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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 Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
An old-fashioned ASCII Art image to wish you all a merry Christmas and a happy New Year! Maligayang Pasko at Manigong Bagong Taon Boas Festas e Feliz Ano Novo ...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Make your own programmable digital thermometer in an hour
I make my own yogourt because I cannot stand commercial yogourt. You can make your own yogourt in less than 30 mintues: heat milk to 112F (34C), mix in a small...
From Wild WebMink
? Hope You Weren
A very happy Christmas to you! Oh, and: @MitchBennMitch Benn Here's my rule: if only Christians can say "Christmas" then only Vikings can say "Thursday"… about...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Printable Paper Batteries
Printable paper batteries. Advances in an idea that has been proposed for some time. Its practicality of economical manufacture has been suspect, but is improving...
From Schneier on Security
PlugBot
Interesting: PlugBot is a hardware bot. It's a covert penetration testing device designed for use during physical penetration tests. PlugBot is a tiny computer...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Miracle of the Marketplace
In Cape Diem, a comparison of 1964 and 2010 in the purchase of typical home appliances and the discovery that the marketplace now allows much more value for equivalent...
From Wild WebMink
links for 2010-12-24
What is Traitorware? Useful, clear explanation of the threat we all face from the trust we place in device (and software) suppliers who don't trust us. (tags: Traitorware...
From Schneier on Security
Cyberwar Movie Plot from an Actual Thriller Writer
It could make a good movie.
From The Eponymous Pickle
The Math and Psych of Waiting in Line
Short post in Flowingdata about both the statistics and psychology of waiting in a line. Companies that deal in local customer service figured this out a longQueueing...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Facebook Tips
In ComputerWorld : Fixing Facebook, Tips and Tricks for Handling Common Complaints. " ... If you like Facebook but don't like the way it handles privacy and annoying...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Kroger Coupon App
In Supermarket News: Kroger has launched an IPhone and Android coupon App. " ... lets customers download coupons to their loyalty cards from their Androids or...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Enterprise Information Management
Interesting talk, have not been introduced to the complexities of what is called EIMScott Vogan, Capgemini, from Business Intelligence NetworkScott Vogan, who leads...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Bibliovorous
I see that colleague Mark Lacy has a new Blog. Bibliovorous - Book-Eating and Related Vices - over 2000 books read since 1971
From Wild WebMink
links for 2010-12-23
Privacy Icons: Alpha Release I like this initiative to create symbols to represent the most relevant aspects of provacy policies, so that people don't need to read...
From Schneier on Security
Interview with the European Union Privacy Chief
Interesting interview with Viviane Reding, the vice president of the EU Justice Commission and head of privacy regulation: The basic values in Europe are that...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
High School Computing Is Boring
Periodically I check the list of searches that lead people to this blog. And there are a lot of different items. I’m always supposed at how many people are searching...
From Wild WebMink
The Typhoid Mary Of Three-Strikes
Over the last year, we saw them spring up all over the world, notably in Australia and in France but also in many other countries. It seemed odd that so many legislatures...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM