There's a video floating around of my favorite game show Jeopardy!, and it pits quiz genius Ken Jennings and another former contestant against a supercomputer named Watson. Needless to say, I'm intrigued by the concept, and at the same time, totally freaked as hell. Observe:

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What I think is interesting about this Watson is that it runs on 15 ( Read more... )

The internet is currently in a buzz about Apple's new device: the iPad.


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Since my Powerbook's been acting up again, the company has decided to fund me a laptop PC. Moe said he found one cheap through Craigslist, and from what he told me, it's the exact same model as the one he uses. Downside is that it lacks an internal wireless card. Luckily, the guy who sold it was kind enough to include a wireless dongle for free ( Read more... )

So my PowerBook went all grayscreen (aka it froze at the loading screen) today. Last time that happened, I had to backup my entire computer, and reformat the damn thing. That's gonna be a fun process to do again. Luckily my project has progressed far enough, that I don't really need it... at least for the time being ( Read more... )