On Thu, Mar 31, 2005 at 09:22:23PM -0500, Larry Kollar wrote:
> :
> I seem to remember
> a paper by Brian Kernighan
> that suggested putting each phrase
> on its own line
> :
That's most probably where I got the idea.
Speaking of Brian, the man I want to be when I grow up, he is speaking at the
Trenton, New Jersey, Computer Festival on April 16th, 2:30 pm.
Computers: What Matters, and Why
Brian Kernighan, Princeton University
Abstract:
Computers are pervasive in our lives. We are encouraged and sometimes
forced to use PC's and the Internet to manage our affairs, in spite of
an onslaught of advertising, spyware, and viruses. We often give up
private information too readily, and we consciously copy other
people's data widely, to the point that we risk ceding historic fair
use rights to digital "rights management" systems. We entrust our
persons to computerized systems for driving, flying, and taking the
train, and we entrust control of our future to elections counted by
electronic voting machines.
Yet we are sometimes surprisingly unaware of the widespread role of
computers, let alone of what they can and can't do, and how they do
it. In this talk I will explore some of the central ideas of
computing and communications, and try to explain why it is important
that everyone should have some basic understanding of them.
Details at:
http://www.tcf-nj.org/
--
Mike Bianchi
Foveal Systems
973 822-2085 call to arrange Fax
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.AutoAuditorium.com
http://www.FovealMounts.com
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