The Lenna (or Lena) picture is one of the most widely used standard test images used for compression algorithms.'lena' or 'lenna' is a digitized Playboy centerfold, from November 1972. (Lenna is the spelling in Playboy, Lena is the Swedish spelling of the name.) Lena Soderberg (ne Sjööblom)
The numbers that control your life. You're identified by dozens of numbers. Your phone number, your driver's license number, your social security number, your zip code, your license plate, your credit card numbers. I find these numbers fascinating. Who distributes them? What can they be used for? How can you use them? How are they issued?
concerning "Lock-Free" and "Wait-Free" algorithms and data structures. These techniques allow concurrent update of shared data structures without resorting to critical sections protected by operating system managed locks.
Interview with Sebastian DeGuy. We discuss how small the textures can actual get, whether procedural textures can compare with textures in games like Crysis and much more