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		<title>Computers Totally Work This Way</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mom, Dad, relatives. All who will ask any computer-scientist friends for help with their computers, or who put any stock in prime-time shows. This is not how computers work. Just&#8230; just&#8230; no. But seriously, if you need me to &#8220;vector in on that guy,&#8221; or &#8220;find the right eigenvalue&#8221; or perhaps &#8220;apply the right algorithms,&#8221; [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mom, Dad, relatives.  All who will ask any computer-scientist friends for help with their computers, or who put any stock in prime-time shows.</p>
<p>This is not how computers work.  Just&#8230; just&#8230; no.</p>
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<p>But seriously, if you need me to &#8220;vector in on that guy,&#8221; or &#8220;find the right <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eigenvalue">eigenvalue</a>&#8221; or perhaps &#8220;apply the right algorithms,&#8221; think again.</p>
<p>Found at <a href="http://www.unplggd.com/unplggd/enhance-it-the-myths-of-how-computers-work-104541">Unplggd</a>.</p>
<p>From my friend Tyler, Red Dwarf has something to say on the subject:</p>
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