Technology How the Windogs do howl 2 Dec 2008 Because Apple posted an advisory [a while back now] suggesting that an antivirus program be used, the Windows bigots have erected a strawman: Apple says it is immune from viruses, so now it looks like Macs aren’t so great huh? Of course, that’s not what is happening at all. I… Read More
Censorship Political censorship of internet linkage begins in Australia 5 May 2009 The host ISP of Electronic Frontiers Australia has been served a take-down notice for linking to an R-rated “blackbanned” site, itself not in Australia, in a page that was a political comment on the merits (or demerits, rather) of mandatory internet filtering in Australia. I put the entire text of… Read More
History Apologies to Turing 5 Sep 20094 Oct 2017 The Twentieth Century was a century of geniuses, but the greatest of all, in my opinion, was Alan Turing. Turing invented, both the logic and the first hardware, the computer you are now using to read this post. More than any other invention, Turing’s changed our world; more than Gutenberg,… Read More
Ahh 24. Thats how I should base my descisions. Could I get a little arm band that read: “What Would Picard Do?” Maybe some form of hippy slver jewelry…
Ahh 24. Thats how I should base my descisions. Could I get a little arm band that read: “What Would Picard Do?” Maybe some form of hippy slver jewelry…
I always thought Twitter was the sound made by the ST:TOS communicators when they flipped them open. Pity you can’t get the sound for a clamshell phone.
I always thought Twitter was the sound made by the ST:TOS communicators when they flipped them open. Pity you can’t get the sound for a clamshell phone.