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Sorin Adam Matei

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Tag: law

Do Italian judges have a God complex? Italy randomly convicts Google excutives, creates international climate of paranoia

A new logo for the Italian Justice System? Image via Wikipedia An Italian court decided that anyone who does  anything, anywhere in the world that an Italian court can interpret as an infringement of Italian law can be prosecuted, tried, and convicted.…

Digital Barbarism, Mark Helprin

Jay Nordlinger, from National Review strongly recommends “Digital Barbarism” manifesto inspired by Churchill’s motto  “I am all for your using machines, but do not let them use you.” In Helprin’s own words “What follows is an affirmation of human nature versus that…

Nanowires key to future transistors, electronics

Graph illustrating Moore’s law Image via Wikipedia Purdue researchers set foundations for next generation CPUS. Without smaller wires and transistors the triumphal march described by Moore’s law (computing power as measured by number of transistors per chip will double every 18 months)…