Enigma: No 821 Diminishing returns 0123456789 On my calculator each digit is formed by some of the seven liquid crystal strips being illuminated. For example the "8" uses all seven strips but the "1" only uses two. Recently the calculator developed a fault. I displayed a single digit. Then at least one of the illuminated strips went out leaving a … News
Time to show some respect EVERYONE knows that the percentage of old people is rising rapidly in the industrialised nations. Fewer people know that the poorer nations are confronted with a similar demographic shift. Overall, the developing world expects the percentage of people over 65 to more than double to 8.0 per cent over the next 25 years (see Diagram) … Opinion
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A dangerous thing IT'S the characteristic word of our age: information. Our brains are said to process it, DNA encodes it, and soon, it is alleged, we shall all live at the side of its superhighway. Even breakfast cereal packets carry it. My current one, for instance, informs me that the third most popular tourist attraction in Britain … Forum
Feedback THE ANNUAL Computerworld Smithsonian Awards were created to honour "true pioneers who are developing the technologies that will shape the future of our society in the Information Age" and who are helping to "make our planet a more humane, healthy and cooperative place to live. These are laudable aims. But we goggled a bit at … Regulars