links for 2006-11-02

• PC World's Techlog A Brief History of Computers, As Seen in Old TV Ads
  A huge collection of TV ads for a host of old computers. Even includes an ad for the first computer I had - the TI99/4A...
  (tags: history Computer commercials videos)
• “Risk, Responsibility, Regulation: Whose Risk Is It Anyway?”
  A long, but readable report into society's attitude to risk. It makes a lot of sense, and calls for us to recognise that a zero-risk life is an impossibility; stop knee-jerk regulation; and promote realistic risk assessment and personal responsibility.
  (tags: risk whitepaper nanny_state government regulation)