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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
Wal-Mart in Chicago
I always get mail when I comment on something that Wal-Mart has done. So what about the recent Wal-Mart store installation in Chicago? What has happened so far...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Random Numbers from a Chip
Intel circuits that can generate random numbers. Could increase the speed of encryption processes, simulation systems.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Behavioral Economics
Dan Ariely answers three questions about behavioral economics. Does a good job of defining and positioning it versus standard economic practice. I am in the midst...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Summer reading: my recommendations
Containment by Christian Cantrell is an excellent sci-fi novel. And you can grab it nearly for free from the author’s page. The premise of the book is that humanity...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Sex Organs
Riddles of squid sex: All cephalopods are hindered by their body shape, which comprises a closed hood-type structure called a mantle, which forms most of what...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Shared Knowledge
In Baseline Mag a good suggestion of direction, sharing not just managing:Knowledge Management and Collaboration Create Knowledge Sharing By Guy Currier An age-old...
From Schneier on Security
TSA Blocks Access to Websites with "Controversial Opinions"
I wonder if my blog counts.
From Putting People First
Danah Boyd: Smartest 'Tech' Academic
The smartest “tech” academic according to Fortune Magazine (“The smartest people in tech”) is Danah Boyd, Social Media Researcher, Microsoft Research. “She is the...
From Schneier on Security
Detecting Cheating at Colleges
The measures used to prevent cheating during tests remind me of casino security measures: No gum is allowed during an exam: chewing could disguise a student
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Microsoft Technology Associate (MTA) Certifications
This week Microsoft announced a new set of entry level certifications that may be of interest to many schools and colleges/universities. Personally I think that...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Maga Design Group
I was recently pointed to Maga Design Group. Clever and interesting design maps. See their site for more information. They also have a blog: " ... Our visual...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Technological and Societal Trends
I’m trying to compile a list of major technological and societal trends that influence computing research.
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
What Now in Instruction-Level Parallelism Research?
A workshop entitled “What Now in Instruction-Level Parallelism Research?” will be held on September 20-21, 2010 in Seattle, WA.
From Schneier on Security
The Toronto 18
Long and interesting article from The Toronto Star on the Toronto 18, a terrorist cell arrested in 2006. Lots of stuff in this article I had not read before....
From The Eponymous Pickle
Cyberwar Overhyped
Well known security analyst and writer Bruce Schneier writes that the idea of cyberwar has been greatly overhyped.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Eyeglass Mounted Augmented Reality
The idea of having visuals presented on eyeglasses is not new. I have mentioned here a number of examples of our maintenance applications that used this idea. Here...
From Computational Complexity
Conflicts of Interest
a conflict-of-interest? Some thoughts. Thought One PROF: I can't vote on Professor X's Full Prof case since I have a conflict. CHAIRMAN: (There areThought...
From Schneier on Security
Surveillance and Morality
"Does Surveillance Make Us Morally Better?": Conclusion The upshot of these reflections is that the relation between surveillance and moral edification is complicated...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Shared Services
A Baseline article on Shared Services Organizations at Procter & Gamble. Have seen little written about these and how they are run. I was a member of one at P&G...
From Putting People First