When I was a kid one, of the more fun moments of learning was the ability to get my hands on a nice set of encyclopedia books. Since no world wide web existed it was truly the only way to easily browse new subjects or to gain more background in ones where I already held …
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When I was learning how to program at the University of Houston in the late 80s, I was part of the MIS program at the College of Business, which then was a blend of computer science and business. I spent many an hour hunched over a terminal and gigantic keyboard connected to the Digital VAX …
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History has shown a pattern of wars where new technologies are introduced to the battlefield only to be implemented with outdated tactics and strategies leading to untold horrors. (World War I for example.) While we in technology usually do not have to face such fundamental life and death consequences such as a war, we do …
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