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Why Doesn’t My CSS Work?

It seems that I am always banging my head against the CSS wall screaming “What is wrong with my CSS code?” and “Why doesn’t it work?” Today I came across the blog CSSNewbie and they had a nice article on…

Common Code::Blocks Set Up Error

I have just installed Code::Blocks 10.05 and I had some difficulties getting source code (like HelloWorld) to compile. I encountered the following error: “xxx – Debug” uses an invalid compiler. Probably the toolchain path within the compiler options is not…

Propulsion-less Space Travel

The problem with space travel is that of propulsion. One has to literally throw stuff out of the back of the ship to accelerate. Basically, give that stuff momentum in one direction, and the ship will gain momentum in the…

Fifty Years of Exploration

Exactly 50 years ago, July 14th and 15th, 1965, the Mariner 4 Probe made the first fly-by of another planet, Mars. Yesterday, July 14, 2015, New Horizons made the first fly-by of Pluto, thus completing our first survey of the…

Inferences about Life in the Universe

Recently, Brendon Brewer posted an interesting piece titled “Life in the Universe” on how the information that life appeared early in Earth’s history affects one’s inferences about whether it is easy to form life or if life is rare. Its…