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Analog computers were a hot idea — in the 1950s! But I find this intriguing because I’ve come around to the position that a lot of our human “intelligence” is the result of acquiring and using...
August 18, 2010
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12:39 PM
Using a combination of mathematical tricks, good programming and 35 CPU-years on Google’s servers, a group of researchers have proved that every position of Rubik’s Cube can be solved in 20 moves...
August 13, 2010
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12:42 PM
The secret message included in the USCYBERCOM logo 9ec4c12949a4f31474f299058ce2b22a is what the md5sum function returns when applied to the string that is USCYBERCOM’s official mission...
July 8, 2010
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9:11 PM
The newly restored complete version of Metropolis opens tonight the Senator Theater for a one-week run. If you like movies about robots, or dystopian futures or just like classic fims that made a...
June 11, 2010
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6:22 PM
Here’s a quick trick that could significantly speed up your Web surfing. Download and run the open source namebench on your computer. It does a thorough test of your current DNS servers and some...
June 5, 2010
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6:50 PM
Digital Capital Week (DCWEEK) is a 10 day festival running from June 11 to 20 in Washington DC focused on technology, innovation and all things digital — social media, games, policy, multi-media,...
May 31, 2010
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10:03 PM
Professor Alan Sherman reports that UMBC has won the “Final Four of College Chess” for 2010: “Undefeated, UMBC finished the President’s Cup (Final Four of College Chess) 1/2 point above the...
April 11, 2010
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7:30 PM
UMBC will be the Baltimore site for the Global Game Jam. This is a 48 hour event, where teams from around the globe will work to each develop a complete game over one weekend. Last year, the UMBC...
January 28, 2010
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3:31 PM
Shades of Y2K! Mike Cardwell reports on a rule in Spamassassin that judges any message sent in or after 2010 as “grossly in the future” and treats this as evidence of it being spam. I just checked...
January 1, 2010
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3:18 PM
UMBC won the 2009 Pan-American Intercollegiate Team Chess Championship yesterday with perfect score of 6.0 points. This year’s tournament was held in South Padre Island, Texas on December 27-30...
December 31, 2009
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10:29 AM