Amazon tries to patent S3
Slashdot reports that Amazon is trying to patent S3. This means that I will refrain from using it for any project, and stop using it for my existing business, FillZ.
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An insufficient present
I strongly identify with this concept.
Mouse brain simulated at 1/10 of real-time
Update: the BlueGene/L instance used here is only 1/32 of the size of the one deployed at LLNL, so we are still within the high bound after all. On the other hand, it remains to be seen how accurate the model is compared to a functional neuron.
Dharmendra S …
Various Autism pointers
- Discover has an article about environmental stress (diet, toxins), inflammation and Autism. - A University of Nottingham study described on the Biosingularity blog shows that autistic children are actually very good at inferring mental states by looking at …
Compute power estimate for future (and past) years
Since I end up figuring these a few times a year, I went ahead and created a little calculator. It has two fields for year, and calculates the compute powers and ratio. It also compares the compute powers to that required to compete with (or simulate) a human …
Nano and lightyears in context
Check out this interactive “powers-of-ten” flash presentation from Nikon. Good for some perspective… Make sure your browser is full screen or you may miss the controls at the bottom. Hat tip to Nanodot.
Random collection of reputation system articles
Here is a collection of links to articles about reputation systems, in no particular order: - Random Reputation Ramblings (and quite a few other reputation posts on same blog) - Reputation systems vendor relationship management (VRM - opposite of CRM) - Group …
Advances in top-down nanotech
Brian Wang has a good review article about recent advances in top-down nanotech and some projections. Maybe top-down will meet bottom-up in 10 years?
Stanford Delta Scan and Technologies for Cooperation
Stanford’s Delta Scan makes predictions similar to my take on Web 3.0, including:
Trust over Social networks / Social accounting methods (i.e. reputation systems) the rise of computing grids Social mobile computing Knowledge collectives Mesh networks Giving …
Crowdhacking
Wired latest issue has an article about the emerging arms race between rating systems (such as eBay, Amazon, Digg) and crowdhackers. Crowdhackers take advantage of the naive methods used to aggregate ratings in existing systems. A crowdhacking proof system …