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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
Data Scope Project
In CACM: A quite interesting proposal. Don't quite understand the details involved as yet, but the analogy is an exciting thing. Understanding complex data often includes...
From Apophenia
Facebook & helicopter parenting
I recently received an email from a teen that I speak with that piqued my interest. I thought I’d share it with you: My friend (17 yo girl) isn’t allowed on Facebook...
From The Eponymous Pickle
SAS Conference IPhone App
Correspondent Sy Truong sends this along, a good example of focused App delivery: " ... I wanted to share with you the iPhone App which I have completed and now...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Smart Phone Numbers
Walter Riker takes a look at the Smart Phone market and what it might mean. There is no doubt that will all be armed with powerful mobile computing soon. Good...
From Wild WebMink
Corporate Open Source Case Studies
The last week has provided a number of interesting – and perhaps surprising – case studies in corporate engagement with open source. This Monday’s Link Post takes...
From Computational Complexity
By Any Other Name Would Be Just As Hard
In 1973 Donald Knuth searched for a name for the hardest problems in NP. Steve Cook didn't give a name in his paper and Karp called them P-complete. Knuth suggested...
From The Eponymous Pickle
IT Shaping Decision Making
Good piece by Carmen Nobel in HBS Working Knowledge:" ... What determines whether decisions happen on the bottom, middle, or top rung of the corporate ladder? New...
From Schneier on Security
Control Fraud
I had never heard the term "control fraud" before: Control fraud theory was developed in the savings and loan debacle. It explained that the person controlling...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 1 November 2010
The big thing going on last week was the Microsoft WorldWide Innovative Educators forum in South Africa. I didn
From The Eponymous Pickle
On Enterprise Business Intelligence
Doug Lautzenheiser, a leading subject matter expert in the use of Business Intelligence software within corporate organizations, takes a look at Forrester's reporting...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Policy Highlights from Communications of the ACM - October 2010 (Vol. 53, No. 10)
Below is a list of items with policy relevance from the October issue of Communications of the ACM. As always, much of the material in CACM is premium content,...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Blekko: A Slashtag Search Engine
Every now and then there is an attempt at a new take on the search engine. Zakta is an example I took a look at that attempts to build specialized research experiences...
From The Eponymous Pickle
How Much Math Does the Average Person Need?
InSlashdot, a provocative piece on the real need for advanced math education for the average person. My training is in industrial applications of mathematics,...
From Schneier on Security
Halloween and the Irational Fear of Stranger Danger
From the Wall Street Journal: Take "stranger danger," the classic Halloween horror. Even when I was a kid, back in the "Bewitched" and "Brady Bunch" costume era...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Zombies at Sears
Zombie Marketing at Sears. How delightful. What, no vampires? Catches you attention today, I guess.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Drive Through Supermarket
The drive through supermarket is a concept I have studied for some time. Here Tesco tests the concept. Baldock is in the county of Hertfordshire which is just...
From Wild WebMink
links for 2010-10-31
U.S. Says Genes Should Not Be Eligible for Patenting Welcome and surprising intervention by the US government saying that natural things like genes should not be...
From The Eponymous Pickle
BJ Fogg and Persuasive Technologies
In my last post I mentioned BJ Fogg. We learned of his work while using the Institute for the Future over a number of years. He is a Stanford researcher and consultant...
From The Eponymous Pickle