Monthly Archives: February 2007

Frances Allen is 2006 Turing Award winner

She did a lot of cool work on compiler optimizations in the 1960s, and work in the 70s on parallel systems. She’s also the first woman to receive this award since the ACM started handing them out in 1966. It’s … Continue reading

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Tech support for customers of Gutenberg, Inc.

This is absolutely hilarious, and spot on in its commentary. It really makes it clear that computers are genuinely more complex than books. The problems he’s having are funny in part because it’s just so ludicrous that his spatial skills … Continue reading

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