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  • … rather hard, and it will do as it’s told. I will give two examples to corroborate my case. First of all, we have the laptop on which I am writing this article. Whenever it starts up, it tells me there is no hard disk. I turn it off, and over and over again I get the same message. Eventually, out …

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  • Brian’s post — and Roboseyo’s comment appended to it — reminded me of a subject I haven’t yet posted about but have sometimes thought of discussing here. That is, the way SF authors imagine the future of the English language. This is a subject of particular interest to me, since I’m kind of working …

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  • … its voice directions on its own and it took me a while before I noticed this. I could count many other disadvantages of Tomtom’s navigation software w.r.t. to Garmin, but I think the above examples are sufficient. Not compatible with OS X This product sounds cool, but don’t believe the statement …

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  • … to put it to good use. Strangers to its primary function, they use it to make music, carry water, grind seeds, print patterns and stretch snakeskins. This got me thinking about the benefits of being able to see the world around us from a point of innocence. If we consider something in a different …

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  • … An interesting book with tons of anecdotes and a fascinating take on computer history in the 1990s. A must read for any Linux aficionado. “Linux in a Nutshell” $29.67 Think giving a dead tree manual is old-school? Think again. Linux in a Nutshell has been around a long time, and has tons of examples …

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  • … developer to use them. Everything on your computer screen uses an API, at the most basic level, programs interface with the operating system just to run themselves through the OS’s API. In fact, even the OS interfaces with a sort of hardware API through the hardware abstraction layer so it can run …

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  • … about stuff available for the platform I work on. But the format of the book didn’t allow me to easily locate the information relevant to me. When the book discussed software and hardware options, it wasn’t clear which platform a hack was for until late into the description. A small addition …

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  • You know you want to work from home but you are unsure as to what kind of home-based opportunity you would like to pursue. Well, if you’re like me, you probably began your search by looking for a home-based job. Something where you could sit down at your computer, put in a few hours of work …

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  • … recognition companies still insist that it is, and users everywhere are disappointed. Don’t get me wrong, I’d love to have a working voice recognition system on my computer. It would make life so much easier and spare me arthritis as the years go on. But there isn’t, and isn’t likely to be for some …

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  • … recognition companies still insist that it is, and users everywhere are disappointed. Don’t get me wrong, I’d love to have a working voice recognition system on my computer. It would make life so much easier and spare me arthritis as the years go on. But there isn’t, and isn’t likely to be for some …