What is the relationship between the ritual and the algorithm? Are all rituals algorithmic? [more inside]
posted by 0bvious on Jul 17, 2012 - 16 answers

Was reading about microchips that are designed to allow a few mistakes (known as 'Sloppy Chips'), and pondering equivalent kinds of 'coding' errors and entropy in biological systems. Can a fair comparison be made between the two? [more inside]
posted by 0bvious on Jun 5, 2012 - 4 answers

Looking for examples where large amounts of data + large amount of computer processing power = discovering unexpected patterns. [more inside]
posted by flashboy on Oct 27, 2010 - 9 answers

I'm an IT professional who is having a very hard time finding a job. What am I doing wrong? [more inside]
posted by PetiePal on Oct 19, 2007 - 14 answers

I need to understand all that is involved with the Networking of computers in an office setting. What are the benefits and what are the downfalls or negatives to doing this? [more inside]
posted by SoftSummerBreeze on Jul 23, 2007 - 7 answers

Too many devices question......[mi] [more inside]
posted by szg8 on Feb 13, 2005 - 3 answers