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El Mexicano Pastiche

RFID passport fail - 1 views

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    Very relevant to the assignment. Nice find Edson.
The Zhan

Are the WikiLeaks War Docs Overhyped Old News? | Danger Room | Wired.com - 1 views

  • Longtime Afghanistan watchers are diving into Wikileaks’ huge trove of unearthed U.S. military reports about the war.
  • For one thing — and this supports Exum’s argument — many, if not most, of these documents are frontline reports.
  • That both clarifies the focus of individual reports and limits the degree to which any analyst can responsibly extrapolate them into clear trends.
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  • And some of the heavy-breathing accounts surrounding the documents don’t really match what the logs say. “Taliban sympathisers listening in to top-secret phone calls of US-led coalition,” pants the Guardian.
  • here’s a bias in journalism toward believing that what’s secret is inherently a hive of hidden truth. That operating principle animates reporters’ practice of breaking down governmental secrecy. But it can also create a misleading expectation that leaks represent huge new revelations.
  • Whether they add up to more than the sum of their parts is a judgment.
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    There's a bias in journalism toward believing that what's secret is inherently a hive of hidden truth,which can create a misleading expectation that leaks represent huge new revelations. When these don't manifest, it creates an expectation that the trove is neither useful nor significant. In this case, that would be a mistake.
Fiche Galinha

BBC News - WikiLeaks posts video of 'US military killings' in Iraq - 0 views

  • WikiLeaks posts video of 'US military killings' in Iraq
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    "WikiLeaks posts video of 'US military killings' in Iraq"
Mr Brooke

Adobe kills mobile Flash, giving Steve Jobs the last laugh | Technology | guardian.co.uk - 0 views

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    The comments section adds a great analysis to this article.
The Zhan

YouTube - Collateral Murder - Wikileaks - Iraq - 0 views

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    To what extent does media and governments distort information that is presented to the general audience, taking into consideration the concealing of an extremely sensitive piece of information such as this?\n\nWhat degree of obscurantism does the US army's "don't ask, don't tell" policy imply? How much misunderstanding can it provoke?\n\nHow reliable is the information provided to us by Wikileaks?
Mr Brooke

WikiLeaks Was Launched With Documents Intercepted From Tor | Threat Level | Wired.com - 0 views

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    History of Wikileaks
Fiche Galinha

Will A Machine Replace You? - Forbes.com - 0 views

  • Will A Machine Replace You?
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    Interesting article that gives a good overview of employment concerns. It is a little unbalanced in the sense it does not offer the other side of the story. But this makes it a good starting point for discussion
The Zhan

Building Specialty Products Distributor Dramatically Increases Inventory Efficiency and... - 0 views

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    The advantages of implementing Management Information systems (MIS) and other business solutions in an applied case.
Tranny Franny

Legacy Systems - What are Legacy Systems - 0 views

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    Description of what a legact system is
Mr Brooke

Rock-Paper-Scissors: You vs. the Computer - Interactive Feature - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    "Computers mimic human reasoning by building on simple rules and statistical averages. Test your strategy against the computer in this rock-paper-scissors game illustrating basic artificial intelligence. Choose from two different modes: novice, where the computer learns to play from scratch, and veteran, where the computer pits over 200,000 rounds of previous experience against you. "
The Zhan

Latest Trends in Reservation Systems - 0 views

  • An effective reservation system has to employ the latest technology to allow hoteliers to gain a competitive advantage over their rivals and remain at the forefront of emerging trends,
  • today’s consumer becomes more comfortable with the internet, social media and ecommerce mobile technologies.
  • Hotels must adapt their websites to respond to this development by adopting the use of booking engines and developing marketing strategies to include mobile technology.
Tranny Franny

Introduction to Data Flow Diagram (DFD)s - 0 views

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    Detailed page on how to create a data flow diagram
The Zhan

Wikileaks, causes for concern « Aletho News - 0 views

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    Brief description of social and ethical concerns wikileaks raises.
Mr Brooke

Entity Relationship Diagram - 0 views

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    "Entity Relationship Diagram"
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