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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 Wild WebMink
links for 2011-09-17
Sony asks gamers to sign new terms or face PSN ban Sony demonstrates it still has no respect for its customers. This is the same company that installed an exploitable...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Jumping the Shark
I had not known the origin of the term 'jumping the shark', a perceived instantaneous loss of significance, which has been increasingly used of late. Discovered...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Four Dimensional Tic Tac Toe
Back in my college days we had a computer program that played three-dimensional tic tac toe. The game was played in a four space by four space four level cube.There...
From Schneier on Security
Identifying Speakers in Encrypted Voice Communication
I've already written how it is possible to detect words and phrases in encrypted VoIP calls. Turns out it's possible to detect speakers as well: Abstract: Most...
From The Eponymous Pickle
New World of Vending
In USA Today: Good overview look at how vending is changing with the increasing use of alternative methods of payment beyond coins and bills. Broad phone-as-wallet...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
The Hardest Thing I've Ever Done
On our vacation to Canada's maritime provinces, my husband and I embarked on a four day journey which has since become known as The Hardest Thing We've Ever Done...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Blogs Bringing in Investors and Clients
There has been some writing about how blogging is dead. I disagree, I often read company or analyst blogs to better understand their methods and directions. It...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
White House Launches
(This post has been updated; please scroll down for the latest.) Moments ago at the White House,
From Wild WebMink
? Government In Action
Facebook and Cisco back IT skills drive for kids RIM has started up BlackBerry Hands-On Workshops, in which students will take apart BlackBerry smartphones to see...
From My Biased Coin
Travels and Teaching
I'll be at the Beyond Worst Case Analysis workshop next week, and Allerton the week after. For each, I'll have to miss a class. I also have some other travels...
From Wild WebMink
links for 2011-09-16
Facebook and Cisco back IT skills drive for kids "RIM has started up BlackBerry Hands-On Workshops, in which students will take apart BlackBerry smartphones to...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Feds Launch Technology Fellows Program; Deadline Sept. 25
The Chief Information Officers Council (CIOC), working closely with the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), has just launched the
From Computational Complexity
Happy Constitution Day
September 17th officially is known in the United States as "Constitution Day and Citizenship Day" but is celebrated today because the 17th this year falls on aConstitution...
From Schneier on Security
Domain-in-the-Middle Attacks
It's an easy attack. Register a domain that's like your target except for a typo. So it would be countrpane.com instead of counterpane.com, or mailcounterpane...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Your Chance to Learn Windows Phone Development for Free
Microsoft is offering a number of FREE Phone Camps around the US. These are fun and interesting workshops
From Michael Nielsen
Berlin, New York, Boston
I’ll be speaking about open science at events in Berlin, New York and Boston over the next week. Here’s my current schedule of public and semi-public events: Berlin...
From The Eponymous Pickle
TagWhat Launched
Tagwhat has been launched. Tagwhat Publishing at Places is here. We're excited to announce Tagwhat location-based publishing! Beginning today, you can easily...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Social Manufacturing
When I saw this term I did not understand what it was about. Check out this post for more about the details, players in the space and what it is meant to do. Kenandy...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM