This October, 1967 Playboy article on computers and their limitations features an all-hands computer debugging session in which the machine’s minders grab their “trembling screwdrivers” and leap into the “machine’s intestines.” …
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Computers' limitations, as seen in 1967 – Boing Boing
The same basic problem afflicts every profession with specialized jargon: academics in the humanities and social sciences , doctors, lawyers, politicians, movie and television producers–even the manager-speak mocked by Dilbert and other …
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District 9 is the much talked about new science fiction movie that was released just days ago. But I have to ask: Is District 9 science fiction? Since we get so few new science fiction movies every year why should I even suggest that …
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Has the Universe Gotten Too Big for Science Fiction? « Auxiliary …
The big bad alien controlled weapons confiscated from the alien inhabitants of District 9 make a blood-splattering mess of their targets. We talked to director Neill Blomkamp about his scientific inspiration behind these killing …
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The Science Behind District 9's Blood Splattering Alien Guns …
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Open Science Video: Jimmy Wales, Tim O'Reilly « ScienceRoll
Science , the journal of scientific research, news, and commentary published by The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), and JoVE, the scientific video journal, announced that they have entered into a partnership …
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Science magazine and JoVE partnership « ScienceRoll
Though his name is conspicuously absent from the cover, the Icon of Sci-Fi celebrated in Sony’s three-disc Icons of Sci-Fi: Toho Collection set is Ishiro.
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Ishiro Honda: Icon of Japanese Science Fiction | seanax.com
Subculture photographer Kyle Cassidy has a great new project: “Where I Write: Fantasy and Science Fiction Writers in Their Creative Spaces.” I love the shots of Michael Swanwick, but the killer one for me is Samuel R “Chip” Delaney …
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Photos of science fiction writers' nests – Boing Boing
One of the highlights of this year’s World Science Fiction Convention in Montreal was sf writer Charlie Stross chatting with sf fan and Nobel economics laureate Paul Krugman.
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Charlie Stross and Paul Krugman talk science fiction and economics …
However, Aguirre (an expert in fMRI methodology) says this is “ science fiction, science fantasy.” What are his reasons for skepticism?
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The Neurocritic: "Science Fiction, Science Fantasy"