From ranking blogs to predicting posture

New algorithm could pave the way to improved sensor networks
 
Ranking blogs that deliver the biggest bang for the buck may not seem to flow naturally from detecting contamination in a city water system.
With a new mathematical formula, however, Carlos Guestrin and his research team at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh are [...]

Cheaters beware! Tool sniffs out plagiarism

Sleuthing has led to several investigations by medical journal editors
 
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Presidential hopeful Hillary Rodham Clinton called it “change you can Xerox.” Barack Obama, her opponent [...]

SimCity Source Code Released to the Wild! Let the ports begin…

This past holiday (I’ve been bugging him since November about it) my good friend Don Hopkins got a lot of work done on the finishing touches on releasing the original SimCity source code under the GNU General Public Library (GPL). The code won’t have reference to any SimCity name as that has all be renamed [...]

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In 1887, the Coca-Cola Company was incorporated with Atlanta businessman Asa Candler as one of the partners. He transformed Coca-Cola from an insignificant tonic into a profitable business by using innovative advertising techniques. The key to this growth was Candler’s ingenious marketing including having the company’s employees and sales representatives distribute complimentary coupons for Coca-Cola.
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You are not entitled to Social Security - Its a PONZI Anyway

Social security and medicare ARE NOT entitlements, they are government insurances. I know that we act like it is an entitlement, but there was this bait and switch done by FDR to get people to accept it. Why would you touch an insurance program ? IF my insurance agent did what the government is doing, [...]

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