Daily Archives: June 12, 2012

Weird Science: Crowd Sourcing with DARPA–The Shredder Challenge

The contest started on October 27 of last year and ended on December 2, much to the surprise of Dan Kaufman, director of DARPA’s Information Innovation Office. “Lots of experts were skeptical that a solution could be produced at all … Continue reading


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Book View Cafe Announces The Marquess by Patricia Rice

Book View Café is pleased to present the ebook edition of The Marquess, by Patricia Rice. More about The Marquess: Scarred in a duel over a feckless woman, Gavin Lawrence leaves America to take up his new duty as Marquess … Continue reading


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No Retcon

I have discovered in myself a peculiar rigidity which appears to be growing with age (well, rigidity is supposed to increase with age, isn’t it?).  I am less and less tolerant of ret-conning.  To retcon, standing for retroactive continuity, is … Continue reading


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