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I have to say, this is one sad day for American culture. These guys, Click and Clack the Tappet brothers, were a constant presence for some 25 odd years. Always entertaining, somet…

That's right. the Beer game is one of the first things taught in Operations Management in most b-schools, as an example of Supply Chain Management. [I was fortunate to have been in…

Has anyone used TrueCrypt for full-disk encryption on Mac, or MacBook Air (SSD)? Any experiences to share? Anything positive/negative /etc? Would appreciate comments, esp on compat…

this looks sweet. Thanks. I had been manually downloading the vids on my PC, but I hope this tool will now reduce the pain.

Hats off to Jessamyn Smith. Great way to respond to sexist stuff.

Thanks! I'm getting the book for myself, as well as for my young nephews/nieces who I'd like to introduce to CS.

Thanks for setting this up. This looks good. I think I'll be there.

I'm surprised there aren't any listings for Marcus du Sautoy. "The Num8er My5teries", "The Music of the Primes" - are delightful. Also, "Fermat's Enigma" by Simon Singh is riveting…

If you can allow people to simlpy browse the website without logging in, that would be the first great step. Thanks.

Some of my favorite "wrong" or erroneous 'beliefs' (apart from the Flat Earth, and geo-centric beliefs) -- Luminiferous ether: that light propagates via the "ether" medium -- "Bad …

Indeed. What struck me as I was ogling at the Macbook Air 11" in an Apple store in my neighborhood was how Steve Jobs still holds true to his artist vision of a beautiful product -…

Consider the innovations at that time (c 1988/89) "It sports the first commercially available erasable optical drive and advanced VLSI (very-large-scale integration) technology, an…