The Future Depends on What We Do Now brings up good points but no solutions.
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Month: August 2000
Perl 6 Requirements Document an attempt to cover what needs changing in core Perl.
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Mozilla.org puts browser to
Mozilla.org puts browser to work as word processor
A new group dubbed MozOffice wants to accelerate the convergence between PC-based software applications and the Web with a blueprint for a new browser that would incorporate functions such as word processing.
Not sure if this a good thing or not. Just hope that it doesn’t delay a Mozilla 1.0 release.
Eventully location of www.MozOffice.org
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DaveNet: Software and the First
DaveNet: Software and the First Amendment
There is no difference between code and writing. I think I can prove it. Manila, the content management system that I use, supports macros. When you put text in curly braces, as the page is rendered, the macro is evaluated. Such macros can be embedded in protected speech, ie prose. What goes inside the curly braces is program logic. So if I want First Amendment protection for my code all I have to do is embed it in a Web page.
Source code should be a protected form of speach, as in free speach protection. Nuf said.
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“WIRM is a Perl-based application
“WIRM is a Perl-based application server that provides a high-level programming environment for developing web information systems. The WIRM consists of an object-relational database and a suite of Perl interfaces for visualizing, integrating and analyzing heterogeneous multimedia data. WIRM provides facilities for creating context-sensitive views over a multimedia database, allowing developers to rapidly build dynamic web sites that adapt their content and presentation to multiple classes of end-users.”
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WeWantHackers.com
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Are the techno boomers a
Are the techno boomers a Selfish Society
Democracy and freedom aren’t about prosperity. You can be poor and quite free. Democracy is about the legitimacy of the individual, whose voice and vote should count for more than any other single interest or group. Technology can either be the vehicle through which those voices are re-democratized, or it can provide the tools through which corporatism can generate even more money.
We, the technos, are no more or less selfish than the previous generation or other subcultures. We want what is best for us like the religous right or the retired. Like any society we think our would view is better than the rest, why else would be a part of the society?
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So you want to How
So you want to How To Think Like a Computer Scientist?
These texts are short introductions to Computer Science in three programming languages.
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Thrilling News: King Finds Honesty
Thrilling News: King Finds Honesty Pays Off on Internet
King’s office said that enough readers have either paid or promised to pay–roughly 76% of those who downloaded–that he will post at least the second installment of his serialized novella “The Plant” in three weeks.
I’m shocked. King has some loyal fans. Requiring 75% of downloadies to pay or the next chapter will not come out is a very high percentage. If this continues given the loyalty of King’s fans and his ability to churn out the words publishing electornicly maybe more profitable than dead trees for him.