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July 2006

Kurzweil AI.net has some good stuff

I knew about this site but recently came across a link to another quite interesting article, “Why We Can be Confident of Turing Test Capability Within a Quarter of a Century”. Yes, Kurzweil’s books are too long and repetitive, and he does hold some unusual views, but ...

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Has my email somehow been hacked?

Ok, oh wise listeners out there. Here’s what’s happened to me twice now in the last week. Basically I receive a large number of email bounce messages which were sent ‘from’ xxx@blogbridge.com, where I never heard of xxx. And there are a ton of different xxx’s. When I say a large number, it’s aroun...

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Reminder: Tomorrow, Geek Dinner, July 19 (tomorrow!)

Just a quick reminder that we are having another super-informal-geeky-but-not-exclusively-geeks Geek Dinner, and we have a lovely new location, sponsored by our friends at Permabit. The location is on First Street, in Cambridge, MA, USA, in the so-called Davenport Building, on the second floor. See you there! Here are the coordinates: > When: July 19, Wednesday, 6:30pm to 9:30pm Where: Permabit, 25 First Street, 2nd Floor. Across from the Galleria Mall. Topics of discussion: AJAXPHPOPMLRSSJAVAETC Please confirm your attendance by clicking here!

Can you believe these dudes still use typewriters?

A typewriter, you know: a printer with a keyboard built right into it? Anyway, I care little about the politics of this, but check this letter out, dated May 18, 2006 for crying out loud. Doesn’t even look like an IBM Selectric 🙂 http://www.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/national/20060709hoekstra.pdf Ok, maybe I’m wrong? Is this a printer rigged with an old typewriter font? Nah I don’t think so. Carbon copies anyone? Technorati Tags: selectric, typewriter

Two books that look good…

I saw these two books in Barnes and Noble. They look quite interesting. I might get them. The God Theory. I am always interested in the various evolution vs. intelligent design debates, and this book claims to come up with a way to accommodate both into one framework or paradigm. [http://rcm.a...

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Soccer Fever!

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrShK-NVMIU] Technorati Tags: funny