24th January Question of the day: Can machines understand ? Topic: Programming languages and operating systems Heroes: von Neumann, Ritchie & Thomson, Tanenbaum
31th January Question of the day: Can machines evolve ? Topic: Internet and the emergence of planetary A.I. Heroes: Snowden, Nakamoto, hacker community
Etymology of the word "to inform" early 14c., "to train or instruct in some specific subject," from Old French informer, enformer "instruct, teach" (13c.) and d
mathematician, electrical engineer, cryptographer, juggler & unicycler "father of information theory" (1937) A Symbolic Analysis of Relay and Switching Circuit