David Pogue Archives - The Silicon Underground David L. Farquhar on technology old and new, computer security, and more Tue, 27 Oct 2015 02:57:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://kerosin.digital/rss-chimp16321610 Pogue’s attitude is unfortunately far too common https://dfarq.homeip.net/pogues-attitude-is-unfortunately-far-too-common/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pogues-attitude-is-unfortunately-far-too-common Tue, 27 Oct 2015 11:00:54 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=7915 According to David Pogue, since hacking a car is “nearly impossible,” we shouldn’t talk about it anymore. That, my friends, is precisely what’s wrong with security and security awareness today. Flying to the moon is nearly impossible, after all, and

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In case anyone\’s wondering why I don\’t run an open forum anymore… https://dfarq.homeip.net/in-case-anyones-wondering-why-i-dont-run-an-open-forum-anymore/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=in-case-anyones-wondering-why-i-dont-run-an-open-forum-anymore https://dfarq.homeip.net/in-case-anyones-wondering-why-i-dont-run-an-open-forum-anymore/#comments Fri, 15 Dec 2006 02:31:04 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=1589 I think David Pogue sums up what's wrong with online etiquette pretty well.

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Computer ethics https://dfarq.homeip.net/computer-ethics/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=computer-ethics Sat, 16 Sep 2000 20:08:48 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=996 Damsels in distress. Every time I turn around, there's a girl who needs her computer fixed. Not that I'm complaining. I was having a beer the other night with the music director from my church and told him about it, to which he said, "That's not a bad situation at all to be in." He's right.

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Voice recognition https://dfarq.homeip.net/voice-recognition/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=voice-recognition Sat, 09 Sep 2000 21:47:44 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=990 Voice recognition. The great David Pogue e-mailed me over the weekend, at Tim O'Reilly's urging, to talk a little about Dragon Naturally Speaking, which he says is better than ViaVoice. He says he gets about 110 wpm out of it.

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