http://www.metafilter.com/tags/wang Posts tagged with 'wang' at MetaFilter. Sun, 01 Jun 2008 13:35:14 -0800 Sun, 01 Jun 2008 13:35:14 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/72170/Coco%2DWang%2DChina%2D512%2DEarthquake <a href="http://www.paulgravett.com/articles/133_china/133_china.htm">Ten simple, shattering comics about the earthquake in China.</a> <small>Via <a href="http://monkeyfilter.com/link.php/15783">MoFi.</a></small> tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.72170 Sun, 01 Jun 2008 13:35:14 -0800 china coco comics cursing earthquake nsfw wang By The Grace of God http://www.metafilter.com/62075/Playing%2Dwith%2Dmy%2DWang%2Dheh%2Dheh The <a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6340489473007497127">Wang Freestyle</a> (warning: Google Video; <a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1373804178481058208">part one</a> of video). A <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Laboratories#Wang_Freestyle">curious footnote</a> in the history of computing that took the desktop metaphor to new levels back in 1988. Featured sampled sound, high-res graphics, and the ability to stack documents on top of each other, the last of which is <a href="http://www.apple.com/macosx/leopard/features/desktop.html">due</a> in a certain big cat operating system later this year. <small>Watch for how slow the system is, and the subsequent magician-like distraction techniques used by the presenter to avoid people noticing. </small> tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.62075 Thu, 14 Jun 2007 12:30:32 -0800 computing history wang humblepigeon http://www.metafilter.com/8070/ <a href="http://www.sunday-times.co.uk/news/pages/sti/2000/06/04/stifgnusa01007.html">Speed of light broken</a> ... no biggy. tag:metafilter.com,2001:site.8070 Tue, 05 Jun 2001 12:33:12 -0800 brokenlink nature science speedoflight wang GriffX