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I know the submitter found the link via Google News, but to say that it's "courtesy of" Google is misleading. The transcript comes from The News & Observer, the main newspaper in Raleigh, North Carolina. It documents a panel at Duke University.

I used to work at The N&O. Real people do produce these things, you know -- they don't just materialize out of the ether when Google aggregates them. If anything, this is the downside of Google News -- the increasing commodification of news production. But the Internet in general was doing that anyway.

I know it's a bit off topic to talk about your signature, but I'm going to anyway.

Tariq Aziz is not a Christian. He just uses the title to manipulate gullible people and their desire to prevent large, dominantly Christian nations from attacking Iraq. If you're going to keep the sig, please remove that second comma.

-Lucas

Here's a bumper sticker that needs to be made:
Intellectual Thinkers...No Attack Iraq?
You Can Prevent Terrorist Attacks With Words!

An office building... like the White House?

Let me try this again, thanks to a pesky coworker sitting on my keyboard.

The Tivo UI is what set Tivo apart from ReplayTV. It was easy to use and versatile! This article about a grandmother who fell in love with Tivo after getting it from her children should go into the Tivo advertising campaign.

People still get stuck programming their VCRs, exactly because it is a generic technology with no room for innovation. Tivo adds that interactive layer where useability actually makes a difference, and is the driving reason their customer satisfaction is through the roof.

Tivo may morph and evolve, but I can never see it becoming a generic device like a VCR.

I wish I could join with you on the laughable sentiment; unfortunately I can't. (Disclaimer: even though I work for Nando Media, sister company to the News & Observer, my opinions are my own).

From where I sit the campaigns have been utterly shameful, mired in grime and innuendo. I never had an opinion on Senator Helms, one way or the other, but this much I do know: he can't be worse than Mr. Bowles or Mrs. Dole. Though they each paint the other with brushes of deceit and inneptitude, they both appear to be exactly the same.

I know as a North Carolina resident I should excercise my right to vote, but in this case, I'm boycotting that race.

The DC sniper left a "Death" tarot card with the words: "Dear Policeman, I am God"

Clearly, it is the work of Charles Haffey

Star Bridge Systems Inc. is the place NASA went to for their HAL-15, according to newsobserver.com.

I liked the N&O's article better, it focuses on Dr. Dave Bradley. For those who don't know, he wrote the original bios code and, of course, "invented" control-alt-delete. Besides working at IBM, he's als an adjunct instructor at NCSU, and teaches programming and basic computer design classes.

The PC timeline in Saturday's News and Observer may have goofed in saying that it was introduced on August 13th, or maybe they finished work on it on the 12th and intro-ed it the next day, but anyway they did have a pretty good interview with David Bradley, one of the original group of engineers who developed the 5150, and the one who chose which 3 keys would be used to reboot. The interview is online here, and includes an anecdote about the delivery of a prototype to MS.

I work for Nando Media. My name isn't altogether uncommon, but more on that in a bit. Another gentleman, of the same first and last name, works for The News and Observer. The two companies are sister companies (in point of fact, they created us once upon a time).

I work as a programmer. He is an associate editor, or something like that. I'm white. He's not (he's president of the NABJ). We work in different buildings with different office numbers. One of these days I need to go introduce myself to him. In the six months I've been here, he's gotten a package meant for me, I've gotten a package meant for him, and I've gotten probably 10 phone calls for him (two at home around 11 pm, from someone on the west coast).

This isn't just the company mail messing up, or the company switchboard. The regional phone company blew it too. Fortunately, we're both aware of each other's presence, and politely refer the caller/package/etc to the other individual.

What's most frustrating about all this is that that first package was a Valntine's gift sent 2-day mail, with my full name emblazoned, complete with roman numeral (I'm the IVth, ladies and gentlemen), and it still got mis-routed. *SIGH*

It sure seems like it would be fun to compromise someone's secrets, or post everyone's inane family letters, or whatever, until it happens to you. I have to applaud the writer of the parent post for doing the ethically right thing.


if ($user =~ m/shaldannon/i) {
print "\n-- $user :)\n"
}

Not bad for a new-born.

After being taught gah-gah goo-goo,
it goes on to prove the computational value of quantum mechanical entanglements.

We'll have to keep an eye on this toddler; (like that little girl in MIB with the two physics books).
It may just go on to prove human beings are as useless as egg-shells.

Ripley's believe it or knit.

In North Carolina, votes for Nader really are wasted. Because of a technicality, the state isn't even going to count them. See a recent letter to the editor of the Raleigh News & Observer for the story.

-- Adam