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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
GIS Becomes Mainstream
Good interview with the president of ESRI on the mainstreaming of Geographic Information Systems (GIS). I agree, much has changed and there is a bright future:...
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Sneak Preview: Many Famous Coders at Work
We all know: There are two types of books about programming. The first delivering direct knowledge about a specific topic or a specific programming language orC...
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Web vs. Desktop Applications: The Neverending Debate
We can read about it every single day. One person describes the advantages of web applications over their native counterparts. Another one dismisses every single...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
A recipe for interesting Computer Science research papers
In Are your research papers telling original stories?, I claimed that the main benefits of the typical research paper were that: the contribution to the state-of...
From Wild WebMink
links for 2009-08-19
Celtic Sampler Summer 2009: MP3 Downloads Truly delicious selection of Celtic tracks, full of variety and innovation while embracing...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Scientists and their emotions
Science is not a matter of pure logic. Some of the best scientists lived through intense emotions
From The Eponymous Pickle
Shopper Path to Purchase
ARF Chief Research Officer Joel Rubinson posts about shopper path to purchase: ' ... Understanding
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More on Coke Smarter Soda Machine
More details about Coke's smart Freestyle cola machine, now in test. ' ... The smart-machine collects extremely detailed information about drink choices (the dispenser...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Do hash tables work in constant time?
Theory in Computer Science—as in any other field—is based on models. These models make many hidden assumptions. This is one of the fundamental reason why pure theory...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Retailers and Mobile Commerce
From Storefrontbacktalk, an excellent overview of the use of mobile commerce by retailers and the potential privacy and standardization 'minefields'. ' ... the...
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Influential Logos
Roger Dooley looks at the non-conscious influence in corporate logos. He mentions the infamous P&G logo and satanism that started back in the 70s. I experienced...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Policy Highlights from Communications of the ACM - August 2009 (Vol. 52, No. 8)
Below is a list of items with policy relevance from the August issue of Communications of the ACM. As always, much of the material in CACM is premium content,...
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links for 2009-08-17
Hit and Run Hula Ambushes the Apple Store I'm not a fan of flash mobs but this one looks happy and delightful.Apple FlashMob Hula...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Obsolete Tech
An interesting PCWorld piece on forty obsolete technologies and technology related processes. Directionally it is useful to understand both what is new and what...
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Army Suggests that Field Manuals be Wikis
From Slashdot: In some ways this is not surprising. The US military is very good at standardizing input. And yet, a Wiki is a means of doing this in a very non...
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