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The Big Takeover

March 29, 2009

Finally, somebody (Matt Taibbi for Rolling Stone) explains A.I.G. and the financial crisis in plain English. It’s long and depressing, but worth the trip:

So it’s time to admit it: We’re fools, protagonists in a kind of gruesome comedy about the marriage of greed and stupidity. And the worst part about it is that we’re still [...]

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Mothers Against World Of Warcraft

August 25, 2008

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Mothers Against World of Warcraft
(Excerpted from Rapture For The Geeks, by Richard Dooling.)
Let’s say that the Singularity is really coming, and let’s say it’s powered by Moore’s Law and Kurzweil’s Law of Accelerating Returns. Call the Technological Singularity a cardinal virtue or a fatal flaw: [...]

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Computers In Movies – David Pogue

January 29, 2007

“Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the science of how to get machines to do the things they do in the movies.”–Astro Teller
Good post from David Pogue on the use of computer technology in the movie, Firewall, starring Harrison Ford. How many times have you seen the hero grab the nearest laptop and avert catastrophe by hacking [...]

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Free 411 By Cellphone – New York Times

December 27, 2006

David Pogue writes about a little-known Google service that provides ad-free info via your cellphone.
Send a text message to 46645 (that’s “Google”; leave off the last E for efficiency). In the body of the message, type what you’re looking for, like “Roger McBride 10025” or “chiropractor dallas tx.” Seconds later, you get a return message [...]

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Moore’s Law For Razor Blades | Economist.com

October 26, 2006

Shaving technology | The cutting edge | Economist.com
For the most cynical shavers, this evolution is mere marketing. Twin blades seemed plausible. Three were a bit unlikely. Four, ridiculous. And five seems beyond the pale. Few people, though, seem willing to bet that Gillette’s five-bladed Fusion is the end of the road for razor-blade escalation [ [...]

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