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		<title>Deep Computer Thoughts</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:44:51 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Do witches run spell checkers?
Cannot find REALITY.SYS.&#160; Universe halted.

COFFEE.EXE missing.&#160; Insert cup and press any key.
Computers make very fast, very accurate mistakes.
Computers are...<br/>
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		<title>15 New Years Resolutions for Computer Programmers</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 14:46:50 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[It&#8217;s time for our annual ritual of creating a list of idealistic and ultimately unrealistic goals called &#8220;New Years Resolutions&#8221; that we pledge to adopt for the coming year but...<br/>
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		<title>Best-Selling .NET Books of 2008</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 18:50:29 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Following are the top-selling .NET software development books of 2008 according to the Amazon.com sales rankings:





Pro Silverlight 2 in C# 2008 (Windows.Net) by Matthew MacDonaldSales Rank:...<br/>
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		<title>Who’s on First? A UI Conundrum</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 14:47:59 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Software is often confusing, but this dialog from Zango will make your head spin.&#160; Maybe it&#8217;s a test to see if you are really reading the message:
Click &#8220;OK&#8221; to cancel, or...<br/>
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		<title>Christmas Computer Programming with Santa Claus</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2008 17:43:49 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[It&#8217;s holiday time, and hopefully most of you programmers are home enjoying time with your family and loved ones.&#160; But if you&#8217;re like me, at some point over the holidays you will...<br/>
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		<title>What is a Deadlock?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:43:09 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Deadlock is a situation where two or more competing actions are waiting for the other to finish, and thus neither action finishes.&#160; Deadlocks are often seen in paradoxes like &#8220;the chicken...<br/>
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		<title>Top 10 .NET News Stories of 2008</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:06:09 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[It&#8217;s that time of the year to reflect, analyze and compile our lives into a series of Top 10 lists.&#160; As with every other Top 10 list, the items on this list and their order are highly...<br/>
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		<title>Groovy: Obscure Programming Language of the Month</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 16:47:30 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[This is part 7 in a series of articles on obscure programming languages.
Groovy is an object-oriented programming and scripting language for the Java Platform.&#160; It is a dynamic language that...<br/>
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		<title>Have a Nice Day and Get Sued for It ;-)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:51:36 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Apparently America hasn&#8217;t cornered the market on stupid patents and trademarks.&#160; A Russian businessman has obtained a Russian trademark for the emoticon ;-) which is used to convey a wink...<br/>
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		<title>Rise of the Machines</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:02:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[AI]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[In Ray Kurzweil&#8217;s amazing 1999 book, The Age of Spiritual Machines: When Computers Exceed Human Intelligence, Kurzweil predicts that computing power will continue along the exponential track of...<br/>
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