Computers vs. Brains

Check out the Computers vs. Brains article by Sandra Aamodt and Sam Wang for nytimes.com. The notion of having wired counterparts around to either help us with our daily lives or take over the world and enslave us has long been a cornerstone of Sci Fi lore.  The fact...

Will your vote be counted correctly?

You’d think by now we (The U.S.A) wold have a pretty rock solid voting system in place after the 2000 election, um – eight years ago. Here’s an interesting article from WIRED about how our votes for tomorrow, November 4, 2008, may not be counted correctly...