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The staggering pace of technology
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:15:32 -0700
I have more transistors than neurons. So do you. That's something worth caring about, because it signals the advance of a weird new world that most of us aren't prepared for. Yet we'd better get ready, for the world of the Syfy channel is looking startlingly plausible.
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Montana: Hard-to-find museum tells the story of computers
Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:08:36 -0700
Bozeman, Montana — As every diehard Star Trek fan knows, Bozeman was the site of the first contact between humans and Vulcans, but you don’t have to be a Trekkie to find a reason to visit this charming college town on the high plains of the American West. If you have ever used a telephone, played a video game, used a PC or even a typewriter, read a book, or simply been intrigued by the ...
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