July 2010
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“Already, more than a dozen 2010 car-year models offer intelligent safety...”
– .CSV » new developments in AI
It’s a wonderfully written article. If artificial intelligence is the sort of thing that piques your interest, you cannot go wrong reading this (rather lengthy) essay.
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Superman, the lamest superhero in the biz
I was never the geeky comic book reading kid while I was in high school but I did visit the comic book store regularly to check out and buy the latest versions of some of the comics I used to like. Spider-Man always was, and still is, one of my favourites and there were some Indian titles, like Tinkle Digest, that I used to like.
Let me tell you what I did not like: Superman. Superman is the...
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Behold, the Revolutionary Apple Wireless... →
The Apple Store is down right now and John Gruber reckons that new iMacs, Mac Pros and a “Magic Trackpad” might be in the offing. The later is supposed to be a trackpad for desktops. Should that actually happen, I would just like you to know that I was the one who came up with that idea. And I totally predicted that the button on Apple’s trackpads was not long for this world.
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Get Free Apple Stuff [Stealing Superguide] →
After a flood of reader emails, we’ve developed this how-to guide about getting as many free Apple devices as you want.
Disclaimer: Anshu Chimala strongly opposes stealing Apple stuff, we think people should remunerate Apple for their hard work. However, we also recognize that it can…
Cult of Mac writer Sayam Aggarwal published an iPhone app piracy guide. Yes, you read that right....
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A question of autopsy
Prosecutor: Do you recall the time that you examined the body?
Witness: The autopsy started around 8:30 p.m.
Prosecutor: And Mr. Dennington was dead at the time?
Witness: No, he was sitting on the table wondering why I was doing an
autopsy!
Prosecutor: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a
pulse?
Witness: No.
Prosecutor: Did you check for blood pressure?
Witness: No.
Prosecutor: Did you check for breathing?
Witness: No.
Prosecutor: So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you
began the autopsy?
Witness: No.
Prosecutor: How can you be so sure, doctor?
Witness: Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar.
Prosecutor: But could the patient have still been alive nevertheless?
Witness: It is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law somewhere.
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San Francisco’s unluckiest thief →
There are unlucky thieves, and then there is Horatio Toure.
According to San Francisco police, the 31-year-old city resident rode a bicycle up to a woman Monday afternoon in the South of Market neighborhood, snatched an iPhone out of her hands, and then pedaled away.
Problem was, the woman was carrying the phone as part of a company’s demonstration of a real-time GPS tracking program. If...
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“Microsoft is still trying to hit the moving target that is the future.”
– Dan Moren, Macworld
Also from the same article:
Google’s purchased a ton of power—they measure power in tons, yeah?—from a wind farm to power several of its data centers. The company has also hired pundit John Dvorak to generate a steady stream of wind.
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“I wish we could have done it [the iPhone 4 press conference] sooner, but then...”
– Steve Jobs
Man, that is one pissed Apple CEO!
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“I’ve still yet to drop a call on the thing. Not one. To be fair though, I’m kind...”
– Laura June, Engadget
Now that’s something I can identify with.
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