February 4, 2006
Dr. Dave and Evil Steve begin by correcting their earlier identification of the Gulf Coast affiliate returning after Katrina, openly taking responsibility for having named the wrong station. They examine how emotion shapes technology decisions, why newspapers and search engines need one another, how strict security defaults compete with ease of use and when the practical answer is to stop spending time on an inexpensive failed part. Caller Daryl explains how visual verification blocks blind Internet users and gives an example of a company fixing the barrier within a week, prompting Dr. Dave to help publicize the issue. The final hour turns to larger principles: listen for what a confident statement actually means, accept that useful research cannot promise every result in advance and remember that moving software online may sacrifice the autonomy that made a personal computer personal.
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