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Tuesday, December 21, 2004
![[Item Permalink]](http://radio.weblogs.com/0112083/images/ur_bullet.gif){kind=small} Two years of using PowerBook at work -- Comment()
I started using a PowerBook at work over two years ago. I was sceptical of having only a laptop computer, and I wrote here: "Now I'm almost done replacing my G4 tower at work with a portable, an Apple PowerBook. I'm more and more convinced that this is a smart move. [...] However, there is the worry of realiability. If the PowerBook is not as reliable as the G4 tower (which had no problems whatever in almost three years of use), then I have made a mistake." In retrospect, having a PowerBook was a great decision. I tested the PowerBook before buying, and that helped. There have been no problems. None whatsoever. I have done all my work on this little machine, and it has performed flawlessly. And the PowerBook is fast enough to last another year, I believe. A hint for others: having 1 GB of memory and 60 GB of disk makes the PowerBook last longer. I can log in to several accounts simultaneously, and run Safari, Mail, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Acrobat, TeXShop, BBEdit, X11, Terminal, Encyclopedia Britannica etc. concurrently.
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It's time to start thinking about how we might grant legal rights to computers: "Thinking about A.I. as a legal matter forces us to confront the indeterminacy of many of our legal thresholds and demarcations. This is both sobering and salutary. If we choose to do so, denying A.I. rights should be an affirmative act. And if we decide to pursue A.I. rights, we should remain aware of the ethical and legal implications of that decision."
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Get a better browser -- Comment()
The Fox Is in Microsoft's Henhouse (and Salivating): "Microsoft does have one suggestion for those who cannot use the latest patches in Service Pack 2: buy a new personal computer. By the same reasoning, the security problems created by a car's broken door lock could be solved by buying an entirely new automobile. The analogy comes straight from Mr. Schare. "It's like buying a car," he said. "If you want to get the latest safety features, you have to buy the latest model." [...] In this case, the very latest model is not a 2001 Internet Explorer, but a 2004 Firefox.'
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