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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
Hacking Cars Through Wireless Tire-Pressure Sensors
Still minor, but this kind of thing is only going to get worse: The new research shows that other systems in the vehicle are similarly insecure. The tire pressure...
From Apophenia
Social Divisions Between Orkut & Facebook in Brazil
I have been writing about social divisions between Facebook and MySpace for some time now, focused exclusively on American teenager dynamics. Yet, every time I...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Free Microsoft Office Add-ins for Educators
Just in time to start off the new school year, several new supporting tools are now updated for teacher use. You can read some summaries below but first check out...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Advertising Policy
Readers, Publishers, Vendors,I have had an increasing number of requests to have advertising links placed in this blog.In general I do not take advertising that...
From Apophenia
a few thoughts on name changes & reputation
I’ve changed my name twice. First, I took my (now ex) stepfather’s last name when I was a child. At 18, I started the process to take my maternal grandfather’s...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Subtle Patterns in Complex Events
I have now seen a number of live demonstrations of Recorded Future and am increasingly intrigued by the subtle complexity that is revealed when we can do something...
From The Eponymous Pickle
SASCom Centers of Excellence Webinar
Upcoming Wednesday, a very useful topic:"Centers of Excellence 101: How to maximize knowledge from BI and analytical resourcesIt's webinar time again! This hour...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Franz Edelman Award Submissions
While at the Procter & Gamble company I was involved in finalist and winning submissions for the Franz Edelman Award. I am a big proponent. Its purpose " ..More...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Kroger Pushes Private Label Beauty
Big brand manufacturers continue to be nervous about how retailers are increasingly promoting private label (aka store brands). Beauty care products have been less...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Working long hours is stupid
We do too much. We carry too many projects. This overproduction creates problems which we try to fix by working even more. We value most what we create (see
From The Eponymous Pickle
Infographic Overuse
This infographic about new and declining social media was recently much touted. It would attract attention if hung on the wall, but it is no more than a list of...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Marketing Analysis Tools from HBS
These are inexpensive PDFs used in courses that include Excel templates. Have not examined in detail, but might be useful to get started in the basic analyticsHBS...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Does Arithmetic Need to Be Saved?
Arithmetic broken? Provocative little piece via Richard James. In New Scientist: "...Mathematicians are facing a stark choice
From Computational Complexity
But This One Is Different...
This summer I took a two part vacation: Touring Ireland July 26-August 5, with my wife to celebrate twenty years of marriage and a short trip to Santa Fe, Augut...
From Wild WebMink
links for 2010-08-16
Oracle/Google: the strategy behind Sun, Oracle and the OSS implications This whole Oracle-copies-SCO mess has many degrees of complexity – historical, legal, technical...
From Schneier on Security
Breaking into a Garage
In seconds. Garage doors with automatic openers have always seemed like a lot of security theater to me.
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 16 August 2010
I was on vacation last week. I could not seem to stay away from the Internet and from blogging though. So there were blog posts and I was on Twitter a good bit....
From The Eponymous Pickle
FourSquare Style Case Studies
Walter Riker, author of the excellent introductory Ease of Blogging space, points me to an good set of examples of using FourSquare type methods. Thanks Walter....
From Wild WebMink
links for 2010-08-15
Oracle v Google: Why? Excellent discussion by Stephen O'Grady together with pointers to other commentary that's worth considering. No conclusions, of course, since...
From The Noisy Channel