From Schneier on Security
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been billed as the next frontier of humanity: the newly available expanse whose exploration
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The FBI wants a new law that will make it easier to wiretap the Internet. Although its claim is that the new law will only maintain the status quo, it's reallyeverything...schneier From Schneier on Security | June 4, 2013 at 05:44 PM
Thad Starner, wearable computing pioneer, who we talked to regarding wearable computing in manufacturing settings, his comments on the emergence of wearable computing...Franz Dill From The Eponymous Pickle | June 4, 2013 at 04:49 PM
The early programming language COBOL is still here and used in many key systems. I was last informed of that twenty years ago during an audit of important systems...Franz Dill From The Eponymous Pickle | June 4, 2013 at 12:20 PM
Bill and I are in Palo Alto this week for the co-located meetings of STOC and Complexity. In a new ACM policy, the STOC 2013 papers are freely downloadable by all...Lance Fortnow From Computational Complexity | June 4, 2013 at 12:18 PM
Someday I need to write an essay on the security risks of secret algorithms that become part of our infrastructure. This paper gives one example of that. Could...schneier From Schneier on Security | June 4, 2013 at 11:19 AM
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
For fun this week I am working on a side by side programming language reference for Alice 3.1, C#, Scratch 2.0, TouchDevelop, Small Basic and Visual Basic. Keeping...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | June 4, 2013 at 10:05 AM
“Google and friends should not be trying to make these things acceptable in polite society,” writes Roger Kay in Forbes. “If they persist, they can expect a wave...Experientia From Putting People First | June 4, 2013 at 10:00 AM
The Jörgits and the End of Winter, an indie fantasy novel for kids nine and up, uses interactivity as a supplement to the story, not a stand-in for it, and shows...Experientia From Putting People First | June 4, 2013 at 09:51 AM
The Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP) is an independent policy and research center, affiliated with the World Bank, dedicated to advancing financial...Experientia From Putting People First | June 4, 2013 at 09:41 AM
The deep reading of books and the information-driven reading we do on the web are very different, both in the experience they produce and in the capacities they...Experientia From Putting People First | June 4, 2013 at 09:22 AM
Rewire: Digital Cosmopolitans in the Age of Connection by Ethan Zuckerman W. W. Norton & Company, June 2013 288 pages [Amazon link] Abstract We live in an age of...Experientia From Putting People First | June 4, 2013 at 09:14 AM
There are some questions that you should never answer. This is true when you are facing justice, your angry wife, or students. Carl Zimmer, a famous science writer...Daniel Lemire From Daniel Lemire's Blog | June 4, 2013 at 03:20 AM
Thoughts on the concept of self-service business intelligence. True there are many issues to think about, like the use of standards, security and efficiency. Despite...Franz Dill From The Eponymous Pickle | June 3, 2013 at 10:07 PM
Brought to my attention, and demonstrated to me today, a product called CID Topic Analyst A means to semantically analyze text and classify its structure for applications...Franz Dill From The Eponymous Pickle | June 3, 2013 at 07:43 PM
In Adage: Yes, I feel this way, there is something more personal about mobile. But at the end of the day, someone has to pay.Franz Dill From The Eponymous Pickle | June 3, 2013 at 07:15 PM
A year and a half ago, after I had returned from Costa Rica, I extolled the virtues of a centralized (i.e. national) education system. In Costa Rica, an intelligent... From Computer Science Teachers Association | June 3, 2013 at 05:34 PM
We tested Shoppertrak extensively in laboratory and live retail environments. A very simple, useful systems for in store behavior analysis. This combination is...Franz Dill From The Eponymous Pickle | June 3, 2013 at 05:05 PM
Newly brought to my attention. Unread as yet, but on the stack. Innovation as Usual: How to Help Your People Bring Great Ideas to Life Paddy Miller, Thomas Wedell...Franz Dill From The Eponymous Pickle | June 3, 2013 at 05:04 PM
June 4 Hearing: The Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee of the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee will meet to hear testimony on the security of veterans’...David B. From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM | June 3, 2013 at 04:46 PM
In large technologically-driven organizations with a broad and complex product range, establishing a user-centric approach to product design can be very challenging...Experientia From Putting People First | June 3, 2013 at 12:23 PM