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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 Computational Complexity
The Rubik's Cube Conjecture PROVEN! (Do we care?)
In 1994 Fermat's last theorem was proven! In 2003 Poincare's conjecture was proven! In 2010 the Rubik Cube Conjecture was proven! That is, it was shown that the...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Retailnet Group in India
I recently had a conversation with Keith Anderson of the Retailnet Group. We worked with them a few years ago. He is now just back from India where he did an excellent...
From The Eponymous Pickle
How Many Careers?
Appropriate for post labor day. How many careers does the average person have in a lifetime? Seven is often mentioned, and I have used that approximation in anIn...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
CompSci Woman: Technology is Women's Work
Have you seen the new CompSci Woman blog yet? No? Well get over there and check it out! And better yet, if you happen to be female and have any kind of computer...
From Wild WebMink
? Transparency: Wrong and Right
The fishy mandate of ACTA If you thought there was something fishy about the European Commission engaging in secret negotiations at ACTA behind the backs of the...
From Schneier on Security
Parental Fears vs. Realities
From NPR: Based on surveys Barnes collected, the top five worries of parents are, in order: Kidnapping School snipers Terroristsknows,...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Will the Smartphone be the Computer?
In Gigaohm: A question I have been asking myself for a few years. Will the computer of the future be the little device we carry around today? True, the keyboards...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Visualizations and Sorting
I love visualizations. One of my all time favorites are the programs that show how different sorting algorithms work. I was reminded of this by a recent post by...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Nike IPhone Running App
You may remember much earlier in the days of the Web Nike had experimented with this idea, but without Apps or GPS. Our New Business Deveopment team talked todetailed...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Review and Advertising Policy
Readers, Publishers, Vendors,I have had an increasing number of requests to have advertising links placed in this blog.In general I do not take advertising that...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Study Habits
A good piece in the NYT Views on study habits. Are people left brain vs right brain? Visual versus analytical learners? This is important not only for kids in school...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Robotics Newsletter
NASA has a new robotics newsletter, via IEEE. In the most recent edition they point to a piece by Marvin Minsky on Telepresence. We met with Minsky and read lots...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
Back to School (If You Ever Left)
Today is the first official day back to school, even though classes don't start until Thursday. I used to get very excited about this new beginning, but lately...
From The Eponymous Pickle
IPad Review by Small Biz Labs
The Small Business Labs blog looks at and and reviews the IPad from the perspective of the small business. In particular about its value as a means to consume rather...
From Computational Complexity
How to Write Up Major Results
First some conference news: FOCS conference and hotel registration available on line, early deadline is September 30. STOC 2011 website is up with the CFP, deadline...
From Schneier on Security
Consumerization and Corporate IT Security
If you're a typical wired American, you've got a bunch of tech tools you like and a bunch more you covet. You have a cell phone that can easily text. You've got...
From Wild WebMink
links for 2010-09-07
Fair, Reasonable And Non-Discriminatory…Ain't Good pointer here by Glyn to an action we can take to check the effects of pro-patent lobbying in Europe. He misses...
From The Noisy Channel
Slouching Toward Creepiness
One of the perks of blogging is that publishers sometimes send me review copies of new books. I couldn’t help but be curious about a book entitled “The Man Who...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Clean Water for a Billion People
Our enterprise did considerable work in clean water projects, and won an Amex competition on delivering clean water. I acted as an analyst for the World Bank on...
From Apophenia