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Software is an essential part of many safety-critical systems. What are the standards and guidance that are used when regulators certify these systems for use. Are they based on sound computer science?
Dickens' use of exaggeration is key to his style. But its use has myriad effects from making a character's disposition unmissable, to adding whimsy and humour.
Information plays a huge role in the modern world, with vast amounts of data literally at our finger tips. The Internet is leading to an ever-increasing amount of data, leading to the ‘challenge of Big Data’.
Edward VII had an instinctive understanding of the human side of monarchy. At home he faced a constitutional crisis when the House of Lords rejected the budget in 1909. The crisis remained unresolved at Edward’s death in 1910.
It has been said that if you are not paying for a service, then you are the product, nor the customer. To what extent is this true for free software, social networking, and other free IT services and products?