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Category Archives: Technology and Society
Is Wireless Internet Intrinsically Unreliable?
Or is it just me?
[Saturday morning update]
To answer questions in comments, I have a Linksys and my Verizon FIOS modem/router. Both connections can be flaky, though the Verizon is usually a stronger signal. They’re both on a different floor (below) than the Roku, and almost opposite corners of the house. I could run ethernet, but it would be a pain.
Haptic Exoskeletons
…that allow the paralyzed to walk. Not a flying car, but it seems pretty twenty-first century.
“Steve Jobs Was A Kind Man”
A Cure For Diabetes
…using your own stem cells? That would be huge.
Hitting The Sweet Spot
The true genius of Steve Jobs:
There are, fundamentally, two subspecies of entrepreneur. One starts from the present, and visualizes the next logical step from where things are now. This type figures out how to make something better, cheaper, or more widely available, and manages to clear the financial, regulatory, and market barriers to getting it into the marketplace. The other visualizes a different world, one in which things are different and better from the way they are now, and then figures out what path of evolution brings us to that world, and, as the last step, what is the least ambitious step possible that will move things toward that goal.
Spaceflight needs a Steve Jobs. It’s not clear yet whether Elon Musk or Jeff Bezos fit the mold. But someone or some group of someones has to create the vision of abundant affordable in-space infrastructure that will finally replace the Apollo model.
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The man who sold the future.
A Weighty Matter
Some philosophical thoughts on the variability of the kilogram.
In Praise Of Entrepreneurs
Over at Pajamas Media, I have some thoughts this morning on Steve Jobs and people who really change the world.
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The business of Apple was business, not politics.
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Did Jobs die from quackery?
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Here’s the WSJ obit.
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More thoughts from Lileks.
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Michael Malone remembers Steve Jobs.
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How his philosophy changed technology.
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The Onion says we’re doomed.
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Rob Long: The right kind of tyrant.
Linux Bleg
Nautilus seems to be broken in my installation of Fedora 14. I try to launch it, and it appears in the task bar momentarily and then disappears. Anyone have any suggestions?
[Update a couple minutes later]
I’ve already uninstalled/reinstalled, in case anyone was going to suggest that.
[Update a while later]
Don’t know why, but now it’s working. Go figure.
Health, Wealth And Aging
Some thoughts from Sonia Arrison.