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Captain Cyborg and the Problem of Evil

(This is a re-run, from Dec 16/05.)While looking at a problem related to archiving thousands of project proposals and reports for a large IT consulting firm I was struck by the ease with which these could be classified into two strongly differentiated groups: those based on clerical or other worker...

Tags: Unanswered questions, Government, General

Blog posts 2007-07-04

>Captain Cyborg and the Problem of Evil

>Captain Cyborg and the Problem of Evila thought..Can't we plug ourselves into a mainframe and be done with our lives as in the MatrixHad something, but lost the pointCyborgs? Come on Murph. It's not the weekend quite yet.However, discussing the major buckets (you're "enabling" vs "replacing" at the...

Tags: Strategy, Operational accounting, worker, Captain Cyborg, APU

Discussion threads 2005-12-16

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Captain Cyborg and the Problem of Evil

Captain Cyborg and the Problem of EvilA CounterexampleThis is a very interesting post. It sounds like science-fiction, almost delusional, but you're saying these different scenarios represent real viewpoints held by real people.Some more people I would add to your list who believe in the human extension scenario are Douglas Engelbart,...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, OOA/OOD/OOP, computer

Discussion threads 2007-07-05

Hoilday re-runs

I'm using the holidays in the United States and Canada this week as an excuse to re-run three blogs from the past. There's new stuff coming on Thursday and Friday.Meanwhile:(1) for Monday I'm re-running "Mainframes, IFL, and Linux" from May 16, 2006. see below(2) And, speaking of...

Tags: General

Blog posts 2007-07-02

Nancy Heinen to take the fall in Apple options scandal (Updated)

Nancy Heinen to take the fall in Apple options scandal UpdatedAnd if you watched Battlestar Galactica last night...Then you know that Steve Jobs is a cyborg, seeking to exterminate the human species.ZDNET always provides the most interesting spin.I wonder who is going to take the fall at PixarWhats common between...

Tags: Federal government, Investment, Benefits, Financial accounting, Steve Jobs, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-04-24

The origin of Unix

The origin of Unixrewriting history to suit your ideaologyreally, you have an adgenda and you've rewritten "your" version of history to suit it.no wonder no one has bothered to comment on this rubbish.Too muchI can certainly respect your admiration of Unix, both the platform and the philosophy. I've worked on...

Tags: Operating systems, Unix, operating system

Discussion threads 2007-03-30

The origin of Unix

Almost everyone thinks that Unix originated with Thomson, Ritchie, and others at Bell Labs in 1969/70, and thats correct but not true. They wrote the first code, originated many of the technologies in Unix, enunciated key design ideas were still exploring today, and demonstrated...

Tags: Operating systems, Multics, Unix

Blog posts 2007-03-30

Captain Cyborg and the problem of evil

While looking at a problem related to archiving thousands of project proposals and reports for a large IT consulting firm I was struck by the ease with which these could be classified into two strongly differentiated groups: those based on clerical or other worker replacement, and those focused on enabling...

Tags: computer

Blog posts 2005-12-16