Author Archives: Stanford

Caribbean Roboticist

I am from the island of Antigua.  I live in St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands.  I am a roboticist.

A roboticist is a person who designs, builds, programs, and experiments with robots.

Hello Microsoft, welcome to the Laptop race … Microsoft Surface Book

Microsoft just introduced its first-ever laptop on Tuesday, called Surface Book.

Weighing in at a little over three pounds, Surface Book is the fastest 13-inch laptop ever created, and it’s two times faster than Apple’s MacBook Pro, according to Microsoft.

We’ve tested the computer for a few minutes at Microsoft’s launch event, and it definitely feels like a strong competitor to Apple’s MacBook Pro.

It will be available October 26 starting at $1,499.

 

[via techinsider]

A great discussion on OS use in Computer Science education

What makes Windows a “bad” OS? Why does the computer science world force Linux on you?

I have worked on linux in school and I don’t hate it but I don’t see what it has that windows doesn’t (so far). The differences I do see on linux are manually done things, things that are automated on windows. Besides being free and no viruses(because I have avoided viruses my whole life through smart web searching/downloading) what are advantages over windows? *Also why can’t a computer scientist like me fix the problems windows does have*? I mean isn’t that the purpose of my degree? I’m sorry if I sound like a windows fanboy but I just want a totally performance/convenience based reasoning.

*I know windows is closed source but let’s just say I mean to join Microsoft and help fix it*

Via quora

Broadband is a “core utility” like electricity, White House report says

Broadband Internet service “has steadily shifted from an optional amenity to a core utility” and is now “taking its place alongside water, sewer, and electricity as essential infrastructure for communities,” says a report released by the White House yesterday.

via arsetechnica.com