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Category Archives: internetz
Gitcher red hot, free data here! Free data here!
Some are saying sooner or later consumers will have to revolt and demand payment for the use of that kind of data, but for now, we’re all idiots and do it for free for them. Personally, I have no hope … Continue reading
Gillian Anderson’s Teenage Lesbian Affairs
(Anderson) recalls moving from England to Michigan, when she was 11, and discovering that she was no longer part of the tribe. “Going from London to a small Republican town like Grand Rapids was quite a shock,” she says. “I … Continue reading
Turing test? We doan need no stinkin’ Turing test!
Last year I published my children’s book about computer science, Lauren Ipsum. I set a price of $14.95 for the paperback edition and sales have been pretty good. Then last week I noticed a marketplace bot offering to sell it … Continue reading
Britain Fails Turing Test
This month the House of Lords declined to grant a posthumous pardon for the crime of gross indecency for which he was convicted in 1952. Not only was he forced to undergo chemical castration, his security clearance was then withdrawn … Continue reading
Posted in idee fixe, internetz, science, societal ills, technology, thuggery, why we can't have nice things
Tagged Alan Turing
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Round 2
January had barely cracked its bleary eye when the stoopid was injected into an otherwise blameless new year. One of Hawaii’s state Representatives, a Republican 1, introduced one of those bills. You know the type; long on idiocy, short on common sense, much less tech … Continue reading
Posted in internetz, SOPA, thuggery, US Government, why we can't have nice things
Tagged ACTA, PIPA, SOPA
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