Category Archives: technology

propaganda for dummies

David Hardy catalogs deceptions in Bowling for Columbine. (Link from Bruce Baugh)

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did you know that the words frustration and fraud are related?

I can’t get Java working under Mozilla. (sigh) I wonder how I did it once before.

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I’m so demanding

From 1990 to 2001 most of my working day was spent in WordPerfect 5.1. Now every office manager says “We have to use Messy-Word because it’s the staaaandurd.” Is it too much to ask that the standard of 2003 offer … Continue reading

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the PIS/SE standard

Peter Stickney writes in alt.peeves: Voice recognition will not be mature until a system can transcribe “Life is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me)” with 95% accuracy, in real time.

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look out

Recently noticed a flaw in my car: I am tall enough that the main mirror blocks an important part of my view (where there are ramps). If I cannot contrive to mount it a couple of inches higher (or on … Continue reading

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Dali Clock resurrection

It is disturbing how much stuff, less than twenty years old, cannot be read at all by current gear. JWZ tells a tale of software archaeology.

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two wheels good! four wheels bad!

I saw a Segway today in person for the first time, going up Bush Street in San Francisco, on the sidewalk because the street itself runs the other way.

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