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How one programmer broke the internet by deleting a tiny piece of code

German Drivers Are Incredibly Courteous To Emergency Vehicles When drivers on the Autobahn hear sirens, they appear to know the drill. April 29, 2016 at 07:03PM

German Drivers Are Incredibly Courteous To Emergency Vehicles

How one programmer broke the internet by deleting a tiny piece of code The story of how 28-year-old Azer Koçulu briefly disrupted web development around the world shows how writing software for the web has become dependent on a patchwork of code that itself relies on the benevolence of fellow programmers.

Word of the day is weatherbound : Prevented by bad weather from doing something, such as travelling.

Article of the day is Franklin half dollar. Check it out: http://ift.tt/1oWeX6W

weatherbound , adj : Prevented by bad weather from doing something, such as travelling.

Family of Menhirs, Tower Park, A Coruña, Spain. The sculpture group, created in 1994, is work of artist Manolo Paz. The holes in the rocks are designed to frame different views of the park and the bay through them..

The Article of the day for April 30, 2016 is Franklin half dollar . The Franklin half dollar coin was struck by the United States Mint from 1948 to 1963. It pictures Founding Father Benjamin Franklin on the obverse, with the Liberty Bell and a small eagle on the reverse. Produced in 90 percent silver with a reeded edge, the coin was struck at the Philadelphia, Denver, and San Francisco mints. Mint director Nellie Tayloe Ross had long admired Franklin, and asked the Mint's chief engraver, John Sinnock, to design the coin; his initials appear on the obverse, but some mistook them for the initials of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin. When Ross submitted the designs to the Commission of Fine Arts, they disliked the small eagle and felt that depicting the crack in the Liberty Bell would expose the coinage to jokes and ridicule; nevertheless, the Mint proceeded with Sinnock's designs. Beginning in 1964 the coin was replaced by the Kennedy half dollar, issued in honor of the assassinate...

Picture of the day on April 30, 2016: Family of Menhirs, Tower Park, A Coruña, Spain. The sculpture group, created in 1994, is work of artist Manolo Paz. The holes in the rocks are designed to frame different views of the park and the bay through them.

You Can Take A 360-Degree Tour Of The Iconic Sydney Opera House The infamous Opera House partnered with Google to capture life between acts with performers waking up, in rehearsal and at rest.

You Can Take A 360-Degree Tour Of The Iconic Sydney Opera House