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| Notice: GeekPress is back up and running, thanks to Paul! It's still a not-so-serious tech news blog, but the format is significantly looser. Diana, having given up programming for philosophy, has her own philosophical blog NoodleFood. More of her work can be found at DianaHsieh.com. |
| Advanced new instant replay for 2001 Super Bowl |
| 2:30:13 am mst / 24 January 2001 found by paul / filed in inventions / source USA Today 84 hits / 0 comments / 0 e-mails |
| CBS will debut a new advanced instant replay system at the Super Bowl this Sunday. The EyeView system will use 33 robotic cameras positioned around a 270 degree arc, and will provide rotating 3-dimensional stop-action sequences similar to the dramatic fight scenes from "The Matrix". |
| We can just call Super Bowl XXXV, "Crouching Giants, Hidden Ravens"... |
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| ZDNet special on artificial intelligence |
| 8:13:34 am mst / 24 January 2001 found by paul / filed in future / source ZDNet 96 hits / 0 comments / 0 e-mails |
| ZD Net has a collection of new articles on artificial intelligence, exploring the history, technical, cultural, and ethical implications. And of course, there's the obligatory essay on robot dogs. Good reading! |
| I particularly enjoyed the essay on whether/how we could create self-awareness. |
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| God vs Perl Gods |
| 8:50:12 am mst / 24 January 2001 found by diana / filed in humor / source BBspot 132 hits / 0 comments / 0 e-mails |
| Perl Gods remain unimpressed with God's creation of existence in seven days, due to God's lax schedule, failure to debug, and the absence of documentation. |
| As one Perl God said: "And 'Hey, God!?' there's a MODULE for assembling nucleic proteins and amino acids. Try 'Use Biology::DNA'." |
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| "My Name is James and I'm a Sushi-holic" |
| 9:28:57 am mst / 24 January 2001 found by paul / filed in culture / source Ironminds 118 hits / 0 comments / 0 e-mails |
| James Morrow describes the insidious appeal of eating sushi in loving, almost carnal, detail. |
| Favorite quote: "One writer once described the sensation of eating uni as similar to 'going down on a mermaid.' All I can say to that is, I wish I’d thought of that." |
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| "Dumb motherf*cker" |
| 11:31:23 am mst / 24 January 2001 found by paul / filed in internet / source Register 129 hits / 0 comments / 4 e-mails |
| The Register has pointed out that if one uses Google to search for the phrase "dumb motherf*cker" (after filling in the appropriate missing vowel), the first choice is the George W. Bush Online Store. |
| On the other hand, it could be a big advantage to have one's opponents constantly underestimating one's intelligence... |
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| Child porn case on the outer limits |
| 5:55:41 pm mst / 24 January 2001 found by diana / filed in legal / source ZDNet 74 hits / 0 comments / 0 e-mails |
| Matt Carolan examines whether the government ought to be suppressing vice -- in this case, doctored images made to look like child pornography. (The case will soon be decided by the Supreme Court.) |
| As Matt says, "Children's rights not to be exploited sexually are not so broad as to infringe on anything that may somehow, hypothetically, lead to some pervert attacking them." |
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| "Internet twins" scandal shouldn't hurt B-tail sales |
| 7:33:01 pm mst / 24 January 2001 found by paul / filed in humor / source SatireWire 60 hits / 0 comments / 0 e-mails |
| From the (spoof) article: "According to a new b-tail study, the scandal surrounding American twins sold and resold by an Internet adoption agency should not negatively impact online baby sales." |
| My favorite was the list of top B-tail annoyances, including "Accidentally clicked order button twice -- got two babies." |
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