Thursday, November 14, 2002|
In a world with so many people and businesses, how can we keep everyone's name straight? How can trademark disputes be avoided when it is so hard to create a unique name? Computer Science may offer a clue, but it will take a big cultural shift to solve this problem. "Trademarks and Namespaces" gives an overview of why trademark disputes are likely to increase. |
 I used to play chess over email with a friend of mine. The problem was that you both had to keep your chess boards synchronized and if you accidently screwed up the positions of your pieces, it was a problem to get them back into the proper places. Shockwave.com has an email chess game [here]. This makes it much easier to keep track of the pieces. To start a game, all you have to do is make your move on the graphical chess board, then fill in your name and email address as well as those of your opponent. The system then takes care of emailing the moves back and forth between you and your opponent. Very simple and very fun.1:16:13 PM 
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If you watch TV at all, you are sure to have seen some of the Apple "switch" ads. They feature former Windows users who have made the switch to Macintosh. There is a parody roaming around the web now which features John who has made the switch to Canada [here][via Bjørn Hansen]. 12:07:35 PM
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Mozilla has added Bayesian spam filtering to its email client [Slashdot]. High quality spam filtering right on the client. I want that! I like using Outlook because of the integrated calendar and task features, plus it is easy to sync to my Palm Pilot, but having a good spam filter right on the client is almost a good enough reason to switch. 10:45:02 AM
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I find it fascinating that a device can be made to stare at the sun. It must have something to do with my built in human response to not look directly at the sun. Anyhow, I never imagined that images of the sun would be so beautiful [large image]. |
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