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Monthly Archives: May 2007

May 30, 2007 | Science & Technology

The Singularity Will Be Televised

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The singularity is coming, the singularity is coming! And won’t someone please think of the children? Vernor Vinge in Reason:...

May 23, 2007 | Music

Trent Reznor on Music Industry Crooks

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Trent Reznor, apart from being one of the great musicians of our age, also understands the changes the music industry…

May 22, 2007 | Point Of View, Religion & Philosophy

Unholy Africa

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Why do news reports like this and this make me think that there’s an unexplored dimension to poverty and under-development…

May 21, 2007 | General Geek Culture, Science & Technology

Bots Overtake MySpace Users

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DISCOVER Magazine unleashed the chatbots ALICE and Jabberwacky on each other, and the resulting conversations are amazing. Perhaps not up…

May 21, 2007 | Science & Technology

Hawking & Kroto in Brussels

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Two of the most brilliant minds in science graced a stage in Brussels yesterday, and I was lucky enough to…