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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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Julian Assange Speaks – getupaustralia

Posted on February 5, 2011 by Douglas Stetner

Some very good points made here, the Australian government should be fighting to ensure Julian is provided with Justice rather than death threats. People in the US should be speaking out against their government’s stance on this as well. Julian … Continue reading →

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Wikileaks volunteer detained and searched yet again at airport – Boing Boing

Posted on January 20, 2011 by Douglas Stetner

Wikileaks volunteer detained and searched yet again at airport – Boing Boing Now, this is awesome… I am sure this will come back and bite them: • CBP edits and reads your file while simultaneously using Internet Explorer to search … Continue reading →

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Important service announcement: Vox is closing September 30, 2010

Posted on September 4, 2010 by Douglas Stetner

Well, looks like vox is closing down. It was one of the first social networking sites, but some how just never took off (at least not for me). I have imported my vox posts, not that there was much there, … Continue reading →

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RIP Martin Gardner – Boing Boing

Posted on May 23, 2010 by Douglas Stetner

Well worth the 46 minutes to sit and watch. I read an article by Martin on John Conway’s Life when I was an undergrad looking for something to program. The Nature of Things / Martin Gardner from Wagner Brenner on … Continue reading →

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