From Schneier on Security
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been billed as the next frontier of humanity: the newly available expanse whose exploration
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Yesterday I posted a list of books that I want reviews of as SIGACT NEWS Book Review Column Editor. This resulted in an unintentional study of Sociology and Blogs...GASARCH From Computational Complexity | October 20, 2009 at 03:46 PM
Story here. Basically, a woman posts a horrible story of how she was mistreated by the TSA, and the TSA responds by releasing the video showing that she was lying...schneier From Schneier on Security | October 20, 2009 at 03:42 PM
Letter to the EC opposing Oracle's acquisition of MySQL
Fascinating to see Stallman admit that the GPL does not guarantee software...webmink From Wild WebMink | October 20, 2009 at 12:07 PM
All it takes is a computer that can track every card:
The anti-card-counter system uses cameras to watch players and keep track of the actual "count" of the cards...schneier From Schneier on Security | October 20, 2009 at 11:16 AM
One interesting aspect of our WSDM paper is that we have multiple references from the 1930's and 40's. It turns out our problem is related to some of the problems...Michael Mitzenmacher From My Biased Coin | October 20, 2009 at 09:24 AM
Nice article summing up six years of Microsoft Patch Tuesdays:
The total number of flaws disclosed and patched by the software maker so far this year stands at...schneier From Schneier on Security | October 19, 2009 at 08:38 PM
The Fourth Paradigm: Data-Intensive Scientific DiscoveryPresenting the first broad look at the rapidly emerging field of data-intensive science ... 'Franz Dill From The Eponymous Pickle | October 19, 2009 at 06:16 PM
I have been the SIGACT NEWS Book Review Column Editor
for a while now. Every issue I have a list of books
that I WANT reviewed. This works pretty well, but I recently...GASARCH From Computational Complexity | October 19, 2009 at 05:34 PM
In an academic unit, all professors hold a little bit of power. Yet, unfortunately, professors have nuanced positions. Just like in a democracy, you cannot get...Daniel Lemire From Daniel Lemire's Blog | October 19, 2009 at 04:09 PM
I'm happy to announce our paper "Adaptive Weighing Designs for Keyword Value Computation" -- by me, John Byers, and Georgios Zervas -- was accepted to WSDM 2010...Michael Mitzenmacher From My Biased Coin | October 19, 2009 at 04:08 PM
Recent years have witnessed dramatic changes in our price sensitivities in every genre of digital (or digitizable) content, and I’m curious (sometimes morbidly...Daniel Tunkelang From The Noisy Channel | October 19, 2009 at 04:07 PM
Damian Kernahan (featured earlier) just published his second article in Fast Thinking, an Australian innovation quarterly — this time on user-centred design.
“Web...Experientia From Putting People First | October 19, 2009 at 03:21 PM
I am deeply grateful for all that was accomplished by second wave feminism. I love living in a world in which my job opportunities are not constrained because of...zephoria From Apophenia | October 19, 2009 at 02:35 PM
"Fugitive caught after updating his status on Facebook." It's easy to say "so dumb," and it would be true, but what's interesting is how people just don't think...schneier From Schneier on Security | October 19, 2009 at 12:55 PM
October 21
Hearing:
The Elections Subcommittee of the Committee on House Administration will hold a hearing on modernization of election registration.
10 a.m.,... From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM | October 19, 2009 at 12:40 PM
Comments here are moderated. I usually get to them very quickly, but depending on my schedule may take up to a day or two. Comments also need to be on relevant....Franz Dill From The Eponymous Pickle | October 19, 2009 at 12:29 PM
E-Commerce Times article. Suggests based on Gartner and other reports that investment has flatlined in SCM. Somewhat difficult to believe, given increasing cost...Franz Dill From The Eponymous Pickle | October 19, 2009 at 12:18 PM
Brand damaging activities in social networks. An update in Computerworld with a number of useful examples.Franz Dill From The Eponymous Pickle | October 19, 2009 at 10:04 AM
Author, speaker and technologist Juliette Powell sees the true significance of social media technology in the new kinds of collaborations we are able to forge that...Experientia From Putting People First | October 19, 2009 at 08:25 AM
Can we replace an old system with a much faster and reliable one? Good overview, with a number of advantages over the old fingerprinting method. Some start upsFlashscan...Franz Dill From The Eponymous Pickle | October 19, 2009 at 03:23 AM