“1984″ is coming. For real. It’s scary. But it’s also such a god damn cool video… 
[wallie], 1/10/09, 21:03
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… the time required to rapidly move to a target area is a function of the distance to and the size of the target.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitts%27s_law
So for you all to remember building prototypes:
The larger or the closer the target, the faster it can be pointed to.
The year 2038 problem may cause some computer software to fail before or in the year 2038. The problem affects programs that use the POSIX time representation, which represents system time as the number of seconds (ignoring leap seconds) since January 1, 1970. This representation is standard in Unix-like operating systems and also affects software written for most other operating systems because of the broad deployment of C.
Should I call our helpdesk to ask if they are aware of this problem and how they plan to handle it? 
More on the Y2K38 bug:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2038_problem
Tribler is a social community that facilitates filesharing through a so called peer-to-peer (p2p) network. A p2p network is structural different to a server-computer structure, where every user downloads its files from one central server. Within p2p the user/downloader becomes also an uploader to the next user. In this way there is no central computer that provides every file to all users.
I do believe in p2p networking, but my major concern remains -as it does for Joost-: when will the broadband providers break the limit bounds on their users accounts? Cause dl-limits will be decisive for a p2p succes…
It’s also going to deliver a new generation of business applications that will see business computing converge on the same fundamental on-demand architecture as consumer applications…
Phil Wainewright draws the topology of web 3.0 in some distinctive layers:
- API services
- Aggregation services
- Application services
- and Serviced clients
I think he’s right: web 3.0 will be all about On-demand consumer applications, delivered by content- and service-providers. Perhaps it’s an old topic in his blog, but worth thinking it through.
Read on:
http://blogs.zdnet.com/