Computer Floss » Uncategorized http://computerfloss.com Delightful digital distractions in free/libre/open source software Mon, 11 Nov 2013 11:27:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.7.1 Bruce Schneier and the Lords of the Cloud /2013/08/bruce-schneier-and-the-lords-of-the-cloud/ /2013/08/bruce-schneier-and-the-lords-of-the-cloud/#comments Thu, 29 Aug 2013 09:42:43 +0000 /?p=1617 I know the title sounds like a Harry Potter rip-off starring everyone’s favourite IT security guru, but this is a video of Mr. Schneier giving a talk at Google about the state of security and privacy online. I’ll embed the video below (I highly recommend watching it). For those who don’t have an hour to […]

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]]> /2013/08/bruce-schneier-and-the-lords-of-the-cloud/feed/ 0 Arthur C. Clarke predicting computing in 2001… back in 1974. /2012/10/arthur-c-clarke-predicting-computing-in-2001-back-in-1974/ /2012/10/arthur-c-clarke-predicting-computing-in-2001-back-in-1974/#comments Mon, 08 Oct 2012 07:07:49 +0000 /?p=1229 I just came across this lovely nugget of history courtesy of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. It’s Arthur C. Clarke in 1974 predicting how, by the year 2001, we’ll all have small computers that can fit on a desk in our own home, and they’ll even be inter-connected with other computers across the world. We’ll take […]

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]]> /2012/10/arthur-c-clarke-predicting-computing-in-2001-back-in-1974/feed/ 0 Don’t take my word for it, ask William Shatner /2011/05/dont-take-my-word-for-it-ask-william-shatner/ /2011/05/dont-take-my-word-for-it-ask-william-shatner/#comments Wed, 11 May 2011 16:27:59 +0000 /blog/?p=895 I’d love to be able to say that my parents bought me a Commodore Vic-20 (my first computer) on Bill Shatner’s recommendation. More likely, it was because the guy at the market was flogging them dirt cheap. And so began my obsession… Also, the Vic was marketed under a different name here in Germany (it […]

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