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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 …
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? Imogen Heap
It really is time Imogen Heap released an album of B-Sides And Rarities. There’s some really good stuff out there uncollected on any album of hers. I’m maintaining...
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? OSI Refers Novell Transaction To Competition Authorities
The Open Source Initiative (OSI) Board of Directors announced today that it has taken the unprecedented step of referring the proposed sale of Novell’s patents...
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links for 2010-12-29
The DMCA Re-Fanged: Courts Now At Odds Over Copyright Protection for Software Security Devices Bad news here about the DMCA in America being given unwanted and...
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? Your Rights Or Their Copyrights?
What crime do you have to commit where you live to be forbidden to walk on the streets? Removal of basic rights is a matter of criminal not civil law so moves to...
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links for 2010-12-28
The first truly honest privacy policy Whenever you see any claim to be respecting your privacy, this is what they actually mean. (tags: privacy, policy, satire,...
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links for 2010-12-26
WPHNA World Public Health Nutrition Association Very interesting article (series of articles really) that asserts that the whole concept of using a "food pyramid"...
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? Hope You Weren
A very happy Christmas to you! Oh, and: @MitchBennMitch Benn Here's my rule: if only Christians can say "Christmas" then only Vikings can say "Thursday"… about...
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links for 2010-12-24
What is Traitorware? Useful, clear explanation of the threat we all face from the trust we place in device (and software) suppliers who don't trust us. (tags: Traitorware...
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links for 2010-12-23
Privacy Icons: Alpha Release I like this initiative to create symbols to represent the most relevant aspects of provacy policies, so that people don't need to read...
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The Typhoid Mary Of Three-Strikes
Over the last year, we saw them spring up all over the world, notably in Australia and in France but also in many other countries. It seemed odd that so many legislatures...
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? FOSS is not
I keep seeing people contrasting “free/open source software” with “commercial software”. This is a really bad contrast, as in my experience almost all open source...
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links for 2010-12-22
OpenDJ 2.4.0 Release Notes I'm delighted to say that the first full release of the OpenDJ LDAP directory server from ForgeRock is now available. 100% Java, 100%...
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? Bite-Size Privacy and Anonymity
A discussion broke out on Identi.ca recently where it became clear that the distinction between anonymity and privacy is not clear for some people. It led to the...
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links for 2010-12-20
The Document Foundation joins Open Invention Network Smart move here – by joining now, they gain access to all those patents belonging to Novell that will leave...
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? Kinds Of Trust
USTR’s Request for Comments on ACTA Your holiday project: send USTR at least one comment on ACTA. If you need ideas, let me know… The Anonymous WikiLeaks protests...
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? Strange Communion
I don’t think I’ll be able to get out to hear her performing live tomorrow evening in Winchester at The Tower, but I wanted to mention how much I have enjoyed Thea...
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links for 2010-12-17
Marwell Wildlife: Adopt a Penguin If you're stuck for a gift idea for a Linux fan in the UK (or elsewhere actually), consider giving a Marwell animal sponsorship…...
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