The star-quad configuration was invented for use in telephone cables back in the '30s, and was adopted in the TV world in the '60s and '70s. It is widely used today, particularly where there is a likelihood of having to lay mic cables alongside strong sources of interference. As to whe...
I would just have to walk around the block where providentially, there was a yarn store which shall not be named. Because I was leaving in a day or so. I announced that I would need to run this errand, but that I would be happy to take Micah with me. Cameron preferred that he no...
The sequel, There Must Be a Pony in Here Somewhere: The AOL Time Warner Debacle and the Quest for a Digital Future, was published in the fall of 2003 by Crown Business Books. Follow Scott Visit the website of Scott Galloway Follow Scott Galloway on Twitter Follow Scott Galloway on ...
The vaccines were invented in the mid to late-60s; different provinces introduced the shots at different times. “After 1970, basically all provinces were rapidly introducing (measles vaccines),” said Ward, of McGill. “Because measles was so transmissible, the assumption we work on is that an...
No one’s certain who invented Silly Putty, but nearly all agree the strange material was invented by accident. The story goes that during WWII, the U.S. government commissioned some chemists to create a synthetic rubber substitute. That resulted in a strange material prone to melting and coul...
No one’s certain who invented Silly Putty, but nearly all agree the strange material was invented by accident. The story goes that during WWII, the U.S. government commissioned some chemists to create a synthetic rubber substitute. That resulted in a strange materialprone to melting and ...
[The board game] Risk was invented by French film director Albert Lamorisse and originally released in 1957 as La Conquête du Monde (The Conquest of the World) in France. It was bought by Parker Brothers and released in 1959 with some modifications to the rules as Risk: The Continental ...
it heralded the movement away from '60s-style communitarianism toward individualism. Political scandal rocked this decade like no other and distrust of government was at an all-time high. The sexual revolution seeded in the '60s had paved the way for the women's liberation movement and American...
It's been awhile since the Army made such sweeping changes to its infrastructure -- since the 1970s, actually. It was "the Army's development of the AirLand Battle doctrine during that period resulted in the M1 Abrams tank, the Bradley Fighting Vehicle, the AH-64A Apache attack helicopter...
With the former technology (the magstripe), invented in the '60s by IBM, a payment card became easy to duplicate. *You can find more information on smart card technology here:smart card basics. #4. What does the EMV liability shift mean?