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Day: July 22, 2008

  • George Rebane Scope insensitivity!!??   Well now folks, the politically correct wordsmiths have presented us with a new use for the word ‘insensitivity’ – a person is no longer ignorant or stupid, he’s just insensitive.  So an illiterate is just lexicographically insensitive; that sounds much nicer.  And an innumerate person, get this, is one afflicted with…

  • George Rebane As technology accelerates, one of the measurables is how often we have to upgrade our notion of supercomputer and how often supercomputer users must buy new ones.  The Department of Defense uses a lot of supercomputers and the pace of development has become so hectic that it must now upgrade every two to…