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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
Neuromarketing: Fantasy or the Future
In Adage: Is Neuromarketing a Fantasy or the Future? It Could Give Marketers an Edge, but Questions Remain About Effectiveness and EthicsNeuromarketing, and the...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Facebook Use Exceeds Google
An interesting result from Comscore: U.S. Web surfers are spending more time socializing on Facebook than searching with Google, according to new data from researchers...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Cephalopod Consciousness
"Three Arguments for the Consciousness of Cephalopods."
From The Eponymous Pickle
SAP EcoHub
SAP has put out what they call the SAP EcoHub Newsletter. You can dive deep and find lots of interesting things there, but I wish they were clearer about what EcoHub...
From Schneier on Security
The Onion on National Security
"Smart, Qualified People Behind the Scenes Keeping America Safe: 'We Don't Exist'"
From The Eponymous Pickle
Publishing Decisions
In ReadwriteWeb some interesting questions are posed about how large, complex reference books will, or will not be physically published in the future. The Oxford...
From Computational Complexity
A Mathematical Urban Legend
I have heard the following story many times in many versions: A PhD student in Math at PRESTIGIOUS SCHOOL was defending his thesis which was in REALLY ABSTRACT...
From Wild WebMink
links for 2010-09-10
A Peek Behind the Curtain of the Texas Antitrust Complaints against Google Fascinating and detailed analysis of the anti-trust complaints against Google. The conspiracy...
From Schneier on Security
Problems with Twitter's OAuth Authentication System
Interesting case study.
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Most Popular Posts From August
It turns out the be complicated to figure out what the most popular blog posts are for a particular month. There are two sets of data I look through. One set, from...
From The Eponymous Pickle
ANOVA Testing in Excel
Did not know you could do Analysis of Variance, ANOVA, stat testing in Excel, but here is an outline of how to do it. Good explanation of the method and it's uses...
From Schneier on Security
Orange Balls as an Anti-Robbery Device
In Japan: These balls full of orange paint are anti-theft devices. When someone robs a store, the clerk can throw the ball at the perp (or at the perp's feet)...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Preparing for the New School Year
I usually devote a portion of my summer vacation preparing for the next school year. I use my summer break to attend at least one professional development workshop...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Neuromarketing Movies
In Gizmodo, an article about how a number are using neuromarketing methods to predict how people react to movies. In particular the use of fMRI methods. It is very...
From The Eponymous Pickle
John Cleese on Creativity
Some of you may have followed John Cleese's business videos. Here is new video excerpt on creativity. His presentations are always fun. From Presentation Zen: ...
From Putting People First
Vodafone
The Future Agenda, sponsored by Vodafone, is a not-for-profit, cross-discipline programme which aims “to unite the best minds from around the globe to address the...
From Wild WebMink
? Will Run And Run
FSF responds to Oracle v. Google and the threat of software patents “Google could have avoided all this by building Android on top of IcedTea, a GPL-covered Java...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Videos from KYield
Mark Montgomery of Kyield has added some video clips, linked to below, to explain his impressive plans to support the knwoledge worker. "Videos
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson