Monthly Archives: January 2010

Survey outs Britain as nation of tech twits • The Register

Oh yeah?, Well I think you’re a dongle. One in 20 Britons think Steve Jobs is a Division II footballer, six per cent think a virtual hard disk (VHD) is a sexually transmitted disease, and 10 per cent believe a wireless dongle to be a sex toy. via Survey outs Britain as nation of techContinue reading “Survey outs Britain as nation of tech twits • The Register”

Ray Kurzweil on the future of digital books | Technology | Los Angeles Times

Big fan of Kurzweil. May he live to see the singularity. Inventor and technology futurist Ray Kurzweil thought the same thing. So the man who developed optical character recognition and voice recognition came up with Blio, a digital book software program that promises to put those gray-scale displays to shame. via Ray Kurzweil on theContinue reading “Ray Kurzweil on the future of digital books | Technology | Los Angeles Times”

We’re in trouble… « Bits & Pieces

The Population of this country is 300 million. 160 million are retired. That leaves 140 million to do the work. There are 85 million in school. Which leaves 55 million to do the work. Of this there are 35 million employed by the federal government. Leaving 20 million to do the work. 2.8 million areContinue reading “We’re in trouble… « Bits & Pieces”