The Question:
How did a penguin come to be the mascot for the Linux operating system?
The Answer:
The short answer is that Linus Torvalds, founder of Linux, likes penguins, and he said so when…
Enclose words or passages in quoted matter to indicate insertion of material written by someone other than the author: A tough but nervous, tenacious but restless race [the Yankees]; materially…
Punctuates a direct question: Have you seen the new play yet? Who goes there? But: I wonder who said “Nothing is easy in war.” I asked if they planned to leave.Indicates uncertainty: Ferdinand…
Born: 1906Birthplace: Beaver, Utah Television system—At the age of 20 Farnsworth produced the first all-electronic television image. In addition to his television system he invented the first cold…
Born: Mar. 18, 1964Speed skater only American woman to win 5 Olympic gold medals in Winter Games; won 500-meters in 1988, then 500m and 1,000m in both 1992 and '94; added 1,000m bronze in 1988;…
The District of Columbia and United States Territories Quarter Program will occur in 2009 with six new quarters releasing that year. Each quarter's reverse, or tails, side will feature a design…
Flex your spatial reasoning with 1010 Classic!
1010 Classics Instructions
How to play: To play, click and drag the blocks onto the grid. When you fill a row or column, the blocks will break and…
Engineering must welcome women or risk becoming marginalized as other fields seek out and make a place for them. by Sheila E. Widnall Sheila Widnall is the former Secretary of the Air…
X-RAY OF BINOCULARSREFRACTING TELESCOPEREFLECTING TELESCOPEFIND OUT MOREJust as our eyes cannot see small objects, so they cannot see things that are very far off. Even when things are millions of…
