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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
Explosive Breast Implants -- Not an April Fool's Joke
Is MI5 playing a joke on us? Female homicide bombers are being fitted with exploding breast implants which are almost impossible to detect, British spies havecould...
From Putting People First
Jan Chipchase (Nokia) guest blogging for CGAP
The title might be a bit cryptic for some readers, but Jan Chipchase is a well-known user researcher/anthropologist at Nokia. He spent a decade exploring the intersection...
From Computational Complexity
Lets Prove Something instead of proving that we can't prove something
We complexity theorists seem more concerned with proving that we can't prove things than with actually proving things!!!! There have been two workshop on Barriers...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
External-Memory Sorting in Java
Sometimes, you want to sort large file without first loading them into memory. The solution is to use External Sorting. Typically, you divide the files into small...
From Wild WebMink
? It Can Get Worse
Yes, #debill is even worse than you thought. Plus OggCamp, great geek t-shirts, new national park and more.
From Schneier on Security
Fifth Annual Movie-Plot Threat Contest
Once upon a time, men and women throughout the land lived in fear. This caused them to do foolish things that made them feel better temporarily, but didn't make...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Resources for Teaching Binary Numbers
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From The Eponymous Pickle
Wolfram Alpha Mobile Site Drops Price
It is reported in ReadWriteWeb: ' ... Once upon a time, Wolfram Alpha tried to charge $50 for its iPhone app while, at the same time, offering a free iPhone-optimized...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Facebook
As computer science educators, we think of ourselves as computer savvy. We are knowledgeable about social networks and online communities. I'll wager that a good...
From The Eponymous Pickle
The Photography Business
I was previously involved with a startup company that sought to bridge the gap between amateur and professional photographers. There have since been many changes...
From Wild WebMink
? Digital Liberty Activism
For @uupc listeners: How to take action on BBC DRM, the Digital Economy Bill, ACTA and the UK Elections.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Pushing the Drive-Through Concept
We looked at this through a number of drive-through supercenter concepts. A good overview article in the Chicago Tribune. Online is open 24/7, so why not have a...
From Schneier on Security
Security Cameras in the New York City Subways
The New York Times has an article about cameras in the subways. The article is all about how horrible it is that the cameras don't work: Moreover, nearly half...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Policy Highlights from Communications of the ACM - March 2010 (Vol. 53, No. 3)
Below is a list of items with policy relevance from the March issue of Communications of the ACM. As always, much of the material in CACM is premium content, and...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Food Lion Tracking Shopper Data with Cameras
Several reports on how Food Lion is gathering video data from cameras in-store. They are using the videomining system to gather and analyze results. We talked to...
From The Eponymous Pickle
How Procter Remains a Global Marketer
In AdAge, a video: Video: At Induction to AAF Hall of Fame, Execs Discuss Importance of Multi-Brand Efforts.
From Computational Complexity
SIGACT Awards
ACM announced the following awards recently. Note that some of the awards are named after theorists and some awards went to theorists. Any comments on theirhere...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
TEDxCarletonU
Last night I attended a TED event for the first time ever. It was a TEDx (i.e. independently organized) event with a Carleton University flavour. The speakers...
From Wild WebMink