to that of the Air France A330 that crashed on June 1. And there will be a lot more as they go back in time to other incidents. Looks … Continue reading →

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Indonesia Craves the Blackberry

Posted on June 8, 2009 by Administrator

The Blackberry cell phone has rocketed in popularity in Indonesia in the past few months, from fairly obscure to a “must have.” The 4 reasons are: new, affordable data plans, Yahoo Messenger and FaceBook support, and a camera. GSM/Edge data … Continue reading →

Posted in i18n, Indonesia, Tech, Toys, Travel | 1 Comment

SVLUG: The Parrot Virtual Machine, Allison Randal

Posted on June 3, 2009 by Administrator

Allison Randal gave an overview of the Parrot Virtual Machine, plus delved into the syntactic details of the PIR assembly language for the virtual machine. (around 1200 opcodes.) Parrot is a virtual machine aimed at running all dynamic languages. She’s … Continue reading →

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