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Monday, March 8, 2004
![[Item Permalink]](http://radio.weblogs.com/0112083/images/ur_bullet.gif){kind=small} The ignorance society -- Comment()
Today I submitted a column in which I discussed the so-called 'information society' or 'knowledge society'. Perhaps we are not building a knowledge society at all, and instead are moving from 'data society' towards 'ignorance society'. Those who decide what kind of society we live in the future are more interested in the behaviour of computers than the behaviour of people. At least this seems often to be the case in Finland.
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Solving a radiation heat transfer problem with Elmer -- Comment()
Today I tried solving a radiation heat transfer problem with Elmer. The solution is iterative. The first step is solving the view and Gebhardt factors. After this the nonlinear heat equation is solved repeatedly until convergence. Here are the results:
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Apple Mini Rescues The Microdrive: "Give Hitachi credit for making viable to the marketplace. Give them credit for convincing Apple this was the drive for them." (MP3NewsWire.net via MyAppleMenu) [MyAppleMenu]
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Computer Wars: "Microsoft's genius was, and continues to be, in recognising the true needs of IT departments, which may or may not be (and more often was not) aligned with the needs of their organisations."
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Sizing up the iTunes competition: "Remember the iTunes competition? So do I, but just barely. You'd think they all conspired to just give up or something. But lest we forget that the competition even exists, here's a run-down of where they're at -- and where they're headed."
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