Links for 24-09-2006
News from the heliosheath, desktop nanotech, PKD interview, Long Tail interview…
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Does what it says on the tin; from a librarian resource site.
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Readers respond to Cory Doctorow’s essay – some good, some vacuous, but at least there’s a discussion happening now.
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“Science fiction writers, I am sorry to say, really do not know anything. We can’t talk about science, because our knowledge of it is limited and unofficial, and usually our fiction is dreadful.” Philip K Dick interview.
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“Mike Treder from the Center for Responsible Nanotechnology … says advanced nanotechnology, like these nanofactories, could help solve world poverty but it could also wreak economic and social chaos.”
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“After all, it’s not really our content. At the end of the day if that’s how content owners choose to sell it, isn’t that their right? Isn’t ours simply a choice of to buy or not to buy?” New perspective on the DRM wars.
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“[interview with] Long Tail author and Wired editor Chris Anderson on infinite markets, the death of the Top 40, and the birth of personalized politics.”
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“The idea that someone could violate your mind and destroy your authentic self is frightening to say the leastTags: links
