Book Reviews
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Friday, January 17, 2003
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Decrypting the secret to strong security: "There is probably some truth to the notion that giving programmers access to a piece of software doesn't guarantee they will study it carefully. But there is a group of programmers who can be expected to care deeply: Those who either use the software personally or work for an enterprise that depends on it." [Privacy Digest]
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Boing Boing Blog writes about Lessig: Whither the Supremes' Constitutional commitment?: "Larry Lessig's insomnia last night led him to post a fiery post-game analysis of yesterday's terrible Supreme Court ruling, which cheated our public domain to protect copyright. He focuses on the fact that many of the Supremes have espoused the view that their role is to protect the Constitution from Congress's excesses, but that the Justices seem to be picking and choosing which parts of the Constitution matter."
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Scientist Offers New Hints to the Evolution of Flight: "The behavior of chukhar partridge chicks may offer a new window on the origin of flight in birds. By James Gorman." [Headlines From The NY Times]
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How to release products? -- Comment()
Joel on Software writes: "When Apple releases a new product, they tend to surprise the heck out of people, even the devoted Apple-watchers who have spent the last few months riffling through garbage dumpsters at One Infinite Loop. [...] Microsoft, on the other hand, can't stop talking about products that are mere glimmers in someone's eye. Testers outside the company were using .NET for years before it finally shipped. [...] So, which is right? Should you talk endlessly about your products under development, in hopes of building buzz, or should you hold off until you've got something ready to go?" (See also Mouth Wide Shut.)
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Confused about how Apple is doing? -- Comment()
Radio free beowulf writes: "Look down this list of headlines and see if you are as confused as me?"
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Olympus C-5050 Zoom review: "Our full in-depth review of Olympus's C-5050 Zoom five megapixel, three times optical zoom digital camera. The C-5050 Zoom is one of the first of a new generation of five megapixel digital cameras... " [Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)]
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Why 'Shared Source' Is a Lie: " Microsoft is under a lot of pressure these days, mostly from Linux and the open source camp providing attractive alternatives to the closed world of Windows. Under extreme duress, Microsoft has grudgingly come up with a concept that would give its marketing forces some ammo in their fight against Linux and open source." [osOpinion]
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2400-year-old ship found in Black Sea: "Scientists say they have discovered the remains of a 2400-year-old ship at the bottom of the Black Sea - the oldest shipwreck ever found in the sea and a testament to its role as a vibrant crossroads of ancient commerce." [Google Technology News]
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Apple Needs More Of The Old Magic: "What Apple needs is something to drive sales in 2003 and 2004, and it's not clear that a new large laptop and a new small laptop will do it, or upgraded versions of the iMac and iBook." (The Globe And Mail via MyAppleMenu) [MyAppleMenu]
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Jon Udell reviews Apple's Safari browser: "During the show, I installed and began using the Safari browser. (Wish they'd avoided overloading the name of another product that's near and dear to my heart, but so it goes.) I hadn't thought the speed would matter much, because Mozilla does very nicely on the 800MHz TiBook -- but Safari is indeed wicked fast, and so I find myself gravitating to it. My gripes are different from the ones I've mainly heard, though. I'm not yet a confirmed tabs addict, so I can easily live without them. And I'm not yet running into any annoying rendering problems." [Scripting News]
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First artificial organism: "It's only partially artificial, but a very crucial part has been engineered. The world's first truly artificial organism has been engineered by researchers in California. The bacterium makes an amino acid that no other organism uses to build proteins. Now, a team led by Peter Schultz of the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla has managed to coax E. coli bacteria to produce a 21st amino acid and use it to make a protein, ..." [Oliver Weinitschke Blog]
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The United States of America has gone mad by John le Carré is a fine piece (many have noticed this): "Those who are not with Mr Bush are against him. Worse, they are with the enemy. Which is odd, because I'm dead against Bush, but I would love to see Saddam's downfall - just not on Bush's terms and not by his methods. And not under the banner of such outrageous hypocrisy."
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On Thursday the first issue in 2003 of the MikroPC magazine appeared here in Finland. This issue contained my column, titled Posterior forecasting ("Ennusteita takautuvasti"). Also, the magazine contained my vision article titled Meeting of the open and closed worlds: War of Co-operation? ("Avoimen ja suljetun maailman kohtaaminen: Sotaa vai yhteistyötä?"). It was nice to see that I could still agree with the text I wrote before Christmas. I have written columns regularly for the MikroPC magazine for over two years now (about 20 columns). This has been an interesting experience. It seems that I have also become quite active in writing net columns for the magazine. Last year I wrote five net columns, this year I have written two net columns already. Writing for the net is a bit different. There is a bit more space available on the printed magazine. Somehow I feel that you have to be more direct and forceful when writing for the net. I feel that the attention span of the reader is shorter on the net than when reading a printed magazine.
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