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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 Schneier on Security
Security Theater on the Boston T
Since a fatal crash a few years ago, Boston T (their subway) operators have been forbidden from using -- or even having -- cell phones while on the job. Passengers...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Manifesto for Half-Arsed Academic Research
Research results are more important than the number of publications or citations. This is fine. Yet, we don’t have time to read your papers. So, just keep publishing...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Posts 30 August 2010
One of the things I tell people when they ask me about why I came to work for Microsoft is that the company has grown up in many ways over the years. One of those...
From Wild WebMink
GNU/Linux
Some ancient source code given away freely by Sun in 1984 turned out to have a non-Free-software licence all these years, upsetting the licensing purity of glibc...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Brandery Welcomes Inaugural Class
Dave Knox welcomes the inaugural class to a concept he calls the Brandery on Monday. " ... If you
From The Eponymous Pickle
Wrist Watch Comeback
With more people using data and information rich smartphones, wristwatches are not selling well beyond their jewelry appeal. But a new Blue Tooth 4.0 standard...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
So What Are You Doing the Week of December 5?
The process of starting a new school year is empowering, exhilarating, and exhausting all at the same time. Even though it's been five years since I was in theour...
From The Eponymous Pickle
BI Platform is Dead: an Interactive e-book
The BI Platform is Dead: A fresh look at what business analytics means for today's organizationsView this interactive eBook now (Registration with Information management...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Retailer Helpers
In Bloomberg BusinessWeek: a Good overview article on a number of startups that are using smartphones to bring e-commerce advantages to real-world stores. Mentions...
From My Biased Coin
Doing the Right Thing? (Quick Links Edition)
From Shots in the Dark, a pointer to a new "feature" -- apparently, there's not a tweet system recording and listing books checked out from Harvard libraries. Marc...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Whorfian Hypothesis
An extensive NYT Magazine article on the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis: That the language you speak effects how you think. Was often characterized by the observation...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Field Agent Re-look
I mentioned the Field Agent IPhone App some time ago. It allows a retailer or manufacturer to pay people to perform simple tasks at a store and get paid for doing...
From The Eponymous Pickle
The RBR Group and other Sites Then and Now
I have been loosely affiliated with the RBR group since my retirement from Procter & Gamble over two years ago. The just updated their web site with some new features...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
Getting Ready for a Conference
Grace Hopper is fast approaching so I find myself, once again, madly going through my usual routine list of tasks to do before heading to a conference. Here'sView...
From The Eponymous Pickle
IBM Makes a Nano Map
IBM makes a clever nano world map 1000 times smaller than grain of sand . Small things can be useful.
From Wild WebMink
History In Action
Google Code Blog: An update on JavaOne Google pulls all their people out of JavaOne. That’s going to be a big hole in the agenda since they employ all the good...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Changing Your Privacy Mind
EchoEcho: A startup that lets you ask of anyone: Where are you? - The receiver can provide or deny the information. The approach is different because you can change...
From The Eponymous Pickle
RFID Location of Sponges, Instruments
In RFID Journal: The FDA has approved the use of passive RFID tags for the location of instruments and sponges. I recall this being brought up in sessions ten years...
From The Eponymous Pickle