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An Undervalued Math Problem
As most of you know there are 7 problems worth $1,000,000 (see here). It may be just 6 since Poincare's conjecture has probably been solved. Why are these problems worth that much money? There are other open problems that are…
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Lining Up
A just discovered blog that covers aspects of queueing theory, both the idealized mathematical aspects and the psychological issues to discover how people relate to lines. Its a technology that I rarely used in industry after…
Things that Mobile Phones will Obsolete
In Recombu: Ten Things that Mobile Phones Will Make Obsolete. I am sure we can expect others. The laptop? -
Can We Learn From Anti-Social Users?
One of the interesting challenges we face as both developers and consumers of search technology is that social signals are a double-edged sword. On one hand, social signals have proven essential in distinguishing signal from…
Innovation Science Parks
Good piece in BusinessWeek on the building of innovation parks in cities. Contrary to the idea of having virtual companies powered by interconnectivity, which have their own shortcomings. Have experienced both, and there is definitely…
Reading Barcodes
Short Wired article on reading barcodes without a device, in other words with just your eyes. Cute parlor trick, but of course barcodes usually contain the code in numbers right below the bars, and numbers can already be read…
Steve King SNCR Fellow of the Year
I see that compatriot Steve King has been named SNCR Fellow of the Year. He is a great guy, runs an excellent consultancy and blog on innovation and the issues of small business. We had him present to the enterprise a number…
links for 2009-11-21
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Until the end of January instead of the middle. At this point it's all just more blows to a bruised body.
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National Computer Science Education Week
Congress has resolved that the week of December 7 will be designated as “National Computer Science Education Week.” Organizations such as the ACM, CRA, and NCWIT, along with industrial partners, are planning to use this week…
Intel Says Brain Will Control Computers
Intel: Chips in brains will control computers by 2020Brain waves will replace keyboard and mouse, dial phones and change TV channels ...'-
Friday Squid Blogging: New Squid Discovered
An expedition to study seamounts in the Indian Ocean has discovered some new species, including some squid.
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Users Rationally Rejecting Security Advice
This paper, by Cormac Herley at Microsoft Research, sounds like me: Abstract: It is often suggested that users are hopelessly lazy and unmotivated on…4-year Masters
Harvard, like many other places, has an option by which students (with "Advanced Standing" from AP classes) can obtain a Master's (in some programs) as…Run-length encoding (part I)
Run-length encoding (RLE) is probably the most important and fundamental string compression technique. Countless multimedia formats and protocols use…
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