Category Archives: technology

last news from Pittsburgh

Posted on Tuesday, 2002 March 19 by Anton

Sunday Dad called to ask my advice as an experienced user of mobile telephones. He and his wife are about to move to another city, and wondered whether they ought to bother getting landline service at all. Monday I remembered … Continue reading →

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manufacturing consensus

Posted on Sunday, 2002 March 17 by Anton

Vernor Vinge’s mind-expanding novel A Fire Upon the Deep (1992) contains numerous postings on “the Net of a Million Lies.” But unlike the Usenet of our time, most of the senders have institutional names, like Khurvark University or Sandor Arbitration. … Continue reading →

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not too smooth

Posted on Friday, 2002 March 15 by Anton

Animate a face (Java). See what a difference noise makes.

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QotD

Posted on Friday, 2002 March 15 by Anton

Fabien Mosen You know you have been raytracing too long when . . . you’ve just seen Monsters.Inc at the movies, and you are wondering when they will release Monsters.Pov.

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learn something new every day

Posted on Monday, 2002 March 11 by Anton

I check this site periodically: Howstuffworks “Articles of the Day”. Current articles: revolvers, amplifiers, fire extinguishers, slot machines, lithography, light bulbs, instant film, elevators, gasoline, organ translpants, LEDs, grenades, sewing machines.

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the future is here

Posted on Sunday, 2002 March 10 by Anton

Dad, about to move from Pittsburgh to Raleigh, reports on a house-hunting trip: We had done a lot of looking at houses through the Internet before going, and we were already quite attracted to the house we actually bought. Score … Continue reading →

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don’t overdo it