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Michael Geist – Supreme Court Delivers Huge Victory for Internet Privacy & Blows Away Gov’t Plans for Reform

Posted on June 15, 2014 by Douglas Stetner

Looks like the Canadian Supreme Court has it right – hopefully it will spread to other countries! Michael Geist – Supreme Court Delivers Huge Victory for Internet Privacy & Blows Away Gov’t Plans for Reform (Via http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/7156/125/.)

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Should I Work for Free?

Posted on October 7, 2012 by Douglas Stetner

Very good flow chart 😉 Should I Work for Free?.

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Having a play with Linode

Posted on September 23, 2012 by Douglas Stetner

I thought I would have a play after hearing about Linode. Seems like a pretty slick hosting system at a reasonable price. Will test for a month and then decide if I want to migrate to it. (New server)

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John McCarthy — Father of AI and Lisp — Dies at 84

Posted on October 25, 2011 by Douglas Stetner

Another icon of the computer family is gone. John McCarthy — Father of AI and Lisp — Dies at 84.

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C and Unix pioneer Dennis Ritchie reported dead

Posted on October 13, 2011 by Douglas Stetner

C and Unix pioneer Dennis Ritchie reported dead • The Register. With Bell’s Ken Thompson, Ritchie helped develop Unix and got it running on a DEC PDP-11, and released the first edition of the operating system in 1971. I never … Continue reading →

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