Fuzzy Logic and Clean Water

Read "Broad Analysis of Pollutants Using Fuzzy Logic Could Guide Water Quality Improvement":

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080417095919.htm

Excel Bug

Read both:

"A big Excel boo boo" (very short)

http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/09/27/a-big-excel-boo-boo/

and Joel on Software explaining the bug:

http://joelonsoftware.com/items/2007/09/26b.html

Why I like these articles

• students talk about what bugs matter (and the very different perspectives in the articles)
• students like to hear that binary is not just theoretical, it actually comes up in an application they use
• they discuss the difficulty and importance of testing 

Nanotech Memory

"Terabyte Thumb Drives Made Possible by Nanotech Memory"
http://www.wired.com/gadgets/miscellaneous/news/2007/10/ion_memory

Digital Rights Bill

"The Making of a Policy Gadfly"
http://chronicle.com/free/v49/i14/14a02701.htm