Sheldon Pacotti wrote a neat rebuttal to Bill Joy’s pessimistic paper, with some great analogies from science fiction and role-playing games.
The computer-networked, digital world poses enormous threats to humanity that no government, no matter how totalitarian, can stop. A fully open society is our best chance for survival.
Joseph Barillari wrote a great analysis of the RIAA’s case against Dan Peng, a Princeton undergrad. The best part is, later on in his blog he points out that Windows XP has the same functionality!
Now THIS is cool. I want to visit space!
It’s nice to know every once in a while that there are people out there way smarter than you. These remarks are pretty thought-provoking, and demonstrate a level of thinking that most people can’t even comprehend, let alone create. Read on to the end, where it gets to the questions and challenges, it’s the best part.
Lots of people are playing with these, so I thought I’d jump on the bandwagon. This Toshiba Portege 3500 won the PC Mag Editor’s Choice award, so I picked it to try. Mostly I like it, although the battery life isn’t that great.
A friend mentioned this Fry’s moment to me: he went to Fry’s last weekend, and emerged with a quarter-terabyte of storage, for $199. I went yesterday and actually beat that on a cost-per-gig basis, buying 200G for $149. Incredible!
These are really funny. A list of the top 100 hoaxes of all time.
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