Friday, February 19, 2010

Giz on the current state of music piracy

Fascinating. The music industry knew they had to compete with free,
so they improved their services. The Pirates then had to ratchet
things up on their end too!
http://gizmodo.com/5475006/the-secret-world-of-private-bittorrent-trackers

Sam

The government is tracking your baby's DNA!

Wow that is incredibly scary. Thanks to Katrina for the find and
passing it on! I've forwarded that to Professor Farber and a few
other security researchers to hear their thoughts...

http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/02/04/baby.dna.government/index.html?iref=allsearch

Lets all think about the ways this can be abused...

Monday, February 08, 2010

Data, information, knowledge, wisdom

What do you consume and what do you create?

How much of what you already know and how much of what you will learn
is 'sticky'?

Rands takes on this deeeep subject!
http://www.randsinrepose.com/archives/2010/02/08/a_story_culture.html