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In Memoriam: Randy Pausch

Randy Pausch, a professor of computer science at Carnegie Mellon University, virtual reality pioneer in the realm of virtual reality, human computer interaction, and design, died today. He was 47. Aside from being a passionate advocate for the commingling of computer engineering and the arts — a topic that I hold dear — Randy movingly [...]

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George Carlin: 1937-2008

Even as a child I resonated with George Carlin’s comedy, specifically about the English language. His comedy introduced me to the power of language, whether it was about the seven dirty words: euphemism: or just talking about stuff: Carlin was a master of rhetoric, its place in and its effect on our culture, and the [...]

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RIP Arthur C. Clarke, 90

Science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke died today. He was 90 years old. Clarke’s 3 Laws of Prediction: When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong. The only way of discovering the limits of the [...]

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