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The Return Of The Dumb Terminal?

Many years ago, before the age of the personal computer, there existed the dumb terminal. The dumb terminal was the access point into the computer of the day which was, of course, the mainframe…..read entire article

Sex Needn’t Be Taxing

Remember those jokes we used to tell each other about how, if the government only could, they’d tax us every time we had sex? Oh how we laughed and oh how absurd it sounded…..read entire article

BBC Horizon: Unwatchable

The BBC science themed program Horizon has been seen on our (UK) television screens for many years. I think since the seventies we have been able to enjoy Horizon’s in-depth coverage of science in all of it’s forms. Some of the programs have deservedly won awards….read entire article

Brain Training: Fishy Tales

Disaster! We learn today that, contrary to the claims of the manufacturers, brain training games do not sharpen the mind or, and in my case this is a real blow, neither do they have any apparent beneficial effect on increasing the effectiveness of our memories……..read entire article

Linux: What’s The Real Attraction?

Lately the Linux community has been talking a lot about how the operating system has come a long way in terms of finally being able to compete with Microsoft Windows on the desktop. My own personal experience with the likes of Ubuntu and its derivatives, such as Mint for example, is that things are improving significantly. Hardware support is now much better than before. So much so that even the old bug-bear of wireless support is getting there……..read entire article

And it’s going to get worse…

Everything about modern life is getting worse isn’t it? The phrase “the country is going to the dogs” is frequently heard and indeed I find myself mumbling it to myself more and more often. The schools are falling apart, there’s no discipline anymore, people have no respect and so on and so forth…..read entire article

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