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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
Luggage Locator
Wow, is this a bad idea: The Luggage Locator is an innovative product that travellers or anyone can use to locate items. It has been specifically engineered to...
From Computational Complexity
How to tell how good a TV show is
(This is my last blog of the year. Lance will interupt his blog sabbatical to do an END OF THE YEAR blog later.) The TV show MONK recently finished its 8thHow...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Virtual Gifts do Better than Banner Ads
So called 'virtual gifts', which are basically ads that are passed along in social networks, appear to be more effective than banner ads. Some good examples and...
From Schneier on Security
Howard Schmidt to be Named U.S. Cybersecurity Czar
I head this rumor two days ago, and The New York Times is reporting today. Reporters are calling me for reactions and opinions, but I just don't know. Schmidt...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Women and Computer Science
The Internet was a buzz last week with reports of a study done on the effects of environment on women’s interest in computer science. (Links to articles below)Rock...
From The Eponymous Pickle
WolframAlpha Year-end Update
An update on what WolframAlpha has done and plans to do in the coming year. I like their direction, but they still have far to go. They have very impressive demonstrations...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Auto Wifi
Wired view of the current state of using cars as mobile hotspots and their planned usage. New specific work by Ford is detailed. I am less interested in how I could...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Keeping Advanced Students Challenged
How do you keep your advanced students challenged? My school is a magnet school for 11th and 12th grade students who excel in math and science. Every junior takes...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Groundswell on Social Tech
I saw this Forrester/Groundswell post on the growth of social tech lately, it describes the participation growth from 2007-2009 based on Forrester's useful classifications...
From Michael Nielsen
Biweekly links for 12/21/2009
Preskill Lecture Notes on Quantum Field Theory I’ve just dipped in here and there, but these are great. Don’t miss the link to the notes on general relativity,...
From Schneier on Security
Defeating Microsoft BitLocker
Defeating BitLocker, even with a TPM. Related.
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
End of Term Bliss
I finally finished my last projects for school this weekend. In fact, I was half an hour late to our CU-WISE potluck dinner organized for execs and officers because...
From Wild WebMink
? Public Information
Holy See declares unique copyright on Papal figure I've no comment on whether this is good or bad, but it's worth keeping in mind...
From The Noisy Channel
Blogs I Read: UXmatters
One of my favorite resources for learning about user experience is the UXmatters blog. This group blog boasts a set of authors that represent a diverse collection...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
My Best Blog Posts (2009)
As year 2009 comes to an end, I selected a few of my best blog posts. Database, compression and column stores: More database compression means more speed? Right...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Decline of RSS Readers
In ReadWriteWeb, a look at the decline of RSS readers. I still use them, but agree I see them used less and less either in or outside of the enterprise. There is...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Digital Building Data Delivery
Brought to my attention: Archaio ' ... Our expertise is delivering software that accurately depicts building data and automated decision support tools to improve...
From The Eponymous Pickle
User Experience Matters
In the Noisy Channel, a look at the UXmatters Blog. ' ... user experience is
From The Eponymous Pickle