Dann Sheridan: X-log::Mind CandyTasty stuff for your grey matter.(Untitled)- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Drivel: This is an interesting letter as it so acutely illustrates the fundamental shift that has occurred on the Internet in the past two years from free to for fee, or advertising sponsored, services. Email and hosting services such as those provided by Sourceforge.net are not free, despite how they are offered to the users of the service. This is also a great illustration of the infamous battle between the developer and the businessman. The developer thinks..http://radio.weblogs.com/0001134/categories/mindCandy/2002/06/27.html#a293 (Untitled)- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Drivel: I had an interesting discussion this afternoon with a friend about how time seems to be passing so much more quickly as we get older. I have a theory about this. I believe that as we get older each unit of time becomes a smaller percentage of our lifetime, thus making it seem like to time is passing more quickly. Additionally, for most people, our knowledge base is always growing which aides our ability to make quicker, better informed decision. ...http://radio.weblogs.com/0001134/categories/mindCandy/2002/05/12.html#a287 (Untitled)- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Drivel: Grid computing is going to be an interesting phenomenon. The concept of Grid computing has been around for about five years. It evolved out of the high-performance and scientific computing interest groups in academia and the government. As I have been doing research and analyzing various software packages, it is interesting to see the intersection between what has evolved on the Internet (and what has come to be known as web services) and high-performance...http://radio.weblogs.com/0001134/categories/mindCandy/2002/04/02.html#a248 (Untitled)- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Drivel: The number of communication channels I use through my computer is growing. It used to be pretty simple -- email. Then it was email and instant messaging. Still not too cumbersome because the totally complemented each other. Email is for permanent or more formal communication and instant messaging is for very quick, concise exchanges of information you need immediately. If you need something immediately and you can't get it all over instant messaging,..http://radio.weblogs.com/0001134/categories/mindCandy/2002/03/30.html#a242 (Untitled)- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Drivel: More data from the Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies. It's even better than I thought! Mr. Thomas begins building the picture at a very high level, but gives you enough to let your imagination run wild. Outfitting nano soldiers. Flush with a $50 million federal grant to create an Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies, Ned Thomas plans to tap this esoteric science to clad a breed of warriors "endowed with superhuman capabilities." CNET News.comhttp://radio.weblogs.com/0001134/categories/mindCandy/2002/03/27.html#a234 (Untitled)- (Found July 2, 2008 ) This is all horse shit. What we really need is a computer that can interact with us the way we interact with other intelligent things. We talk and hear, we see, we touch. I'm not buying this virtual world stuff. The R&D money would be better spent developing faster and better voice recognition software and computer sight. LA Times: Just Beyond Our Windows. Tired of operating personal computers like this A lot of researchers are, and they're trying to change the way...http://radio.weblogs.com/0001134/categories/mindCandy/2002/01/19.html#a70 (Untitled)- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Cool mind candy. Largest prime number yet found by Athlon Geeknewshttp://radio.weblogs.com/0001134/categories/mindCandy/2001/12/06.html#a7 |