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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 Computational Complexity
Three Questions that I think Watson would have trouble with
Here are two questions that were on Jeopardy (the shows slogan: Watch "Jeopardy!", Alex Trebek's fun TV quiz game show!) that I do not think Watson would have gotten...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Science of Business
Evocative piece by always interesting Steve Miller in Information Management:" ... A recent MIT article is making blogger/analyst Steve Miller question whether...
From Schneier on Security
Recently Declassified NSA History Document
"American Cryptography During the Cold War 1945-1989; Book IV: Cryptologic Rebirth 1981-1989." Document was first declassified in 2009. Here are some newly declassified...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 7 March 2011
Are you going to be at SIGCSE in Dallas this week? I get in on Tuesday and with be there until Saturday. I hope that if you are there you will stop by the Microsoft...
From The Noisy Channel
A Practical Rant about Software Patents
Given the controversial content of this post, I’d like to remind readers upfront that this post, like all of the contents of this blog, represents my personal opinions...
From Wild WebMink
? Crowdsourced is not Open Source
I’ve heard quite a few conversations that treat open source interchangeably with crowdsourcing. Despite sounding the same they are very different, most importantly...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Tobii Prototype Eye Controlled Laptop
The well known eye-tracking company Tobii is a likely origin to this kind of innovation. I would like to understand how stable the control of a laptop can beTobii...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Disarming Internet Trolls
A cognitive therapy method to disarming Internet Trolls. A method that differs from the old approach of not feeding them.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Ted Nelson and Content Syndication
We followed the activities and writing of Ted Nelson since the early days of hyperlinks. Met him at a meeting at the Insititute for the Future. More on his latest...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Too Much Information, A Brain activity study
Some interesting questions to ask, from an article in Newsweek:I Can
From The Eponymous Pickle
Literally True
A lovely look at the meaning and uses of the term 'literally' in the Language Log. As usual, the LL is not pedantic as you might think, looking at language as...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Dream. Build. Play. is back for 2011
Honestly if you are a student you REALLY want to enter the Imagine Cup game development competition. Really you do. But if you missed some of the deadlines (tsk...
From Wild WebMink
? The Fire Falls
My favourite photographer is the late Galen Rowell, whose books (especially The Inner Game of Outdoor Photography, sadly out of print for UK readers) were my inspiration...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Shortened Links Slowing the Web
Via ACM. Are a number of link-shortening capabilities slowing the web? A strange case of unexpected side-effects of a popular capability.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Echo Nest
There are 30 million songs stored at the Echo Nest. So what are they good for? Intriguing article at Fast Company.
From The Eponymous Pickle
New Burden on Retail Infrastructure
A good e-Commerce Times article brings up the issue of how retail infrastructures can be weighted down by any number of new transactions that may be required by...
From Wild WebMink
? Unexpected Goodness
Microsoft Says Please, Please Stop Using Internet Explorer 6 Friends don
From The Eponymous Pickle