Monthly Archives: July 2004

Passing the Turing Test is difficult because of the use of natural language. But passing off a modified “Eliza” bot on IRC is easy because “on the internet most people speak like idiots.”

Suggestions for Finding a LiveStrong Yellow Wristband Outside the United States from Operation Gadget. Not that I have any readers from outside the US, let alone inside, but it’s always good to be thorough.

Clearly, the generic office chairs I bought at Staples this weekend are nothing compared to the Plasma2� System. I should be ashamed. I’ve practically sentenced my family to back problems.

Thanks to Windows, the the entire net is slowing to a crawl. As a Mac and Linux user, it is doubly annoying to see this. We tend to sneer at Windows and laugh when thousands of PCs are brought to … Read More →

It turns out that Annie Jacobsen, the woman who wrote “Terror in the Sky”, might have represented more of a security concern than the people she thought were terrorists.

Baystar, SCO’s biggest financial backer, denies they have an agreement on the stock buyback deal they had previously negotiated. The house of cards is falling and if you own their stock, it’s clearly time to divest.

At the end of the world, it’ll be nothing but cockroaches and lawyers, with no one left to step on them.

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