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Nielson on Computers of 2034

Thirty Years With Computers (Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox) bq.. We’ll also spend a big percentage of the computer power on defense mechanisms such as self-healing software (to root out bugs and adapt to changing environments) and aggressively defensive virus antibodies. We’ll need such software to protect against “social engineering” attacks, such as email that purports to ...

Pocket Real PC

msmobiles.com – Sony launches the smallest PC of the world: Sony VAIO U series * display: 800×600 pixels (touchscreen with stylus, not digitizer – thus requiremetns to be a Tablet PC are not met – Tablet PC needs to have a digitizer so that touching the screen with fingers doesn’t work) * operating system: Windows ...

Kerry and Bush: No Difference?

FOXNews.com – Views – Straight Talk – Kerry, Bush Offer Voters Little Choice bq. Kerry is a pro-business Democrat who’s liberal on those social issues over which the executive branch has little control. President Bush is a big-government Republican who’s conservative on those social issues over which the executive branch has little control. The power ...

Gen Zinni Speaks Out

Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah Marshall: May 16, 2004 – May 22, 2004 Archives bq. Accusing top Pentagon officials of “dereliction of duty,” retired Marine General Anthony Zinni says staying the course in Iraq isn’t a reasonable option. “The course is headed over Niagara Falls. I think it’s time to change course a little ...

Are Girls Evil?

Ablog: Amusing math argument, are girls evil? “(extlink)Dave Winer”:http://www.scripting.com has a funny entry where he purports to show that bc. girls = evil. Since, roughly from the time I was 12, I have rather felt the opposite, I was saddened that my beloved mathematics could fail so miserably. So, as a mathematician by training, I ...