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The dangers of the filter bubble

Personalization has become a new buzzword. All major websites are now offering personalization services to make your experience on their site

Technology

Gripe with Facebook’s choice of media partners

First, I would like to say that Facebook’s new Timeline is awesome. It is a beautifully designed profile upgrade. The

Politics

Why I am against the death penalty

I am vehemently opposed to the death penalty. I find it a barbaric practice that has no place in the

Technology

Security Software: Open Source vs Closed Source

I recently had a discussion on Google Plus about the relative merits of open source vs closed source security software.

Technology

Using fork() and exec() on Linux

In a previous post, I explained how the fork() and exec() system calls are used to create processes on Unix. In this

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How a process is started in Unix

First, let us define what a process is. There are many definitions for the term process, but, for the purpose