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Posted
29 December 2008 @ 7pm

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Nerd Factor X

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Software That Goes Clunk

In the world of the manufactured consumer item, there has long been a tradition of techniques which convey an impression of underlying quality to the prospective purchaser. For example, it is never going to hurt sales if you display the words “Made in Germany” prominently on your item’s packaging. And I’ve heard that disproportionate engineering [...]


Posted
24 January 2007 @ 12pm

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Me Use Brain, Verisimilitude

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The Quality of Information is Not Strain’d

Some half-arsed pseudo-philosophical ramblings follow. It starts with some musings on transistors and eventually circles around to show some relevance to current events, specifically the climate change debate. But be warned, it will take a while.