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Big Secrets

In about 1985, I checked out a book called Big Secrets by William Poundstone. Actually I can’t remember if that was the book or one of his sequels, but in that book was a list of how to guess Social Security numbers.

Based on that list, I have been telling people for years that Social Security numbers were based on a simple system based on birth date and location. I have been challenged on this several times. Most often, people would tell me that if it were that simple, everyone would know.

Last week all the big tech news sites broke the “news” that Social Security numbers were based on a simple system of birth dates and location.

I felt smarter, but I wish that talkingdigital.org would have broke the news first.

Social Security Numbers Are Easy to Guess — Fox 2009 (706): 1 — ScienceNOW.

Does anyone know where I can get a cool ball like this?

After years and years of shooting down rumors that they are working on a Google OS, Google has announced that they are working on Chrome OS.

This is the point where the tech world pretends to be be shocked as though they never saw it coming. Even though all they really want to know is, what took them so long?

Here’s a link to The BoyGenius Report.

Google announces Chrome OS : Boy Genius Report.

Rather than take on the iPhone directly, Pre may defeat Apple via the Blackberry.

I recently joined the guys at Doghouse Systems for their tech podcast. I discussed my experience with the Palm Pre since buying it on release day.

We had a lot of fun and I really enjoyed discussing tech with some fellow geeks.

#10 The DogHouse – Post Pre Perspective | The DogHouse Podcast.