what's new, 2004

December 2004

30th • SF film • Spider-Man 2
28th • SF film • Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
22nd • SF TV • Shoebox Zoo • season 1
22nd • fiction • Donna Andrews • Revenge of the Wrought-Iron Flamingos
21st • hmm • Kevin Beresford • Roundabouts of Great Britain
21st • SF • J. D. Robb • Visions in Death
17th • security • abstract of "Devices are People Too"
16th • Z • abstract of "An OO structuring for Z based on Views"
16th • Z • abstract of "Requirements as Conjectures: intuitive DVD menu navigation"
15th • NSC • abstract of "Growing Music: musical interpretations of L-Systems"
12th • security • full paper of "Playing the Game: cheating, loopholes, and virtual identity"
2nd • NSC • abstract of "Searching for multi-qubit entanglement"

November 2004

29th • SF • Wil McCarthy • The Wellstone
28th • NSC • overview of "Evolving Quantum Programs and Protocols"
21st • SF film • The 6th Day
20th • SF TV • Space Odyssey -- Voyage to the Planets
14th • SF • Raphael Carter • The Fortunate Fall
7th • fiction • Arielle Eckstut • Pride and Promiscuity
6th • NSC • full paper of "The design of S-boxes by simulated annealing"
6th • NSC • full paper of "Searching for cost functions"
2nd • SF • J. D. Robb • Divided in Death

October 2004

31st • SF TV • Farscape • season 4
30th • SF • David Brin • Kiln People
30th • SF / language • more translations of The Eye of Argon
19th • Z • full text of A Z Patterns Catalogue II: definitions and laws
18th • security • abstract of "Playing the Game: cheating, loopholes, and virtual identity"
11th • cognition • Andy Clark • Being There
3rd • fiction • Donna Andrews • Murder with Puffins
3rd • NSC • full paper of "Making the Most of Two Heuristics"
2nd • geography • National Geographic • Satellite Atlas of the World

September 2004

27th • fiction • Donna Andrews • Murder with Peacocks
25th • maths • Karl Sabbagh • Dr. Riemann's Zeros
17th • SF • Alastair Reynolds • Chasm City
12th • CSP • full paper of "Challenging formal specifications by mutation: a CSP security example"
5th • NSC • full paper of "Artificial Immune Systems and the Grand Challenge for Non-Classical Computation"
3rd • language • John McWhorter • The Power of Babel
3rd • SF TV • Firefly
2nd • complexity • Gary William Flake • The Computational Beauty of Nature

August 2004

30th • SF • Alastair Reynolds • Revelation Space
29th • cognition • Gerd Gigerenzer, Peter M. Todd, et al • Simple Heuristics That Make Us Smart
26th • SF film • Scooby Doo 2
25th • SF film • I, Robot
22nd • cognition • Marvin Minsky • The Society of Mind
21st • SF • Mercedes Lackey • Take a Thief
21st • psychology • William Majeski • The Lie Detection Book
16th • SF • Holly Lisle • Mind of the Magic
15th • SF TV • Andromeda, season 2
11th • SF • Annabel and the Blue Hills • sequel news
9th • complexity • Richard Morris • Artificial Worlds
7th • SF • Jasper Fforde • Something Rotten
1st • SF TV • Stargate SG-1 • season 7

July 2004

30th • SF TV • Futurama • season 3
27th • Z/OO • abstract of "Formal Proof from UML Models"
26th • OO • full text of Analysing Systems
25th • SF • Greg Egan • Diaspora
22nd • SF reviews • David Langford • Up Through an Empty House of Stars
18th • SF • Annabel and Tawny • reprint news
13th • SF • John Varley • Red Thunder
11th • NSC • abstract/presentation of "Teaching Post-Classical Computation"
11th • NSC • full paper of "Secret Agents Leave Big Footprints"
11th • NSC • full paper of "Using Ants to Attack a Classical Cipher"
10th • SF film • Shrek 2
3rd • SF • Tara K. Harper • Lightwing

June 2004

29th • evolution/language • Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza • Genes, Peoples and Languages
26th • SF • Neal Stephenson • Cryptonomicon
13th • SF • Wil McCarthy • Bloom
13th • Z • full text of "An Outline Pattern Language for Z"
13th • Z • full text of "Patterns to Guide Practical Refactoring"
10th • NSC • abstract of "Towards a Conceptual Framework for Artificial Immune Systems"
8th • astronomy • Venus transit
6th • complexity • Steven Strogatz • Sync
1st • SF • Hilari Bell • Navohar

May 2004

30th • SF • Marion Zimmer Bradley • Sword and Sorceress XX
30th • SF • Lois McMaster Bujold • Paladin of Souls
29th • SF • Donna Andrews • Click Here for Murder
24th • science • Richard Dawkins • A Devil's Chaplain
23rd • SF • David Weber, John Ringo • March to the Stars
22nd • SF • Ken MacLeod • The Cassini Division
17th • SF • Charlaine Harris • Living Dead in Dallas
16th • SF TV • Buffy the Vampire Slayer • season 7
9th • fiction/maths • Apostolos Doxiadis • Uncle Petros and Goldbach's Conjecture
9th • SF • J. D. Robb • Imitation in Death
8th • SF • Jon Courtenay Grimwood • Felaheen
4th • maths • Jeremy J. Gray • The Hilbert Challenge
2nd • SF • Jon Courtenay Grimwood • Effendi
1st • SF film • Spirited Away

April 2004

27th • NSC • abstract of "Acquiring a Debt Worth Repaying"
26th • SF • Jon Courtenay Grimwood • Pashazade
25th • NSC • abstract of "Teaching Post-Classical Computation"
24th • SF • Catherine Asaro • Irresistible Forces
24th • NSC • full text of "Approaching the Formal Design and Development of Complex Systems"
19th • SF • J. D. Robb • Portrait in Death
18th • SF con • Concourse: Eastercon 2004
17th • SF TV • Angel • season 4
13th • SF • Syne Mitchell • Murphy's Gambit
6th • SF • J. D. Robb • Purity in Death
5th • SF • Philip Pullman • The Amber Spyglass
3rd • SF • Philip Pullman • The Subtle Knife

March 2004

30th • NSC • abstract of "Evolving quantum circuits and programs through genetic programming "
28th • SF • Philip Pullman • Northern Lights
27th • complexity • J. A. Scott Kelso • Dynamic Patterns
25th • psychology • Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi • Finding Flow
20th • NSC • abstract of "Searching for cost functions"
20th • NSC • abstract of "The design of S-boxes by simulated annealing"
18th • complexity • Harold J. Morowitz • The Emergence of Everything
14th • SF • J. D. Robb • Reunion in Death
13th • SF • John Barnes • Apocalypses & Apostrophes
10th • autism/fiction • Mark Haddon • The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
8th • security • full text of "Smart Devices and Software Agents"
7th • SF film • The Game
1st • security • full text of "Breaking the Model"

February 2004

29th • SF TV • Xena • season 5
24th • SF • Eric Flint • Mother of Demons
16th • cartoon • Jacky Fleming • Demented
15th • SF film • Unbreakable
15th • design • Donald Norman • Turn Signs are the Facial Expressions of Automobiles
14th • SF • Tanya Huff • Relative Magic
7th • SF TV • Charmed • season 5
2nd • SF • J. D. Robb • Seduction in Death
1st • SF • Eric Flint • The Philosophical Strangler

January 2004

29th • SF • Wil McCarthy • The Collapsium
25th • SF • Laurell K. Hamilton • Narcissus in Chains
15th • SF • John Meaney • To Hold Infinity
11th • NSC • Zebulum, Pacheco, Vellasco • Evolutionary Electronics
10th • NSC • full text of "Critical Critical Systems"
10th • NSC • full text of "Evolving Boolean Functions Satisfying Multiple Criteria"
5th • SF/detective • J. D. Robb • Betrayal in Death
2nd • SF film • Bedazzled
1st • punctuation • Lynne Truss • Eats, Shoots & Leaves

what's new 2003