All posts by Richard

Think like Alan Turing…

“Lasar has a lovely list of seven of Alan Turing’s habits of thought”

HOWTO think like Alan Turing – Boing Boing

What I’d like to do is understand what his parents did. That would be a more important lesson.

Between a Rock…

“If I’m right, it’s inevitable now that Microsoft will acquire Nokia.”

Daring Fireball: Surface: Between a Rock and a Hardware Place.

You have to ask what it feels like to be a Nokia stock holder at the moment.

In three years you’ve gone from number one in market share and nice profits to being a loss making part of the Microsoft eco-system.

Microsoft has a monopoly on  Nokia devices and now can just wait for Nokia to beg to be bought.

Can’t wait for the first Nokia designed PCs however.

 

 

Please do it…

“Morris dancers, similar to these Leicester Morrismen dancing in Newtown Linford in 2010, may stage flash mob-style protests after being left out of the opening ceremony”

Brits revel in gloom ahead of London Olympics, but don’t believe the gripe – World News.

Airport security failure…

“He wants us to trust that a 400-ml bottle of liquid is dangerous, but transferring it to four 100-ml bottles magically makes it safe.”

Economist Debates: Airport security: Statements.

And in a single argument the who process of rules based security dies.