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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 The Eponymous Pickle
Ivan Sutherland and My History with E&S
For a number of years we used Evans & Sutherland interactive graphics displays to develop packaging for new products and to determine their compatibility with manufacturing...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Goodbye Posterous
I see today that the simple blogging engine Posterous is soon to be deleted. I set up Posterous blogs for several people. It was a particularly easy to use method...
From The Eponymous Pickle
On Native Advertising
In Techdirt, a good article about native advertising. Though the definitions vary in detail, it is advertising that is embedded deeply in the content itself. ...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
The Atlantic on research ecology
An interesting article in The Atlantic by computer scientist Ben Schneiderman on “an ecological model of research and development.” Donald Stokes (Pasteur’s Quadrant...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Sex, Lies, And Quantum Computers
Okay, no sex, but a discussion about quantum computers. Steven Soderbergh directed the famous movie: Sex, Lies, and Videotape. This 1989 movie won the Palme d’Or...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Advances in 3D Visualization
A recent conversation about how 3D visualization could improve the effect of shelf virtualization. An overview of current technology in Computer.org.
From Wild WebMink
Microsoft Firewall
On its first anniversary, I remain convinced that the motivation for Microsoft’s wholly-owned open source & open standards subsidiary is primarily to isolate Microsoft...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Lego Giant Squid Model
This is a fantastic Lego model of a space kraken attacking a Star Wars Super Star Destroyer. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Advanced Analytics from TDWI
At the TDWI conference, Fern Halper talks about what they call 'advanced analytics', which appears to include most statistical and numerical models beyond simple...
From Wild WebMink
Time For A Security Team For OpenJDK
In my InfoWorld column today I consider the recent news that Java 8 is going to be substantially delayed because Oracle’s development staff have had to focus on...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
MIT Technology Review’s 10 Breakthrough Technologies of 2013
Each year MIT’s magazine, MIT Technology Review, publishes a list 10 of breakthrough technologies that are most likely to change the world by fixing intractable...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Drones and Now Nano satellites: Phonesats
Lots of things are getting small and more mobile. As presented in Computerworld. What are the implications of smaller and widely ranging sensors? " ......
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
P equal to NP and all that
One of the better known problems in Computer Science is the P versus NP problem. It is often related to the following question: do all problems for which we can...
From Schneier on Security
Tor Needs Bridges
The Internet anonymity service Tor needs people who are willing to run bridges. It's a goodness for the world; do it if you can.
From Computational Complexity
Ideas in Search of a Blog Post
I keep a list of ideas for blog posts, but some will never turn into posts. So here are a few random thoughts from that list. Some people like to write prose,last...
From The Eponymous Pickle
AT&T Launches Domestic Internet of Things
In GigaOM: Have been looking for ways that the internet can be more generally and systematically brought into the physical home. For home control and communications...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Wireless Charging
Have been waiting for this for a long time. A look at the status of the state of wireless charging in Computing Now. First to be seen for mobile devices. ...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Managing Projects Outside Core Mission
Vic Uzumeri wrote about an interesting idea:I've been working on a project management concept for organizations that need periodic "side projects", but have difficulty...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog