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Ex ICANN chief spotted in Low Earth Orbit

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Esther Dyson has made one of her occasional swings past Earth, with Salon.com’s Farhad Manjoo making radio contact as her low earth orbit took her over San Francisco. The former ICANN chief has lost none of eccentricity on her on her voyage through the galaxy. “Let’s get real!,” she proclaims – an alert for regular … Read more

Miracle cures Berkeley man of Itanic wickedness

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Praise the Lord! A miracle has taken place in nearby Berkeley. A fortnight ago UCB grad student Nick Weaver explained to us in some detail the deficiencies of the IA-64 architecture. He’s teaching some classes, and one caught our eye: entitled “Voyage of the Itanic”. “Itanic describes the architecture very well,” he told us. The … Read more