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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
Smartphone Shopping
I thought these numbers were high, and it is pointed out that those doing the survey have a vested interest in high results ... yet I still think this is whereTwo...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Brands and Startups
Former colleague Dave Knox posts about how brands can work with startups. " ... I see startups as the canary in the marketing coal mine
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Returning Data From A Second Form
The other day I received a query about using second forms in Visual Basic. I found a link to some examples and passed it along but it left me unsettled. The teacher...
From Wild WebMink
links for 2011-05-14
Conway's Game of Life in one line of APL This is a really good introduction to the mind-numbing complexity that is APL. It's not just the terse, obscure syntax;...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Google Outage Implications
In ZDNet: The Google outage makes a case against a cloud only strategy. The outages, though rare, can be devastating to business. There has to be a clear strategy...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Simulating the Brain
In the SCiAm: Is simulating the brain too hard for science? Research from the Santa Fe Institute: " ... Supercomputers may soon approach the brain's power, but...
From My Biased Coin
Back to Blogging
I've given my final, and have grades ready to submit. The semester is over! Over the summer I may do some blogging again, as I may have time for it. I was noticing...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Scaling MongoDB
I have been spending much time thinking about a future where document-oriented databases are the default. Though they have their problems, I think that they are...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Predictive Analytics for Research Organizations
Good overview, here primarily dealing with material sciences, but useful for any organization .... such as that delaing with retail environments.
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Sous Vide
Yum: We learned to cook squid sous vide at 59
From The Eponymous Pickle
Mapping the Cities of the Mind
Thoughts about how network connections create cities of the mind. Via Stan Dyck. Looking at an enterprise project that could feed from this concept as well. Physical...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Profitability by Category
Intriguing writeup about profitability by product category. Oil and gas makes about 6 percent, far down the list, 114th out of 215.
From Computational Complexity
President Regan (not Reagan)
Whose name (in firstname lastname form) appeared most often in the pages of Newsweek in the 1970's? Is it---? Richard Nixon Gerald Ford Jimmy Carter Ken Regan...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Snap! by Lectora
Announced today, a $99 package Snap! by Lectora, a rapid development elearning environment that is an add-in to Powerpoint. I was particularly impressed by the...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Elliott Masie Speaks
At the Trivantis Lectora 2011 Users conference today learning expert and futurist Elliott Masie spoke about the rapidly changing world of learning. First time I...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Ads Moving to Online Video
In Clickz: Consumer package goods dollars are continuing to move to online video from TV. " ... Brand advertisers are continuing to divert ad spend away from broadcast...
From Geeking with Greg
Taking small steps toward personalized search
Some very useful lessons in this work in a recent WSDM 2011 conference, "Personalizing Web Search using Long Term Browsing History" (PDF).First, they focused on...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM