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Greg Bacon

Madison, Alabama

Computer Scientist. AI/ML. Software Engineer. Aviator. Flight Instructor.

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Papers, identity, and the English language
2026-09-17 Greg Bacon
#Exponent #UAH #Tech Talk

The English language is on the way to borrowing the following sentence from German: Zeigen Sie Ihre Papiere, Kameraden!

Hard to admit when I’m wrong
2026-09-09 Greg Bacon
#Exponent #UAH #Tech Talk

It’s hard for me to admit when I’m wrong. I’d like to pretend that the difficulty comes from having learned to trust my judgment after being right time after time after time.

Bush's steel tariff
2026-09-07 Greg Bacon
#Exponent #UAH #Politically Dissident

George W. Bush: neither compassionate nor conservative. Discuss amongst yourselves.

The GPL gets its day in court
2026-09-04 Greg Bacon
#Exponent #UAH #Tech Talk

The Free Software Foundation's GNU General Public License (GPL) has received what is widely thought to be its first test in court.

Proration and the ability to think rationally
2026-09-02 Greg Bacon
#Exponent #UAH #Politically Dissident

The only real cut so far in the state budget proration is a slash in people's most valuable asset: the ability to think rationally.

Tax Me More Fund
2026-08-30 Greg Bacon
#Exponent #UAH #Politically Dissident

Alabamians recently acquired another opportunity for taxation, albeit voluntary: the Libertarian Party of Alabama recently registered the Tax Me More Fund PAC.

Late-night TV and product spoofs
2026-08-28 Greg Bacon
#Exponent #UAH #Tech Talk

Even though the quality of Saturday Night Live has diminished severely over the years, one feature of the comedy program is still as great as ever: the spoofed commercials.

Framing, linking, and copyright on the Web
2026-08-25 Greg Bacon
#Exponent #UAH #Tech Talk

The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently handed down a controversial copyright ruling involving framing and linking, two important World Wide Web concepts.

Flagellating a deceased equine
2026-08-23 Greg Bacon
#Exponent #UAH #Politically Dissident

Let's flagellate a deceased equine.

Vermont, privacy, and liberty
2026-08-20 Greg Bacon
#Exponent #UAH #Politically Dissident

If it weren't freezing cold three hundred days out of the year, Vermont could be a nice place to live.

Search engines and a cool idea from 1995
2026-08-18 Greg Bacon
#Exponent #UAH #Tech Talk

Back in 1995, an acquaintance who worked at EDS pointed me to an interesting website where visitors were presented with a simple form.

What happened to the stories of 2001?
2026-08-08 Greg Bacon
#Exponent #UAH #Tech Talk

Ever since September 11th, we've focused almost exclusively on the WTC attacks, the undeclared war in Afghanistan, speculation over possible future targets of the War on Terror…

Enron will be Bush's Whitewater?
2026-08-05 Greg Bacon
#Exponent #UAH #Politically Dissident

Over the past couple of weeks, several popular media outlets have been repeating a curious claim—namely that Enron will be Bush's Whitewater.

Turnitin.com and Postman's question
2026-08-03 Greg Bacon
#Exponent #UAH #Tech Talk

A recurring theme in this column has been Neil Postman’s contrarian question: “What will new technology undo?” Turnitin.com markets plagiarism detection—but what might it undo?

DeCSS, fair use, and the Bunner injunction
2026-07-31 Greg Bacon
#Exponent #UAH #Tech Talk

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Mars Odyssey enters orbit
2026-07-29 Greg Bacon
#Exponent #UAH #Tech Talk

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Jurisdiction, culture, and the least resistance
2026-07-26 Greg Bacon
#Exponent #UAH #Tech Talk

Assuming that language barriers weren't a problem, would you still live in America?

Compound interest and Social Security
2026-07-24 Greg Bacon
#Exponent #UAH #Tech Talk

Do you want to know an easy way to get rich? Will Social Security even be around when it comes time for you to quit work for good, kick back in your easy chair, and play Canasta…

A different opinion
2026-07-21 Greg Bacon
#Exponent #UAH #Politically Dissident

The only real cut so far in the threatened state budget proration is a slash in people's most valuable asset: the ability to think rationally.

Software patents and prior art
2026-07-19 Greg Bacon
#Exponent #UAH #Tech Talk

Want to stick it to The Man and earn at least ten grand for the pleasure?

Scheduling finals without the headache
2026-07-16 Greg Bacon
#Exponent #UAH #Tech Talk

Want to become rich and famous while helping people out at the same time?

DVD copy protection and the paying customer
2026-07-14 Greg Bacon
#Exponent #UAH #Tech Talk

Page! Although it may hurt my credibility as a technology writer, I'll admit that I am only recently (thanks to a Christmas gift from my parents) the owner of a DVD player.

Grammar checkers and sand in the carpet
2026-07-11 Greg Bacon
#Exponent #UAH #Tech Talk

Fun with mass nouns.

Should people or machines count votes?
2026-07-09 Greg Bacon
#Exponent #UAH #Tech Talk

“Should people or machines count votes?” is the central question in the recent Fight for Florida.

Napster, open source, and why artists create
2026-07-06 Greg Bacon
#Exponent #UAH #Tech Talk

Napster struck a deal with Bertelsmann, a media big dog, and will become a subscription-based service.

Filtering the Web to protect children
2026-07-04 Greg Bacon
#Exponent #UAH #Tech Talk

As in any other election season, the topic of protecting children has been a hot one over the past few months.

Email privacy and the postcard problem
2026-07-01 Greg Bacon
#Exponent #UAH #Tech Talk

What if the U.S. Postal Service decreed that it would only deliver postcards after today? Such a decision wouldn't be as catastrophic as it might seem.

CueCat, URLs, and trivial patents
2026-06-29 Greg Bacon
#Exponent #UAH #Tech Talk

If you've watched any late night TV or taken a trip to Radio Shack lately, you've seen the :CueCat from Digital: Convergence.

Socialism—let's not even go there
2026-05-19 Greg Bacon
#Exponent #UAH #Politically Dissident

The level of Soviet socialism in our former commercial republic is frightening.

Entangling alliances in the Middle East
2026-04-14 Greg Bacon
#Exponent #UAH #Politically Dissident

Since the latest Israeli military action a couple of weeks ago, liberal and conservative activists have called for the United States to mediate the conflict, but they don't…

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