Category Archives: Psychology

Language of computing

Posted on December 22, 2012 by Branedy

I was reminded this Christmas Holiday season that computers do not ‘know‘ any human language, only binary, and that it takes humans to provide the translation from the machine to something human readable. And while most computer programing languages are … Continue reading →

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If you Love/Hate Nokia read this

Posted on June 25, 2011 by Branedy

Will the Real Stephen Elop, Please Stand Up? I couldn’t on my best day, speak to this better than this article. If anything it should speak to any CEO/CFO/CTO that arrogantly enters a new company environment with preconceived notions of … Continue reading →

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Kindle as the fire of Fahrenheit 451

Posted on May 29, 2011 by Branedy

In the science fiction book Fahrenheit 451 I often wondered what the catalyst was. In the current age, that has become apparent, control, with government leaders demanding ‘controls’ over the Internet, and most other communications media the books presented in … Continue reading →

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More Pseudoscience in the Press

Posted on July 18, 2010 by Branedy

This video at the BBC U.S. Site that claims Technology ‘rewires’ our brains Is yet another Pseudoscience attempt to baffle with Bullshit, the viewer. It comes off all Super Tech and is really no better than claiming that “Technology destroys … Continue reading →

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Vaporware label only requires 3 delays.

Posted on October 22, 2009 by Branedy

I’m hoping that the Nokia N900 doesn’t become Vaporware as it has now delayed, or at lease allowed the perceived ship date to slip twice now, from October 2009, to End of October to now ‘November’. If there is a … Continue reading →

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Selling your self

Posted on September 11, 2009 by Branedy

I’ve been engaged in a discussion on facebook on a subject proposed by Bernard Goldbach. The subject has shifted a bit into what ‘marketing’ is. Or more so perhaps to what discussions in a public forum are. It’s also the … Continue reading →

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Idiotic Small Business Shop behavior

Posted on June 10, 2009 by Branedy

I know there is a recession on, I really do. But there are things to do to cut costs, and there are things that you can do to cut your own throat, and you should never get them confused. I’ve … Continue reading →

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Webmin back door

Posted on April 14, 2009 by Branedy

NOTE: Do not accidently drop your own permissions to su to root. {Unless you happen to remember to have Webmin running. } This weekend while trying to get CUPS to print on my DYI-Server I managed to grant myself ‘CUPS … Continue reading →

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Another mucker for Zanzibar

Posted on March 12, 2009 by Branedy

With all the violence of late, I am reminded of a novel Stand on Zanzibar. It should be required reading, and was a Hugo winner in 1969. But it introduces a concept of the Mucker, a person that is running … Continue reading →

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The Recession and Comfort food

Posted on February 25, 2009 by Branedy

I’m making a bold prediction that this Recession with bring on a resurgence of Comfort food in the Irish diet, and really the world. Many exotic restaurants will begin to feel the pinch long before the local carvery closes it’s … Continue reading →

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The Belief in Economic Recovery.

Posted on February 10, 2009 by Branedy

Economics is as much of a Belief system as it is matter of math and relative perceived value exchange. And as such is subject to Self-fulfilling prophecy . If the belief is strong enough the value or a rock could … Continue reading →

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Number Six is dead!

Posted on January 15, 2009 by Branedy

Patrick McGoohan, who has died aged 80 Obituary: Patrick McGoohan The Prisoner was one of the early television programs that can be directly correlated to early corruption of my trust in authority. I still remember most of the programs, intermixed … Continue reading →

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The (subtle) war on Science

Posted on October 29, 2008 by Branedy

Outside of the blatant Anti-Science attacks like Sarah Palin’s War on Science! There are more subtle attacks, a smearing of Science research that undermines Science such as this article; The world’s smelliest magnets I call BS on these sort of … Continue reading →

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A sheep in Wolfs (Windows) dressings

Posted on September 25, 2008 by Branedy

If I were managing Microsoft, I’d announce a new Operating System (OS) and prepare copies to hand out of Windows 7 “pre-betas” at PDC, WinHEC which consists of a slightly re-skinned Vista OS which no one wanted when it was … Continue reading →

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Lisbon

Posted on June 16, 2008 by Branedy

Why did all the politicians believe that a constitution that had been voted down by the French, could be rename and sold to the Irish? Why do Politicians now try to pass off the Irish No vote as not representative … Continue reading →

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