Daily Archives: August 24, 2003

Genius genie

Posted on August 24, 2003 by Arthur

Imagine spam software finally deliver the right message in your mailbox! Via Cleverhack, an interesting demonstration of an algorithm that attempts to predict the gender of the author of (any) piece of text. Interesting success ratio too.

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Cam-nowhere

Posted on August 24, 2003 by Arthur

I was looking for a program that mimicks Lotus ScreenCam, and I only found references to an opensourced CamStudio. However, going to the developer’s site brings me to site of the maker of RoboHelp. Which is weird. First the application … Continue reading →

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When sci-fi movies take the wrong turn

Posted on August 24, 2003 by Arthur

Over at the BBC a cynical editorial how Sci-Fi movies sometimes forget about real science. Or rather use dodgy science to explain unnatural scenarios.

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Budget the States

Posted on August 24, 2003 by Arthur

Game as done by AP puts you in the place of the honourable President (via) and brings you the ultimate experience of Live! Action! Budgetting! and Senator! Bribing! (I mean, asking representatives to vote for your bills). For some kind … Continue reading →

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Ugh

Posted on August 24, 2003 by Arthur

I suppose it’s actually bedtime. Yay for blue. And grey. And Doubtful.

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Static pages in MT

Posted on August 24, 2003 by Arthur

I found a way to add static pages to a Movable Type blog, since I’m too lazy to go FTP/SCP. Scroll a bit down to ‘Adding an about page’. An example here is the Disclaimer page which I used to … Continue reading →

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PBS

Posted on August 24, 2003 by Arthur

PBS, the American public broadcaster was broadcasting 60-70s music. I think it started around 7 and it’s still going on (Soul/Rythm, Roy Orbinson and Elvis Presley). Weird… Did I see Andre Rieu in the schedule? Isn’t that that weird guy … Continue reading →

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It worked

Posted on August 24, 2003 by Arthur

Apparantly this is my first post.

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