L33t r3vu

http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080911/ANSWERMAN/809119984/1023

FW: [IP] Homeland Security Detects Terrorist Threats by Reading Your Mind

From the IP list.  Spooky.

-----Original Message-----
From: David Farber
To: ip
Sent: 9/24/2008 3:31 AM
Subject: [IP] Homeland Security Detects Terrorist Threats by Reading Your Mind

  http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,426485,00.html

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Vincent LaForet shows off Canon's game changer

Vincent LaForet clearly demonstrates why the 5D Mark2 is a game changer for the 'film' and video industry.  This is as big a jump as the 'Red' Camera was and I'm really excited to see how it takes off.  This is just the tip of the iceberg.

 

http://blog.vincentlaforet.com/2008/09/22/without-further-ado-reverie

 

 

FW: [IP] Nice reading -- Diamond and Kashyap on the Recent Financial Upheavals - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog

A must read

-----Original Message-----
From: David Farber
To: ip
Sent: 9/20/2008 6:29 AM
Subject: [IP] Nice reading --  Diamond and Kashyap on the Recent Financial Upheavals - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog

http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/18/diamond-and-kashyap-on-
the-recent-financial-upheavals/?em

September 18, 2008,  10:04 am
By STEVEN D. LEVITT

As an economist, I am supposed to have something intelligent to say 
about the current financial crisis. To be honest, however, I haven't 
got the foggiest idea what this all means. So I did what I always do 
when something related to banking arises: I knocked on the doors of my 
colleagues Doug Diamond and Anil Kashyap, and asked them for the 
answers. What they told me was so interesting and insightful that I 
begged them to write their explanations down for a broader audience. 
They were kind enough to take the time to do so. In what follows, they 
discuss what has happened in the financial sector in the last few 
days, why it happened, and what it means for everyday people.

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EFF Sues the USA, Wall Street Meltdown and IT, New E-Readers, more

http://www.eff.org/press/archives/2008/09/17-0

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/09/rights-group-su.html

 

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/18/how-wall-streets-quants-lied-to-their-computers/

"Lying to your risk-management computer is like lying to your doctor. You just aren't going to get the help you really need. "

Garbage in = Garbage out.

 

http://www.forbes.com/2008/09/18/ereader-kindle-irex-tech-egang08-cx_ag_0918irex.html

 

http://daringfireball.net/2008/09/theres_nothing_there

http://gizmodo.com/5052051/microsofts-im-a-pc-ad-beats-seinfeld-but-not-hodgman

 

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080918-recent-arrests-a-reminder-that-blogging-comes-with-risks.html

 

Force unleashed looks like a dud:

http://arstechnica.com/journals/thumbs.ars/2008/09/18/star-wars-the-force-unleashed-is-out-and-its-a-heartbreaker

 

Alert the Grateful Dead, USGS finds dancing bears:

http://arstechnica.com/journals/science.ars/2008/09/18/grizzly-population-study-turns-up-video-of-dancing-bears

Journalism student barred from liveblogging and twittering in Web 2.0 Journalism class

http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2008/09/digging_deepernyu_professor_st_1.html

 

Kinda funny to ban this stuff in the class where it is supposed to be discussed and studied.

 

For our own class I'd probably be against liveblogging and twittering IN CLASS as we ask students to work strictly on the applications we are discussing at that point in time.  Outside of class I'd consider anything I (as the instructor) said or did in the class fair game but I agree that quoting other students or even talking about the other students in a given class is probably a violation of their privacy.  I'm not a lawyer tho, so I wonder what MU's policy would be on this, I imagine this incident will spark a deeper discussion on the subject by faculty.

Palin's email hacked, Microsoft dumps seinfeld, more

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7622724.stm

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080918-alleged-1st-person-tale-of-palin-e-mail-hack-comes-and-goes.html

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080917-palin-e-mail-hack-makes-case-for-sticking-with-gov-e-mail.html

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/18/business/media/18adco.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin

 

http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/18/life-with-playstation-begins-today/

http://gizmodo.com/5051558/ps3-news-service-life-with-playstation-now-up-for-download

 

http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/17/microsofts-new-ads-seinfeld-and-gates-out-hodgman-lookalike-i/

 

http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/17/21-1-megapixel-canon-eos-5d-mark-ii-with-full-frame-hd-video-ann/

I shoot a Nikon d300 and a Canon 20D.  This new 5dm2 is a MONSTER and at $2700 isn't cheap but it beats out Canon's 8000 dollar flagship in many ways.

 

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080917-gao-report-slams-us-cybersecurity-us-cert-and-dhs.html

 

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080917-the-kids-are-all-right-gamers-well-adjusted-civic-minded.html

 

Binary Math

Here's a great refresher to make sure you are up to speed on converting between binary and decimal. 

http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/view/54311.html

More employers than ever are watching employees/applicants social networking sites

Like Facebook and MySpace

 

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080914-poster-beware-more-bosses-applicants-social-spaces.html

ROBOTIC ARMS!!!! More on open source textbooks, Rockband2, more

You GOTTA see this!  Fully Bionic arms:

http://gizmodo.com/5048872/dean-kamens-full-bionic-luke-arm-video-from-all-things-d

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/15/technology/15link.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin

 

DRM nightmare incoming:

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080915-everyone-but-apple-joins-new-buy-once-play-anywhere-group.html

 

http://arstechnica.com/reviews/games/rock-band-2-review.ars

(I REALLY like the new wireless drums.  I'm still very much a beginner but even I appreciate the changes to this new set.  My one complaint is that they don't seem quite as sturdy.  Haven't tried the new Guitar or the Mad Catz bass, and no way will you ever catch me singing)

 

http://gizmodo.com/5049473/rock-band-2-wireless-guitar-and-drums-hardware-review

 

http://gizmodo.com/5049859/rock-band-2-instruments-vs-rock-band-1-instruments-in-decibels

 

http://gizmodo.com/5049522/nikon-d300-dslr-lightning-review

 

(D300 is what I shoot, odd that it took them so long to review it)

 

http://gizmodo.com/5049414/the-amazing-tech-lasers-and-lights-behind-a-nine-inch-nails-concert

 

 

Investigators looking into whether text messaging played a role in this weekends train disaster

Seems the engineer may have been improperly texting with "trainspotters", enthusiasts who love trains...

 

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/09/15/train.collision/index.html

MUST READ. Frequently asked questions about CERN and the LHC, why does it matter to Infotech?

http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/09/05/232151/the-cern-laboratory-and-the-big-bang-theory-an-essential-guide-for-it.htm

 

This one is required reading.  Fascinating article that boils down what all the hoopla is about with the LHC.

 

Sam

What went wrong with Vista, iTunes and Zune?

http://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/shattered_dreams_and_broken_promises_vistas_failure_launch?page=0%2C0

http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-10037908-75.html

http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=536

 

 

 

Yeah let me know how that works out for you... More

"These new HDX flicks are so data heavy, you've gotta wait two to three hours just for the flick to start."

http://gizmodo.com/5047711/vudu-testing-blu+ray-quality-hdx-flicks

 

Large Hadron Collider kicks off:

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/09/10/lhc.collider/index.html?iref=mpstoryview

 

http://gizmodo.com/5047614/ipod-touch-version-2-review

 

http://gizmodo.com/5047578/ipod-nano-review

 

 

 

 

Updates from "Let's Rock"

Get the full scoop from engadget or Gizmodo but here's the highlights:

 

-HD TV shows on iTunes-$2.99 for HD and $1.99 for regular SD. Viewable direct from PC/Mac as well as iPod and aTV
-NBC is back on iTunes. Heros, Monk, Battlestar etc
-iTunes 8 official - "Genius"=smart playlists on steroids. Grid view. 
-160gb ipod classic killed, 120 is the new classic, $249. ONLY ONE Classic now, not two.
-New nano confirmed. All as suspected. Thin, aluminum, tall, with accelerometer and curved screen. Genius function built in, calendar, stopwatch and voice recorder. Shake to shuffle. Worse battery life, 24 hours music 4h video. $149 for the 8GB model, $199 for the 16GB model 8 in stock today, 16 next week. Green manufacturing. Black, purple, blue, green, yellow, orange, violet, red
-New $79 headphones with built in mic and back/forward buttons. Engadget photos make em very Sennheiser like, looks good.
-New form factor for touch, similar to iPhone. Volume controls, speaker and Genius features. Nike+ integration built right in, get transmitter for your shoes. New UI.
-100,000,000 apps downloaded on app store. New games coming. Spore and Soccer zzzzz. D-Pad overlay could be a nightmare. Need for Speed.
-iPod Touch works with the new headphones. 36 hours for music, 6 for video. Environmental conscience. No size bumps. 8GB $229, 16GB $299 and 32GB $399. Weak. All starting today.
-"Funnest iPod ever." Double weaksauce.
-iPod software 2.1, inc Nike+ and Genius playlists. 2.0 Touch owners get a free update to 2.1, $9.95 to go to 2.1 from 1.x. Available today.
-Lots of bug fixes in 2.1 "Fewer dropped calls, big battery life improvements. No crashes with Apps. Backing up is faster"
-Jack Johnson performed, so thats it for one of the weakest Apple events ever
-Per Slashgear "Considering how "rock" the event started out, an acoustic performance by Jack Johnson seems a big strange ". Seriously.