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Thursday, April 25, 2002 |
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Is it just me or is the Microsft testimony utter crap? What is this endless mantra of 'innovation'. What exactly did Microsoft innovate? Operating system? - No. GUI? - No. Word processor, spreadsheet, presentation program? No, No and No. Put these guys in jail... Comments 9:33:01 PM 
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Bart Decrem on Linux a Linux and Main interview. Good size-up on the state of Linux... Comments 2:18:16 PM
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Alexandria Library reopens: "The original library of Alexandria housed 500,000 scrolls, which made it a center of culture and scholarship from the third century B.C. into the early Christian era... Historians quibble over details of the original library's demise. Various researchers claim that Julius Caesar burned it in 48 A.D., that Augustus Caesar destroyed it in his pursuit of Mark Antony, that early Christian monks burned it in 391, that Muslim zealots decimated it in 642. In short, the place was doomed. It contained too much knowledge that offended too many people. " New library is having problems because of 'absurdly strong' US copyright laws that prohibit exhibiting much American material... Comments 2:02:00 PM
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Gates changes tune, admits Microsoft has already built versions of Windows (e.g. XP Embedded) that don't require Explorer or Windows Media Player. Many programmers are calling Gates' testimony flat-out lies... Comments 1:12:20 PM
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Winner of the 2001 Creation Science Fair (elementary level) "My Uncle Is A Man Named Steve (Not A Monkey)"; 2nd place (middle school) "Women were designed for homemaking'; Honorable Mention: "Pokemon Prove Evolutionism Is False" . How can responsible adults teach children this stuff? Comments 12:54:04 PM
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The 21st Century Family: From Ozzie to Ozzy, a short essay by classmate-and-futurist Watts Wacker, touches on the plight of single mothers in the US, where 49% of births are out of wedlock, and 41% of single moms are below the poverty level. A companion piece by Ryan Mathews touches on the economics of family: "A 19th Century American farm family of 14 was an economic engine. A 21st Century American urban family of 14 is an economic nightmare." I had a single mom: her (our) life was a constant struggle... Comments 12:18:53 PM
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Fossil Cycad National Monument is the only park the U.S. ever decomissioned because the visitors walked away with it. Established in 1922, there were no fossils left by 1935. More than 12 tons of Petrified Forst National Park similarly disappear each year, according to Scientific American. Some guilt-wracked people return the stones, sometimes decades later... Comments 12:04:18 PM
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Disruptive Programming Languages: according to Todd Proebsting, a Microsoft Researcher (speaking at an ee380 colloquium at Stanford yesterday), the languages of the future will be high-level scripting languages like Python and Perl, because they enable much higher productivity, and Moore's law will overcome their speed disadvantages.
Proebsting had an interesting theory: disruptive technologies always have A., a big disadvantage in their primary market, B. a small advantage in a secondary market, and C., are often from small, low-margin markets. 'Truly useful' is why they eventually win... so my Frontier skills may pay off yet! |
Updated 4/16/04; 11:54:15 AM
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Chris Gulker'sUpdated 4/16/04; 11:54:15 AM
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