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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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Building a Scorecard for Open Source
In my previous posts, I've drawn an analogy between open source software and organic food, hinting that in both cases the rush to create a working brand lost some...
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Links for 2009-10-08
Outsourcing Is High Tech's Subprime-Mortgage Fiasco I sat this week listening to the new President of the BCS responding to several unemployedOutsourcing...
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? Official Paperwork
FSF Files Amicus Brief in Bilski Another "friend of the court" filing in the US Supreme Court in the reconsideration of the case law that makes...
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Links for 2009-10-05
The Cybersecurity Myth Cringely on why the US claim to be in the process of hiring 1,000 "cybersecurity experts" is unlikely to impress any real...
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Truth In Labelling
When I wrote about Organic Software recently, I was largely eulogising the community dimension of open source software. But there's another way in which theThe...
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links for 2009-10-01
Cottage sale omits nuclear view Calling certain software "open source" is like the people selling this fisherman's cottage calling...
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links for 2009-09-30
BHRA: Atlantic Avenue Tunnel This looks like a pleasantly different excursion - I'll have to watch for tours for next time I am...
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? Understanding Motivation
The Three Camps of Open Source "It's human nature to think in simple dichotomies: Free Software - GNU - GPL vs. Open Source - BSD...
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Organic Software
This weekend we went to Winchester Farmers' Market. It was a beautiful day and the season is especially rich so there's a wonderful range of produce on offer...
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? Topical Music
Tina Dico Live in Mainz Tina has uploaded these four excellent videos of her performing in the open air in Mainz. She is sounding...
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links for 2009-09-25
UK government ignoring own rules on open source With Tom Watson gone and his former staff apparently reassigned, this comes asGovernment...
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links for 2009-09-25
UK government ignoring own rules on open source With Tom Watson gone and his former staff apparently reassigned, this comes asGovernment...
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Mind Your Own Business (Model)
I'm not sure why, but the "there is no open source business model" discussion has woken up again, with Matthew Aslett and Stephen Walli in particular chipping in...
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? As Simple As Possible, And No More
The Obama Plan in 4 Minutes A really good edit for the attention-impaired of the joint session Obama delivered.USA politics health...
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links for 2009-09-19
Open Source Business Models Redux There is no "open source business model" - people only think so because the novel business models...
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links for 2009-09-18
The Search "The world's first ant colony to achieve sentience calls off the search for us." (tagsxkcd comic Astronomy...
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links for 2009-09-15
Five consumer laws you really ought to know Helpful summary of consumer protections in the UK. Plenty more to know, but this bare...
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