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Month: March 2015

Java update 8u40

Oracle has released a new build of Java, designated 8u40, which contains important and strongly recommended security updates. […]

March 4, 2015 Macs

Failure in language evolution?

Why have languages not (yet) evolved to be more robust? The effects of small errors with large consequences […]

March 4, 2015 General, Language, Life, Technology

My email is broken – how to diagnose and fix mail problems

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Most common problems are failure to collect or send, but this gives you clues to solving many other problems such as stuck messages.

March 4, 2015 Macs, Technology

Building a new consumer model for DRM

DRM systems, which protect the rights of vendors and copyright holders, are well known for unreasonably limiting the […]

March 3, 2015 General, Life, Macs, Technology

What does they mean?

An illustration of how we sometimes need more than just syntax and semantics to parse a simple sentence.

March 3, 2015 General, Language

Do you use an AOL username to sign in to the iTunes or other Apple stores?

If the answer to that question is yes, then you need to read this now. As from 31 […]

March 2, 2015 General, Macs, Technology

Deskilling, Deprofessionalisation, and Descartes

The next time that you are brushed off by a doctor, nurse, teacher, or any other professional who seems to be following a flowchart or checklist, blame it on the cold night of 10-11 November 1619.

March 2, 2015 General, Life

Favourite Paintings 10: Paul Signac, Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde (La Bonne-Mère), Marseille, 1905-6

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A luminous painting of the port of Marseille in dawn light, looking up towards the ‘Good Mother’ church, marks the height of both Neo-Impressionism and Fauvism.

March 2, 2015 Painting

The medium of the message – email clients and types

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Electronic mail remains one of the fundamental network services. Here I explain POP, IMAP, and SMTP basics.

March 1, 2015 Macs, Technology

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