h o m e s c h e d u l e a r c h i v e s f o r u m f a q t o o l s c h a t a b o u t dr. dobbs journal pseudo online network	Have comments about Mike's Radio Flames? Post'em here 009 1998-09-22 A Call for Tech Workers to Become More Political Politicians are dismally ill-informed about hi-tech issues. Mike argues that Netscape's own efforts in this area, however, may be misguided. audio 008 1998-08-25 Is Modesty a Virtue in a Programming Language? Comparing the styles of Bjarne Stroustrup and James Gosling. Mike comments on a Red Herring article. audio 007 1998-07-15 A Universal Solution to the Y2K Problem audio 006 1998-06-29 Mac OS X: A Strategy that Makes Sense audio 005 1998-06-11 Mike goes back in time in an effort to determine who exactly invented the calculator audio 004 1998-05-27 Conspiracy Theory Mike is no conspiracy buff but wants the Feds out of his email. A new technique, "chaffing and winnowing", ensures confidentiality without encryption -thereby circumventing federal encryption laws. It may just be what he needs. See also original presentation of technique by Ron Rivest and Dr. Dobb's online op-ed article by Bruce Schneier audio 003 1998-05-19 The Push for Open Software audio News Item 1998-05-11 Rhapsody, Mac OS 8 to Merge into New Mac OS text 002 1998-04-05 An Internet radio station tackles the Y2K problem and discovers a surprising truth about technology and magic... audio 001 1998-03-05 Think Quiet: Reading into Apple's Silence audio Mike writes about computers, the computer industry, high tech, programming, the internet, Web development, and such arcana for various venues. He lives in Santa Cruz, California. Want to know more? Check out his site, Swaine's World.