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Run.&nbsp; Artificial intelligence is the fifth (and present) generation of computer technology.&nbsp; Senechals presided, with bailiffs, over the judicial order of the manors in medieval Europe.&nbsp; Daniel Bricklin dubbed Visicalc; we are all so many vassals to Microsoft, jousting with PowerPoint, crusading for open source.&nbsp; See?&nbsp; How can I explain this?<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll notice I&#8217;m toying with a few jobs in the right column.&nbsp; Thinking<br \/>\nabout fleshing out my list of links, adding on the ones I aggregate, and others<br \/>\nI read and admire from time to time.&nbsp; Most bloggers appreciate being<br \/>\nlinked, right?&nbsp; I want to redraw the &quot;Divisions,&quot; dissect moth<br \/>\ninto more descriptive parts.&nbsp; Or not&#8230;no hurry.&nbsp; I also copied<br \/>\nseveral of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kalsey.com\/tools\/buttonmaker\/\" >recent<br \/>\nbutton-makers<\/a> (such as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.feministe.us\/blog\/archives\/000847.php\" >feministe<\/a>)<br \/>\nand put one together for EWM, just for the heck of it&#8211;during one of our study<br \/>\nbreaks this evening. 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