links for 2008-06-29
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The group vowed to rescue people from the forces of “militant secularism and pluralism” created by the “spiritual decline” in developing economies.
links for 2008-06-28
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He began playing saxophone while studying physics at Surrey University, gaining an enthusiasm for jazz through hearing music such as John Surman, Stan Tracey and Louis Moholo, and working in jazz groups of his own.
links for 2008-06-27
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some of the coverage of our Emerging Technology Conference that’s come across my desk since I got home and have had a chance to catch up on what people had to say.
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Officials were overwhelmed by the crowd of thousands that appeared Tuesday morning, after a three day weekend in South Africa. The wave of immigrants crossing illegally from Zimbabwe continues, despite the xenophobic violence against immigrants last month
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When people go apeshit for his famous Biggie-Elton John pairing, they’re taking pleasure in their own memories, the room’s collective memory, the indisputable greatness of “Juicy” and “Tiny Dancer”, and, possibly above all else, they’re cheering for the G
links for 2008-06-26
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The hackers then brushed up against passengers to wirelessly upload the information on their Oyster cars. That information in hand, it was a simple matter of using it to program new cards.
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Nine opinion pieces from leading world experts working at the interface between science and music discuss how the latest developments in physics, psychology, materials science, information science, neuroscience and anthropology might give us new answers t
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nobody, including Anderson himself if he had thought about it, should be happy with stopping at this level of understanding of the natural world.
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links for 2008-06-24
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Documentary on jazz musician Quincy Jones. Charting his recovery from a brain aneurysm to his production of Michael Jackson’s Thriller.
(Available for 3 more days)
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The argument boils down to this: Radio is making billions off the backs of recording artists and their labels; and the recording artists gain invaluable exposure because they’re on the radio, so royalties should not have to be paid.
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As our collection of facts and figures grows, so will the opportunity to find answers to fundamental questions. Because in the era of big data, more isn’t just more. More is different.
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The new craze, known as “dipping”, involves people using pictures from Google Earth to identify homes that have large outdoor pools.
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Plazes has been around for a long time and has had the time to build all of the features that you need to manage your location and the network you choose to share it with.
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crimeware centers need a steady supply of skilled workers, and the criminal know-how to identify opportunities and evade prosecution. Here are three ingredients that may be crucial to nurturing a malware industry:
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it’s becoming clearer and clearer that security researchers better have the money for good lawyers, and that companies with insecure products will continue to use lawyers to intimidate people into not revealing vulnerabilities.
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Information Retrieval (IR), Information Extraction(IE), Information Integration (II) and Information Delivery (ID).
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The new availability of huge amounts of data, along with the statistical tools to crunch these numbers, offers a whole new way of understanding the world. Correlation supersedes causation, and science can advance even without coherent models, unified theo
links for 2008-06-23
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Artist Fiddian Warman has played the punk records he collected as a young man to his robots, ‘programming’ them to become punks just like he was. Each night they will be tested - will the mechanical moshpit react with pleasure to the live music they
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There is no greater platform than clubbing to reach out to young people. Having an energy-generating dancefloor is a very exciting and interesting-idea that we have been talking to people in Rotterdam about
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Here you can see Tim put the software to its test with some custom built patches which has everyone found truly inspirational. Check out his custom ‘cock controller’!
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New development thinking questions whether Western notions of progress simply serve the interests of Western corporations rather than local people, damaging traditional ways of life.
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hypnotize your date to make her/him think they want some business time;
links for 2008-06-22
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A new body of work from CutUp Collective, installed throughout London on 20 June 08.
links for 2008-06-21
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But being just slightly evil could have an upside: a prolific sex life, says Peter Jonason at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces
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Reaktor’s waveshaping, granular, and analog-style subtractive synthesis styles give sound designers an endless variety of sonic resources — and if for some reason you can’t find what you need, you can pop the hood and create your own synth using Reaktor
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mad pad is a morphabledelay,filter,ringmodulator, etc, -effect.
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resonator effekt/synth, should be feeded with an audio signal.
links for 2008-06-20
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We started right into discussing technical affairs, such as Fennesz’s live performance setup. In concert, he uses the Max MSP lloopp patch
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A very special drum machine made featuring genetic algorithm.
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$100 dollar? is that all?
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A high court in South Africa ruled on Wednesday that Chinese-South Africans will be reclassified as “black,” a term that includes black Africans, Indians and others who were subject to discrimination under apartheid.
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