Posted by md
on March 26, 2006
Ever read Neal Stephenson’s Snow Crash? It is a cyberpunk thriller in which the protagonist (called Hiro Protagonist) uses the so-called “Metaverse” to solve the mystery. The Metaverse is a virtual world where real people log in to meet, share information, do business. Do everything you can do in the real world.
I love the idea, and with Second Life it has become real.
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Posted by md
on March 25, 2006
While UNICORE is an easy-to-use grid middleware, I found that it lacks an introduction that helps newbies to get started. So Dirk Petry and I wrote a little introduction.
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Posted by md
on March 11, 2006
A movie goes about two hours. If you enjoy the movie, you will not notice that you just spend two hours. It will touch you, and you will have a lot to think about – at least for a good movie. A talk of Vinton G. Cerf feels exactly like a good movie.
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