” Post-Gutenberg, the scarce resource is knowledge and insight, not access to data.” — Seth Godin, http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2011/05/the-future-of-the-library.html
Quotes Archive
5/18
Posted May 18, 2011 By Landis V4/25
Posted April 25, 2011 By Landis VThe very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. Instead of altering their views to fit the facts, they alter the facts to fit their views…which can be very uncomfortable if you happen to be one of the facts that needs altering. –Doctor Who (confirm attribution)
4/12
Posted April 12, 2011 By Landis Vhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreyfus_model_of_skill_acquisition Original paper linked in the article.
http://www.oempcworld.com/ Check for SATA drives, USB flash drives
The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell. — Confucius
All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. — Edmund Burke
4/7
Posted April 7, 2011 By Landis VThoughts on changing passwords daily (possibly multiple times daily) on any non-personally owned systems. There are a couple of potential pluses for this thought: if your password is ever compromised, or if it is subpoena’ed for any purpose, it has likely already changed by the time an attempt is made on the account. Cons: incredibly unwieldy to manage for multiple or all accounts; would have to be managed by an automated process on a personally owned system, with a method to sync/provide the updated password to end user in real time; providers might see as suspicious; tracking what characters are allowed in passwords for what providers; managing password resets if required (and syncing back to the changer controller, as it would have to know a changed password in order to be able to update it).
http://www.aviary.com/ – like an online Photoshop
http://designfestival.com/the-cicada-principle-and-why-it-matters-to-web-designers/and the related previous article on CSS seamless tiles.
“But I will accept any rules that you feel necessary to your freedom. I am free, no matter what rules l surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; If I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am responsible for everything I do.” (“The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress”, 1966) Heinlein?
http://dev.pulsed.net/wp/ Interesting projects.
http://www.ibiblio.org/harris/500milemail.html Great story
11/19 – 11/26
Posted November 26, 2010 By Landis V“Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.”
— Isaac Newton
http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/Cb6PdHF16c0/story01.htm http://www.webupd8.org/2010/11/alternative-to-200-lines-kernel-patch.html#comment-98834842
Alternative to the 200 line kernel patch
http://www.debtdeflation.com/blogs/2010/11/15/why-credit-money-fails/
Podcasts of seminars, might be interesting. Steve Keen
http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/Senate_Created.htm
Related to http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/jDQ_bhAIjng/story01.htm and possibly http://www.itworld.com/internet/128312/senator-threatens-block-online-copyright-bill
(Oregon senator stops Internet censorship bill)
http://www.hacer.org/pdf/Hazlitt00.pdf
Economics in One Lesson
http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20023341-245.html
Moxie Marlinspike detained by feds, laptop/phones searched, encryption passwords requested
http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2010/11/tsa_backscatter.html?nc=96
Schneier recap on the backscatter scanners
Feynman’s book ‘Lectures on Computation’
http://vega.org.uk/video/subseries/8
http://www.ifcomp.org/comp10/if.html
Interactive fiction games
http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/mackay/itila/book.html
Information theory and coding theory book.
http://idle.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1883268&cid=34342566
Good comment regarding games, cognitive theory, and rewards.
http://repository.cmu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1010&context=epp
Cooperative commons networks (detecting selfish behavior)
11/12
Posted November 12, 2010 By Landis Vhttp://west.thomson.com/productdetail/127644/40160894/productdetail.aspx
Schechter and Thomas, Principles of Patent Law (book)
http://craphound.com/?p=573
Cory Doctorow, Printcrime
“Remember, a real decision is measured by the fact that you’ve taken new action. If there’s no action, you haven’t truly decided.”
— Anthony Robbins
Cisco view-based administrative access control notes
http://blog.ine.com/2009/01/07/understanding-ios-local-aaa/ http://www.ciscologist.com/?p=443
http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/LiLanEQegsw/story01.htm
Canada mandates ISP deep packet inspection
10/28
Posted October 28, 2010 By Landis Vhttp://www.davidkinard.com/marketing%20files/personal%20mission%20statement%20workbook.pdf
Interesting idea
In an age of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
–George Orwell
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/10/29/0428206/Separating-Cyber-Warfare-Fact-From-Fantasy
Linked article sounds like it might be a good read. Excellent reference for the journalist in one of the posted comments.
http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/CED52Xerlns/story01.htm
Electric car. 375 miles @55mph on a six minute charge.