Now, this guys gets it, but fails to connect it with the original article.

Programming is all about algorithms and numbers, meaning that good programmers will be those who can think in term of algorithms and numbers. And that's the problem.
The examples of pictures and objects to relate algorithms to a spatial model is spot-on. For programming to be accessible by the 'normal' human, it must be made spatial; and not just in explanations, but in practice.
I am sure that many will argue that the nature of programming is numbers and algorithms, so that's just how it is. Not true though. Programming is a layer on top of the physical world (material, time, electrical potential) that maps it to something that can be dealt with logically. Of course the people who did the mapping were those who were smart and thought in terms of numbers and algorithms. This is the first generation of computing though, and though it may last until the end of the human race, I hope not. I would like to see the next generation be a format that is more widely accessible, even if I don't live to actually 'see' it.

... they're doing it while many still have somewhat of a high regard for the franchise. Once Disney's marketing prodigies butcher the upcoming installments, I think that Star Wars may become the poster-child for the evils of unchecked corporate oversight. It may take until the 25th century for that stigma to wane; just in time build a museum in New Chicago.

Not only are the suggestions weird, but I suspect they are often lies. "Frequently bought together" usually shows items that are too similar or contradictory to have been actually bought together enough times to make it "frequent," unless the majority of Amazon's purchases are from resellers, in which case the recommendation are ill-targeted at best. You look at a backpack, and it says that it is frequently purchased with another backpack?

... that all the ludites, 'stay off my lawn'ers and other chronic whiners will boycott /. as promised, making it easier for the rest of us to read thoughtful commentary on the articles for a change.

I look forward to the day that this post will be dug up from the archives as a jocular look back at how the ludites almost prevented the new age of safe commuting.

a java software project aimed at identifying the those who express their disdain for security cameras through the age-old art of 'mooning.' Hence the name "jAnus."

one or more of the following: - irate baby-mamas - process servers - loan sharks - Jehova's witnesses - the crack spider At least that's the impression that I get from watching this related video