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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
Shopper Engagement Study
I am late to this but see the POPAI Shopper Engagement Study." ... Nearly 95% of decisions are made by the subconscious mind. Yet when it comes to understanding...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Chrome Book: Future or the Past
I asked for a review copy of the Google Chromebook. Still waiting. A sleek new concept of a laptop, which contains no disk drive and little memory. Supportin...
From CERIAS Blog
Bullies, Pirates and Lulz
Yet another breach of information has occurred, this time from the Arizona Department of Public Safety. A large amount of data about law enforcement operationsothers...
From Computational Complexity
Blog Redesign
We redesigned the blog to use the newest Blogger features. This lets me not have to maintain the 2002 html code we had before and lets us have some new features...
From Wild WebMink
links for 2011-06-25
JK Rowling reignites DRM debate (Wired UK) Fascinating use of power here by Rowling that has the potential to really change the eBook and DRM markets if others...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Stupidity is Contageous
In the WSJ: People feel and act smart if the are shown examples of intelligence. If they can identify or compare themselves to the examples they see. But as...
From The Eponymous Pickle
All Passwords Are Weak
Depressing thoughts in this Tech Review article. Only one-time generated passwords are particularly strong. Will we all be condemned to remember all those passwords...
From The Noisy Channel
InSecret: A LinkedIn Hackday Master Tries Something Different
LinkedIn Hackdays are an awesome opportunity for innovation — learn more about them here. But first check out this unusual entry by Hackday master Dhananjay Ragade...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Advertising Value Equivalents
In the WSJ blog: The Numbers Guy, by Carl Bialik: Now Much is this Blog Post Worth? Addressing how in the rush to measure things, quantitative measures are often...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Eating Humboldt Squid
Chris Cosentino, chef at Incanto in San Francisco, wants to serve you Humboldt squid.
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
First Person:
A very impressive group of people came to CMU
From My Biased Coin
Probability Assignments Using Set
I'm gearing up for teaching my graduate course on randomized algorithms and probabilistic analysis next semester. It's been a while since I've taught it, and I'm...
From Schneier on Security
Selling a Good Reputation on eBay
Here's someone who is selling positive feedback on eBay: Hello, for sale is a picture of a tree. This tree is an original and was taken by me. I have gotten...
From The Eponymous Pickle
QR Codes
Doing some experiments with QR codes and their use in publications. Also the recognition of their use by the average consumer and their ability to use them. I...
From Schneier on Security
Assisting a Hostage Taker via Facebook
It's a new world: An armed Valdez, 36, held a woman hostage at a motel in a tense 16-hour, overnight standoff with SWAT teams, all while finding time to keep his...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Robotics Research a Pillar of New $500M Advanced Manufacturing Partnership
In just a few minutes, President Obama will
From The Eponymous Pickle
Ad Targeting via Social
This sounds scary to me. Targeting via what my network looks like.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Rethinking Databases for the Cloud
Some insightful thoughts about why the cloud is increasingly being thought about for enterprise database applications. Mentioned is ParAccel, designed in particular...
From The Eponymous Pickle