A good feature of the NY 911 cell phone plan is that citizens send images when they choose and a good feature of the permanent cameras is that they operate as a deterrent.
But these can be combined, as they are in the design of a research project called Video 911. It sends data before something has happened, but only when someone on the ground feels a threat to safety. When you launch the app on the phone it begins transmitting video and sound to a call center. The user holds a button on the phone to signal that they still have control. When they release the button, they have a short window to type in a code to neutralize the recording. Otherwise it is inferred that they have lost control (or choose to signal some emergency) and the video and GPS data are passed on to an operator who decides whether to dispatch police.
It's more little brother than big brother. More details are in the paper and presentation.
the camera can be 'confiscated' and your picture is gone too. With a camera phone, the picture can be emailed to the world before the 'bad guy' can take your phone away....
That observation was the impetus behind a research project called Video 911. It's different from the new move in New York (which is a great advance) in that it is intended to operate even as a deterrent. When you launch the app on the phone it begins transmitting video and sound to a call center. The user holds a button on the phone to signal that they still have control. When they release the button, they have a short window to type in a code to neutralize the recording. Otherwise it is inferred that they have lost control and the video and GPS data are passed on to an operator who decides whether to dispatch police.
The deterrence would derive from the assailant knowing that their image, voice and actions have already been transmitted to an evidence store. More details are in the paper and presentation.
You make an important point, though it seems that the example you give assumes that each voter must rank all of the candidates. IRV supports the option that you don't vote at all for the candidates you don't want. Also there are two kinds of monoticity:
"Monotonicity" may sound intimidating, but it is not a big deal. The term actually has several definitions.
Pairwise voting methods are monotonic with respect to swapped pairs. This means that, on a ballot marked "Anderson,Reagan,Carter", if you swap Reagan and Carter so the ballot reads "Anderson,Carter,Reagan", the voting method ensures that Carter will not lose if he were already the winner, and Reagan will not win if he were a loser. IRV does not satisfy this, because this may cause Reagan to be eliminated, and the next choices of Reagan's voters could cause someone other than Carter to win.
IRV is monotonic with respect to added rankings. If you add a ranking to the end of the list on your ballot, or you add a ballot with a single ranking, it will always help that candidate win, and never hurt any higher-ranked candidates. Pairwise methods do not satisfy this, as demonstrated in a previous answer.
The fact that each of these voting methods satisfies one type of monotonicity and not the other is just another reflection of the tradeoff between compromising and gambling on a higher payoff that is inherent to all voting methods.
IRV does have problems. The truth is that all voting systems are open to some manipulation. All democracy is open to manipulation.
I did some more research and I take back the "no brainer" comment with regards to IRV. It's not a no-brainer; it's controversial and highly debatable. I think when I wrote "no brainer" I had in mind that our current plurality system is broken and there is obviously something better that will help our democracy. Which system to choose, I'm not so sure anymore. We don't want to get it wrong.
You do get to choose between more than two people. The current problem is that if you choose anyone other than the top two candidates, you effectively remove a vote from the candidate you prefer of the top two.
The solution is a mechanism in which you can express your preference for the candidates you believe in and still express your preference for the guy who has a chance but isn't your favorite over the one other guy who has a chance who you really can't stand.
This mechanism is called Preferential Voting, Ranked Voting, or Instant-Runoff Voting (IRV). Where we to have had it in the 2000 presidential election, Nader supporters wouldn't have put Bush in office. If your politics are on the other pole, consider that if this were in place in 1992, Perot supporters wouldn't have put Clinton in office.
I've perused the abstract and skimmed the body of the paper. They're fine. But the title is misleading: Automatic Meaning Discovery Using Google.
Their software has discovered meaning no more than paper has when the lexicographer is done writing her dictionary. Meaning is not the grouping of symbols.
For systems that step towards encoding meaning as human brains do, consider the Neural Theory of Language.
Exactly. When Firefox hit 1.0, Gary Share of Microsoft announced that Microsoft is "happy to have even more developers adding value onto the Windows platform".
Granted, more value is added to the Windows platform. But that value is portable. You can take it with you to another platform easily.
When all the applications you run are open-source and cross-platform, it doesn't matter what your OS is.
First off, I think this thing is going to take off. It looks like they know how to get the lay user (slickness and press coverage) and the digerati (eg. FOAF import).
I hope they push open standards (like FOAF), but I'm sure their business plan imposes some limits.
What new features should they have? Tell them at social@dodgeball.com. I wrote in to ask that they add movie theatres as a venue type. Wouldn't it be great to finish seeing a movie and meet friends of friends outside to chat about it?
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My Tivo Series 1 downloads guide data by a model PPP connection over my Vonage VOIP phone line.
I don't know what the negotiated connection speed is, but it works.
Exactly. This isn't a version number "skip"; it's a version number "strip".
The second digit becomes the first and the third the second. This is perfectly in line with accepted norms when you consider the improvements of 1.4.2 over 1.4.1. For minor increments, Sun had to resort to seriously odd numbers like 1.4.2_04.
Makes sense to me. The "2" in J2SE is unfortunate, but at this point the numericity of that character is dead. J2SE, J2EE and J2ME are just brands, not versions.
No, a better analogy is that you're renting (licensing) an apartment (operating system). You've noticed that whenever you open a window it creaks open again (security hole) and reported it to your landlord (Microsoft). He says he'll fix it, but in the meantime everyone in the neighborhood is talking about how your windows won't shut. You nail boards over some (firewalls) but you can't live in the apartment without some windows (services). Someone breaks in and steals your CDs.
While the burglar obviously committed a crime, it was enabled your landlord. He's guilty of negligence, which is prosecutable. It probably depends on the city, but I'm sure that in many places the landlord would be partly financially responsible. Why not Microsoft?
(Mind you, I'm not saying that any of this excuses the burglar.)
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This is an argument that I've heard before. It isn't sound.
If what you want is innovation, spend money on civilian research. When the money goes to the defense department, so much of it is lost in maintaining capabilities that are of arguable utility. Even if all of the money went to research, it would still be for technologies of destruction and control. That is the goal of military research.
If what you want is innovation that improves society, fund research with that goal. You have billions to spend: Do you want a missile intercept system that will be obsolete before it's completed OR efficient cars that reduce our dependence on foreign oil?
Slashdot's getting about as reliable as The Enquirer.
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Probably, since QuickTime 3.0 does. It's a set of Java classes to access the QuickTime API. You still need a native version of QuickTime for your system. From http://www.apple.com/quicktime/de velopers/qtjava/ "QuickTime for Java brings these two powerful technologies together, allowing developers to create Java software that takes advantage of the power of QuickTime on both Macintosh and Windows."
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A good feature of the NY 911 cell phone plan is that citizens send images when they choose and a good feature of the permanent cameras is that they operate as a deterrent.
But these can be combined, as they are in the design of a research project called Video 911. It sends data before something has happened, but only when someone on the ground feels a threat to safety. When you launch the app on the phone it begins transmitting video and sound to a call center. The user holds a button on the phone to signal that they still have control. When they release the button, they have a short window to type in a code to neutralize the recording. Otherwise it is inferred that they have lost control (or choose to signal some emergency) and the video and GPS data are passed on to an operator who decides whether to dispatch police.
It's more little brother than big brother. More details are in the paper and presentation.
That observation was the impetus behind a research project called Video 911. It's different from the new move in New York (which is a great advance) in that it is intended to operate even as a deterrent. When you launch the app on the phone it begins transmitting video and sound to a call center. The user holds a button on the phone to signal that they still have control. When they release the button, they have a short window to type in a code to neutralize the recording. Otherwise it is inferred that they have lost control and the video and GPS data are passed on to an operator who decides whether to dispatch police.
The deterrence would derive from the assailant knowing that their image, voice and actions have already been transmitted to an evidence store. More details are in the paper and presentation.
You make an important point, though it seems that the example you give assumes that each voter must rank all of the candidates. IRV supports the option that you don't vote at all for the candidates you don't want. Also there are two kinds of monoticity:
IRV does have problems. The truth is that all voting systems are open to some manipulation. All democracy is open to manipulation. I did some more research and I take back the "no brainer" comment with regards to IRV. It's not a no-brainer; it's controversial and highly debatable. I think when I wrote "no brainer" I had in mind that our current plurality system is broken and there is obviously something better that will help our democracy. Which system to choose, I'm not so sure anymore. We don't want to get it wrong.You do get to choose between more than two people. The current problem is that if you choose anyone other than the top two candidates, you effectively remove a vote from the candidate you prefer of the top two.
The solution is a mechanism in which you can express your preference for the candidates you believe in and still express your preference for the guy who has a chance but isn't your favorite over the one other guy who has a chance who you really can't stand.
This mechanism is called Preferential Voting, Ranked Voting, or Instant-Runoff Voting (IRV). Where we to have had it in the 2000 presidential election, Nader supporters wouldn't have put Bush in office. If your politics are on the other pole, consider that if this were in place in 1992, Perot supporters wouldn't have put Clinton in office.
It's a no-brainer. Get involved.
I've perused the abstract and skimmed the body of the paper. They're fine. But the title is misleading: Automatic Meaning Discovery Using Google.
Their software has discovered meaning no more than paper has when the lexicographer is done writing her dictionary. Meaning is not the grouping of symbols.
For systems that step towards encoding meaning as human brains do, consider the Neural Theory of Language.
Exactly. When Firefox hit 1.0, Gary Share of Microsoft announced that Microsoft is "happy to have even more developers adding value onto the Windows platform".
Granted, more value is added to the Windows platform. But that value is portable. You can take it with you to another platform easily.
When all the applications you run are open-source and cross-platform, it doesn't matter what your OS is.
First off, I think this thing is going to take off. It looks like they know how to get the lay user (slickness and press coverage) and the digerati (eg. FOAF import). I hope they push open standards (like FOAF), but I'm sure their business plan imposes some limits. What new features should they have? Tell them at social@dodgeball.com. I wrote in to ask that they add movie theatres as a venue type. Wouldn't it be great to finish seeing a movie and meet friends of friends outside to chat about it?
My Tivo Series 1 downloads guide data by a model PPP connection over my Vonage VOIP phone line.
I don't know what the negotiated connection speed is, but it works.
Exactly. This isn't a version number "skip"; it's a version number "strip".
The second digit becomes the first and the third the second. This is perfectly in line with accepted norms when you consider the improvements of 1.4.2 over 1.4.1. For minor increments, Sun had to resort to seriously odd numbers like 1.4.2_04.
Makes sense to me. The "2" in J2SE is unfortunate, but at this point the numericity of that character is dead. J2SE, J2EE and J2ME are just brands, not versions.
No, a better analogy is that you're renting (licensing) an apartment (operating system). You've noticed that whenever you open a window it creaks open again (security hole) and reported it to your landlord (Microsoft). He says he'll fix it, but in the meantime everyone in the neighborhood is talking about how your windows won't shut. You nail boards over some (firewalls) but you can't live in the apartment without some windows (services). Someone breaks in and steals your CDs.
While the burglar obviously committed a crime, it was enabled your landlord. He's guilty of negligence, which is prosecutable. It probably depends on the city, but I'm sure that in many places the landlord would be partly financially responsible. Why not Microsoft?
(Mind you, I'm not saying that any of this excuses the burglar.)
How about $60?
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Techie details from EE Times
Slashdot definitely has a liking for "Microsoft gets screwed" news but I think that in this case it has more to do libre software.
The QCast Tuner costs $50 and the XboxMediaPlayer project is GPLed.
This is an argument that I've heard before. It isn't sound.
If what you want is innovation, spend money on civilian research. When the money goes to the defense department, so much of it is lost in maintaining capabilities that are of arguable utility. Even if all of the money went to research, it would still be for technologies of destruction and control. That is the goal of military research.
If what you want is innovation that improves society, fund research with that goal. You have billions to spend: Do you want a missile intercept system that will be obsolete before it's completed OR efficient cars that reduce our dependence on foreign oil?
Your tax dollars are better spent at NSF or NIH.
Anonymous poster spreading lies about Yahoo?
Hotmail's new astroturf campaign.
Slashdot's getting about as reliable as The Enquirer.
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Probably, since QuickTime 3.0 does. It's a set of Java classes to access the QuickTime API. You still need a native version of QuickTime for your system. From http://www.apple.com/quicktime/de velopers/qtjava/
"QuickTime for Java brings these two powerful technologies together, allowing developers to create Java software that takes advantage of the power of QuickTime on both Macintosh and Windows."