Danny Hillis (who's done some of the more interesting work in AI) tells stories about working with Richard Feynman. I haven't read the whole thing yet, but what I have read is great.
[via Matt Jones]
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05:02:55 PM,
Monday 6 January 2003
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An obituary of James Ferman, film censor of Britain, in the Economist.
Joseph Conrad's "The Censor of Plays -- An Appreciation"
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04:55:19 PM,
Monday 6 January 2003
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My local news feed seems to be doing its job: it brings me local news. (And now I've crontabbed it, so it will be updated regularly. I thought I had before, but it seems not.)
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04:29:18 PM,
Monday 6 January 2003
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Got back from the airport okay. Didn't fall asleep at the wheel or anything. Not even a little bit. Need to sleep now, though. It's been quite a couple of weeks. I have so much to tell you... later.
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10:33:42 AM,
Sunday 5 January 2003
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I suspect pessimism would also be one of the principal virtues of a programmer, if only a programmer could be found who would display it sufficiently.
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08:54:07 PM,
Friday 3 January 2003
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J.R.R. Tolkien is eleventy-one today.
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03:52:57 PM,
Friday 3 January 2003
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