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Wednesday, October 30, 2002 |
What Makes Lara Croft Leap?. A formula scribbled on a bridge by a 19th century Irish mathematician is celebrated 160 years later at Trinity College in Ireland. The quaternion is the algebraic basis for animation. Karlin Lillington reports from Dublin. [Wired News]
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Will Durant. "One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say." [Quotes of the Day]
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Thursday, September 19, 2002 |
In Brazil, Blog Is Beautiful. Why is blogging so popular in Brazil? Nobody knows -- but ISPs are scrambling to get their piece of the rapidly expanding Brazilian blogosphere. By Paulo Rebêlo. [Wired News]
Blogging is growing everywhere. It should mean the development of better products for people to use to communicate and build communities online.
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Tuesday, August 20, 2002 |
Students Say MS Buys Curriculum. Microsoft gives money to the University of Waterloo in a research partnership. The school offers a new course in the company's programming language. More than a coincidence? Charles Mandel reports from Canada. [Wired News]
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Wednesday, August 07, 2002 |
posted by jragon August 6 1:24 PM | 12 comments. Windows dissatisfaction at all time high. Of 1,500 corporations surveyed, nearly 40% are actively seeking alternatives to Microsoft and their new licensing schemes. "This cumulative dissatisfaction will not necessarily translate into corporate defections to rival operating systems. But it does open the door a crack and raises the possibility that Linux and Mac OS X can gain new footholds in an overwhelmingly Windows world." [MetaFilter]
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Feds Open 'Total' Tech Spy System. Seeking the 'total reinvention of technologies for storing and accessing information,' the Total Information Awareness system is designed to take surveillance to the petabyte level. By Eliot Borin. [Wired News]
They're watching you...
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Saturday, August 03, 2002 |
Andy Rooney. "Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don't need to be done." [Quotes of the Day]
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Wednesday, July 31, 2002 |
Game Theory for Real People. 'Our simple models are no longer sufficient,' said an eminent game theorist, who is calling for human passions and quirks to be taken into account, too. Diana Michele Yap reports from Stony Brook, New York. [Wired News]
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Pablo Picasso. "I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it." [Quotes of the Day]
I think this is the best learning-related quote I have ever come across.
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Tuesday, July 30, 2002 |
Mommy, Write Me a Story. Mothers get publishing advice and support. Also: How to collaborate online ... create a writer's website ... and more, in M.J. Rose's notebook. [Wired News]
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