In what ways does Neal Stephenson, the author of Snow Crash apply principles of programming to his description and interpretation of Sumerian history? What could ancient Sumerian history and computer programming possibly have to do with one another? Both, suggests Neal Stephenson's novel S...

Openness The United States is a country that was created by many different races of people. These very different people brought their language, beliefs, and values with them. In this new country these ideas were all combined to make what we know as today's America. This could not have happe...

The term transparent computing sounds like a term from an alien language to most of us in today's society I am sure. People best understand communication as a two-way street. But really if you think about it, a four lane interstate would be closer to the truth. Humans communicate in a v...

Electrical impulses fire through the brain at high speeds, lighting up the dark recesses and grooves within to produce what we call intelligent thought. For centuries, humans have grasped onto our notion of intelligence as belonging to us and us alone. However, as we wave goodbye to the 20th centu...