Archive for October, 2011

Redefining SI Measures With Fundamental Constants

Tuesday, October 25th, 2011

[M]etrologists have officially begun the process of tying the definitions of four basic units to nature’s fundamental constants.  The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) in Paris, France, has unanimously agreed on a proposal that would lead to reform of the mole, kilogram, kelvin and ampere, according to the international system of units (SI).

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R.I.P. Dennis Ritche

Thursday, October 13th, 2011

Apparently Dennis Ritchie died this weekend.  Very sad.  I met him once when Inferno was first being developed.  He kindly autographed my 1st Edition C Programming Language book for me, leaving enough space for Kernighan.