In February of 1975, I read The Annihilation of Angkor Apeiron by Fred Saberhagen in Galaxy magazine. This not-so-recent news story reminded me of it.
Perhaps I need to explain. The resolution of AoAA hinges upon a point of intellectual property protection, i.e. how would a publisher of dictionaries or encyclopedias protect themselves against […]

Gina used to have a recurring dream where her teeth would crumble in her mouth and fall out. Apparently, this is a common dream. Her mother used to have the same dream. And, shortly after Kayla went away to college, she called home to say that she had the teeth-falling-out dream, too.
A […]

In Adobe Illustrator I type the word copyright into the search box in the Help Center. The page that results includes the following paragraph:

This product includes either BISAFE and/or TIPEM software by RSA Data Security, Inc. This product includes cryptographic software written by Eric Young (eay@cryptosoft.com). This software is based in part on the […]

I got back from Boston, and there was a package from Apple.
It was (another) copy of Mathematica.
Academic Edition.
After three separate progressively less cordial conversations, I made (another) trip to Kinko’s — this time to send a return and await my refund.

Plan B involves trying to purchase a non-academic edition direct from Wolfram.
Gina and SKaRey […]

My copy of Mathematica arrived yesterday. Yay.
Today, I sent it back. Boo.
Here’s what happened.
I ordered it on May 28th from the Apple store. 2-day shipping. Yay. Then, I got the bad news — they couldn’t ship it on the original estimated date. It would ship on or before the […]