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Back in the early 1980’s when Most of us had Apple II and IBM PC personal computers, my colleague and I dreamed of having a Cray-1 supercomputer to use for our research in information systems. We never got one but the magic of the name, supercomputer, lingers. The very first Cray (see photo on right)…

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It’s the holiday season and many spiritual and cultural practices include trees in their Winter festivities. I’ve set up a traditional yuletide tree in my home in Second Life. However, here I cannot use a real tree but need to settle on a digital one. From a scientist’s point-of-view I wonder how one makes a…

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Back in 2011 I led a Science Circle discussion on Black Swans (See link below for transcript). I am still fascinated by these phenomena and want to revisit them now after almost 9 years. A brief recap: A black swan is a highly improbable event with three principal characteristics: It is unpredictable; it carries a…

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