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Save Windows XP

While I may not care so much whether or not Windows XP survives (I would be happy migrating to Ubuntu ), I would be discouraged if both my workplace and my family were forced to switch to Vista. At my workplace it would mean endless headaches, and since I am the IT support person in my family, I would be forced to attempt to fix the Vista bugs that my wife found at home. Sign the petition! Regardless of your feelings about open source vs. proprietary, no one should be forced to switch by a manufacturer.
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God and Computers Webcast

"In the fall of 1999, computer scientist Donald E. Knuth was invited to give six public lectures at MIT on the general subject of relations between faith and science. The lectures were broadcast live on the Internet and watched regularly by tens of thousands of people around the world, and they have remained popular many months after the event." Information about the lectures in book form can be found here .
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Ten things holding back tech

Agree or disagree, it's a really good article. I find it hard to understand how the author's ideas can be implemented without a surge in government regulation (which usually leads to more innovation stagnation, not less) - but the ideas are fascinating. It may be that for some of these problems government should be less involved, actually, since government's main role currently is to back the wealthiest, most powerful stakeholders, not promote competition. OTOH, in other areas it's obvious that major research efforts would pay off - though not if funded by a particular vendor.
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