From the New York Times… Your Brain on Computers: Hooked on Gadgets, and Paying a Mental Price Against Instant Replay And elsewhere… Apple’s Worst Security Breach: 114,000 iPad Owners Exposed Human (and Wind) Power News: Boats head to teen sailor drifting in Indian Ocean Tweet (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if [...]
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Hi-Tech Problems Computer snafu is behind at least 50 ‘raids’ Digital Billboards target individual shoppers Hacker Disables More Than 100 Cars Remotely Electronic Sign Causes Traffic Low-Tech Solution A Low-Tech Solution to the Health Care Crisis Human Power Katie Spotz Is Youngest to Cross the Atlantic Alone Tweet (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs [...]
All meteorologists utilize computer weather models. Development of these models has no doubt improved the reliability of weather forecasts. However, computer-only forecasts are often unreliable. It is much better for a qualified human being with local knowledge to interpret the computer models. The computer generated Accuweather Alarm has badly understated snowfall at my location during [...]