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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 Schneier on Security
Virtual Mafia in Online Worlds
If you allow players in an online world to penalize each other, you open the door to extortion: One of the features that supported user socialization in the game...
From Wild WebMink
links for 2009-11-25
Senators press EU to speed its Oracle-Sun probe US senators, that is. I'm sure the Commission will completely ignore them. (tags: Sun Oracle...
From The Eponymous Pickle
fMRI used in Sentencing
Having just personally experienced my first fMRI, this caught my eye. Apparently the first time that this has been done in a courtroom. Not that the method is being...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Real Code is Messy
Reading John Harrison's blog of November 3 got me thinking about what I am trying to teach my students in my third-semester (university) course about the development...
From Schneier on Security
Users Rationally Rejecting Security Advice
This paper, by Cormac Herley at Microsoft Research, sounds like me: Abstract: It is often suggested that users are hopelessly lazy and unmotivated on securityme...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Run-length encoding (part I)
Run-length encoding (RLE) is probably the most important and fundamental string compression technique. Countless multimedia formats and protocols use one form or...
From The Eponymous Pickle
An Extra Piece of Chicken
I see that Marco Marsan has set up a new site and blog for Marco Polo, his strategic innovation company. So what is this about chicken? See his great story about...
From Computational Complexity
DIMACS at 20
Last Friday DIMACS celebrated its 20th anniversary. Muthu summarizes the event. DIMACS has served the theoretical computer science community well over these two...
From My Biased Coin
4-Year Masters
Harvard, like many other places, has an option by which students (with "Advanced Standing" from AP classes) can obtain a Master's (in some programs) as well as...
From Apophenia
Spectacle at Web2.0 Expo... From my Perspective
Last week, I gave a talk at Web2.0 Expo. From my perspective, I did a dreadful job at delivering my message. Yet, the context around my talk sparked a broad conversation...
From Schneier on Security
Norbt
Norbt (no robot) is a low-security web application to encrypt web pages. You can create and encrypt a webpage. The key is an answer to a question; anyone who...
From Wild WebMink
links for 2009-11-24
Capitalism's Fundamental Flaw From Forbes, no less: "In 2009, 30 million people sit unemployed in America. Yet, the speculators have managed to...
From The Eponymous Pickle
IKEA and Facebook
IKEA uses facebook tagging to promote creative new store opening.-
From Schneier on Security
Decertifying "Terrorist" Pilots
This article reads like something written by the company's PR team. When it comes to sleuthing these days, knowing your way within a database is as valued a skill...
From The Eponymous Pickle
L'Oreal Case Study on Mobility
I see that Consumer Goods Technology will be presenting a webinar tomorrow: The Booming Value of Mobility - In the Enterprise and Beyond. L'Oreal will be among...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Printing all the Science News that Fits
I have been a fan of NYT science writing for years. Enjoyed it and thought it was well written and mostly objective. Yet now, on particularly important topic, they...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Smart as a Cat?
Just a while back I linked to a press release about how IBM had claimed to have created a brain simulation that had as many neurons and synapses as a cat. WithHere...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Smartbooks vs Notebooks
Why carry yet another unitasking device? What ultimately is the difference? Good piece on this. I would personally like it all on a smartphone device, though the...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Evolution of Pepsi vs Coke Logos
Brought to my attention recently the relative evolution of Pepsi vs Coke Logos. It was later pointed out to be that this is somewhat selectively inaccurate, yet...
From Computational Complexity