Ram Samudrala My first, but not only, love is science , which I do not distinguish from art and philosophy . I serve as a Professor at the University at Buffalo doing research in the area of computational biology .…
Siege movie review Siege " Terrorist " is a term that the big army uses to refer to the little army. The Siege illustrates that in many cases, depending on the context, the big army is the same as the little army.…
Little Shop of Horrors movie review Little Shop of Horrors Little Shop of Horrors is a musical comedy about a flower shop employee, Seymour Krelborn (Rick Moranis), and his new found plant, named Audrey II (voice by…
Ace Ventura movie series reviews Ace Ventura movie series Ace Ventura: Pet Detective Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls Pet Detective I saw Ace Ventura: Pet Detective . Not much to say about this one, except that it…
A primer on the ethics of "intellectual property" by Ram Samudrala (originally conceived, written, and published in 1994) A primer on the ethics of "intellectual property" This primer provides a general framework for…
Battlefield Earth movie review Battlefield Earth Battlefield Earth has been lambasted by critics all-around, but I found it to be a decent pulpy sci-fi time killer. The plot is convoluted, typical of works by L. Ron…
Free Music Movement main page Free Music Movement Free Music Philosophy An introduction to the Free Music Philosophy Free Music Philosophy: Progress and prospects Free Music Movement advocates Free Music distribution…
Species movie series reviews Species movie series Species Species 2 Species Species begins with the premise that the information contained in Human DNA is packagable in a few kilobytes, transmittable as a radio…
Phantoms movie review Phantoms Phantoms , the movie, is the screen adaption of a Dean Koontz novel. While I consider Koontz to be a good writer, I don't think he's great (sticking to the style of supernatural horror…
Friday movie review Friday Friday is an urban comedy that depicts a single day in the life of Craig (Ice Cube), who has just been fired on his day off. Craig's off day consists of interactions with various characters…
