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Our Government at work

Posted on February 10, 2010 by avram miller • 2 Comments

Needed a new Social Security Card.  After four trips to the SS office to bring them additional info (they always asked for something more), I was told they had everything they needed. Two months later, got a letter saying they could not verify my birth certificate with the state of California (I had brought SS … Continue reading →

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The iPad: Not quiet the future but getting close

Posted on February 7, 2010 by avram miller • Leave a comment

I have been waiting for the iPad announcement for sometime.  The wait was good because it allowed me to use my imagination thinking about what it might be.  As my readers know, I have been working with computers since 1966 and for many years, I was able to even had some non trivial effect on … Continue reading →

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The days of Whine and Roses

Posted on February 4, 2010 by avram miller • Leave a comment

Just read an article about how unrelevant Microsoft has become.  I thought the article made some good points.  I certainly understand what the author experienced.  I saw that kind of thing first hand when I worked at Digital Equipment Corp. in the early 80s.  That that time DEC (as we called it then) was the … Continue reading →

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