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From Schneier on Security

Using False Alarms to Disable Security

I wrote about this technique in Beyond Fear: Beginning Sunday evening, the robbers intentionally set off the gallery's alarm system several times without entering... schneier
From Schneier on Security | January 19, 2012 at 12:36 PM

From Wild WebMink

SOPA, PIPA and Open Source

SOPA and PIPA, the poorly conceived draft legislation currently being considered in the USA, sparked a worldwide protest yesterday. I think they would also be bad... Simon Phipps
From Wild WebMink | January 19, 2012 at 12:00 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Wolfram Educational Portal

The Beta of the Wolfram Educational Portal has been released. Great effort. " ... We are happy to announce the launch of the free Beta version of the Wolfram... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | January 19, 2012 at 02:35 AM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Two New Imagine Cup Challenges for 2012

The Imagine Cup just keeps getting bigger and bigger. Today two more challenges were announced via the Imagine Cup blog (Microsoft Announces Windows Metro Style... Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | January 19, 2012 at 12:45 AM

From Wild WebMink

OSI Opposes SOPA and PIPA

I was pleased to be able to send OSI’s sign-on to the civil society letter protesting the bad laws being considered by the US legislature at present. You can read... Simon Phipps
From Wild WebMink | January 18, 2012 at 11:36 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Cool BI Innovations

In TDWI: Some expected examples that are worth reviewing. I think much more can be said here. Some of the innovations will take considerable evolving to be... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | January 18, 2012 at 10:20 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

AI Past and Future

Some notes on AI, Past and Future, in the ACM. Another favorite topic. Most recently I have seen some of the IBM Watson work, which nicely brings expertise based... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | January 18, 2012 at 09:40 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Future of Gaming

I continue to be intrigued by the use of game dynamics as part of user engagement. Did a number of related projects in the enterprise: Here some further thoughts... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | January 18, 2012 at 09:20 PM

From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM

USACM Statement on SOPA and PROTECT IP

This week, as opposing views on the Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act of 2011 (S. 968, the PROTECT IP... David B.
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM | January 18, 2012 at 08:53 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Disjunctive Mapping of Consumers

From Informs: A presentation on Advances in understanding human behavior: Disjunctive mapping. Exploring further. Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | January 18, 2012 at 02:23 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Gap Analysis

Good post on the topic by the Burghard Group. " ... Gap Analysis is an assessment tool to help a place (community, region, state) compare its current economic... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | January 18, 2012 at 03:44 AM

From Schneier on Security

Tor Opsec

Good operational security guide to Tor. schneier
From Schneier on Security | January 17, 2012 at 06:29 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Consumers Want More Communications from Retailers

Not that much of a surprise, providing the communication is truly useful. " ... according to the IBM Institute for Business Value 2011 Retail Industry Study, released... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | January 17, 2012 at 06:06 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Marketing via a Virtual Pinboard

A simple and clever approach. Using a virtual pinboard metaphor to market and promote a site. The enabling site is called Pinterest, which I had not heard of... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | January 17, 2012 at 05:13 PM

From Computational Complexity

How important are the Fib numbers in math? in Nature? In History of Math books?

The following quotes is from In the book Algebra in Ancient and Modern Times by V.S. Varadarajan. Fibonacci numbers thus grow very fast with N, indeed in geometric... GASARCH
From Computational Complexity | January 17, 2012 at 03:00 PM

From Apophenia

We need to talk about piracy (but we must stop SOPA first)

Much to my happiness, the internets are in a frenzy about the “Stop Online Piracy Act” (aka SOPA). Congress is currently in recess, but the House announced a hearing... zephoria
From Apophenia | January 17, 2012 at 02:51 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Software Quality in the Global Supply Chain

In ECommerce Times: Part of a conversation I have been having recently on supply chain design. How is the right data brought together in the quantities required... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | January 17, 2012 at 02:23 PM

From The Noisy Channel

Guided Exploration: Faceted Search, Backwards

Information Scent In the early 1990s, PARC researchers Peter Pirolli and Stuart Card developed the theory of information scent (more generally, information foraging)... Daniel Tunkelang
From The Noisy Channel | January 17, 2012 at 02:00 PM

From Schneier on Security

The Importance of Good Backups

Thankfully, this doesn't happen very often: A US man who had been convicted on a second-degree murder charge will get a new trial after a computer virus destroyed... schneier
From Schneier on Security | January 17, 2012 at 01:31 PM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Software Engineering High School

It sounds like a movie title doesn Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | January 17, 2012 at 12:52 PM