This week, U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson issued a scathing Finding of Fact in the ongoing Microsoft vs. DOJ anti-trust case. While many people suspected the judge to rule Microsoft a monopoly, few expected such a strong rebuke . And while there is still a way to go in the trial, particularly if you consider the appeals process, it seems that MS must start considering what it will do if the final ruling is not in its favor. To help gain some insight, we opened the phones today to listeners who called and gave us a variety of opinions, both in favor of, and against Microsoft and their products. The Private Life , John Nathan shows us that it was a combination of all of these forces.
Fuzzy logic involves all the shades of grey between black and white.
That's how our guest today characterized the subject of his most famous area of study. Dr. Bart Kosko is a professor of engineering at UCLA and author of several books, including The Fuzzy Future . In this book Dr. Kosko explains how his theories on Fuzzy Thinking can apply not only to esoteric mathematics, but also to society with such such things as a fuzzy tax form. There's been lots of talk and a bit of action in Congress during recent months. A last minute scheduling glitch meant we were able to catch up on some news items this week.