Have you ever heard about MessagEase, the extremely fast and efficient text-entry method for small devices? Probably not, even though it’s been around for a long time. And why not? I firmly believe that it’s because of the learning curve — it takes at least a few hours of practice to see any real speed …
I found the “Gaming the Pirates” section of this software developer interview completely fascinating. Piracy is a major problem in nearly all commercial software pursuits, but especially in games; these guys accepted it, planned for it in advance, and turned it to their advantage.
(For the British-challenged in the audience, “boffin” seems to mean “scientist.”) Why, when I read this, do I get a mental picture of a modern-day Paul Revere, buzzing through the streets on a moped, yelling “The Singularity is coming!”? 🙂 Despite the rather alarmist tone of the article, I really don’t think it’s going to …
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When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. When life gives you a virus… enslave it to build things for you. 😉
Wow, I didn’t realize that today’s hardware was already intelligent enough to dislike U2. 😉 (I happen to like U2’s work, at least the stuff I’ve heard, but the joke was too good to pass up.)
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. My mother has had operations for it; I’ve had precursors of it myself a few times. Hopefully these exercises will work to protect against it.
Uh-oh, looks like french fries are about to become “freedom fries” again. 😉
All that fear and hype, and it turns out to be nothing more than a spam-generator and password stealer? The author(s) really ought to be ashamed of themselves. An amusing bit from the end of the article: I’m personally grateful that it brought to mind a moment from the original Die Hard film. “You want …
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“Ushers in open-source era“. Um, “oops.” 🙂
An interesting concept, especially the idea of using it to detect and prevent counterfeit documents and currency.