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How the “Frontier” Became the Slogan of Uncontrolled AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been billed as the next frontier of humanity: the newly available expanse whose exploration …
From The Eponymous Pickle
Decision Analysis Software Survey
A little late, but OR/MS does an excellent survey of decision analysis software every year. If you are interested in the topic, take a look here. " ... Dennis...
From Wild WebMink
? Voltaire Moment Article Available
My article asserting that we need to stand up for Wikileaks’ ability to exist even if we don’t like Wikileaks is now available in the Essays area.
From Schneier on Security
New TSA Security Test
I experienced a new TSA security check at Phoenix Airport last Thursday. The agent took my over-three-ounce bottle of saline, put a drop of it on a white cardboard...
From Michael Nielsen
10th Anniversary Edition of
I’m pleased to say that a 10th anniversary edition of my book with Ike Chuang on quantum computing has just been released by Cambridge University Press (Amazon...
From Schneier on Security
NIST Announces SHA-3 Finalists (Skein is One of Them)
Yesterday, NIST announced the five hash functions to advance to the third (and final) round in the SHA-3 selection process: BLAKE, Grøstl, JH, Keccak, and Skein...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
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There’s been lots of coverage elsewhere, but just a reminder that it’s
From The Eponymous Pickle
The Open Library
There are millions of books free for the e-reading out there. Most pay reading services include them as well for free. Now the Open Library has introduced a new...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Copying and Pasting Your Interests
I wrote about Tynt before, but this article made it clearer about what it is doing ... Find out more about what people really care about.
From Wild WebMink
? Non-Centralised Infrastructure
After discovering BitCoin (where such a large number of people were kind enough to send small donations to 1LfdGnGuWkpSJgbQySxxCWhv8MHqvwst3 that I’m now considering...
From Wild WebMink
? Apache Quits The JCP
The ASF Resigns From the JCP Executive Committee The Apache Software Foundation quits Java’s governing body claiming that “[the] JCP is not an open specification...
From Schneier on Security
Alternate Scanning Technologies
Iscon uses infrared light rather than X-rays. I have no idea how well it works. And Rapiscan has a new patent: Abstract: The present invention is directed towards...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Does learning have to stop when the last bell rings?
We have this tendency to think that learning at school takes place only between the opening and closing bells of the
From The Eponymous Pickle
Marketing in China's Digital Age
In Knowledge@Wharton:Marketing in China's Digital Age: How to Win Customers' Hearts?Companies worldwide are devoting more of their marketing budgets to digital...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Redrawing Country Regions Using Phone Calls
An interesting proposal in the BBC that the social connections evidenced by phone calls could be used to redraw the map of the UK. " ... Regional boundaries are...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Brands and Social Media
In Progressive Grocer: People are more inclined to purchase social media advertised brands.
From Schneier on Security
Department of Homeland Security Getting a Little too 1984ish
A DHS video message, reminding people to look out for and report suspicious activity, will be displayed at WalMart stores around the country.
From Computational Complexity
46 lunches free lunches!
(CONGRADS to all the new ACM fellows. Among them are theorists Jennifer Chayes, Anne Condon, Phil Klein, S. Muthu, and Dan Spielman.) In my post about mentoring...
From Schneier on Security