Archive for May, 2012
Britain: Met Police Uses ‘Quick’ Mobile Data Extraction System on Suspects’ Mobile Phones
May 17th, 2012Via: Computerworld UK: The Metropolitan Police has rolled out a mobile device data extraction system to allow officers to extract data “within minutes” from suspects’ phones while they are in custody. The capability would be particularly useful if the police force were to face a similar situation to the riots last August, which were reportedly […]
And Now: Ex-Patriot Act
May 17th, 2012Wow. The full text of this should be interesting. What’s next? Punishing the family members of people who flee? Via: ABC News: Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., has a status update for Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin: Stop attempting to dodge your taxes by renouncing your U.S. citizenship or never come to back to the U.S. again. […]
JP Morgan Bad Trade Loss $1 Billion Worse Since Announcement
May 17th, 2012Via: New York Times: The trading losses suffered by JPMorgan Chase have surged in recent days, surpassing the bank’s initial $2 billion estimate by at least $1 billion, according to people with knowledge of the losses. When Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan’s chief executive, announced the losses last Thursday, he indicated they could double within the next […]
The Inequality Speech That TED Won’t Show You
May 17th, 2012I’ll never be for anything that hands more money to the state, but I do like the idea of a maximum compensation ratio applying to all employees of corporations. This is an old comment of mine on the subject: One of my impossible to implement ideas would be to have a maximum total compensation ratio […]
DEA Rampage in Honduras Leaves Civilians Dead
May 17th, 2012The death toll is listed as four; two men and two pregnant women. I guess the AP leaves it up to the reader to decide if the babies that the murdered women were carrying should be counted. Via: AP: People in Honduras’ predominantly Indian Mosquito coast region burned down government offices and demanded that U.S. […]
Will Smith’s Son Talks Aliens at The White House
May 17th, 2012The BBC clip is below: Via: Silver Screen Saucers: Men in Black 3 star Will Smith today told BBC Radio 1 host Chris Moyles that his 13-year-old son Jayden (himself a Hollywood star) put President Obama on the spot recently during a private tour of the White House. The subject of Jayden’s enquiry – aliens! […]
DHS Considers Collecting DNA From Kids
May 17th, 2012Via: Electronic Frontier Foundation: Documents just released by US Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) in response to one of EFF’s Freedom of Information Act requests show that DHS is considering collecting DNA from kids ages 14 and up—and is exploring expanding its regulations to allow collection from kids younger than that. The proposal appears to […]
Quiet Eye: Magic 8 Ball System in Prometheus Advertising Video
May 17th, 2012This is for the upcoming film, Prometheus. A few influences for this clip: “An integrated system maintains an unblinking eye” Anomaly Detection at Multiple Scales (ADAMS) Future Attribute Screening Technologies Via: YouTube:
Google’s Bots Now Running Javascript They Encounter
May 17th, 2012Via: Ars: Google feeds its search engine’s index with site data from a virtual army of “bots”—Web-crawling applications that scour sites for content. But in the past, Google’s bots hit a wall when they ran into interactive content that was loaded through JavaScript—especially on pages that use Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX) to allow users […]
Wheat: Biggest Price Rise in 6-1/2 Weeks on Dry Weather Threat
May 17th, 2012DISCLOSURE: I’m long PowerShares DB Agriculture (DBA). Via: Reuters: U.S. wheat futures climbed on Thursday, extending gains from the previous session when the grain posted its biggest daily price rise in 6-1/2 weeks, on concerns about dry conditions damaging the winter wheat crop. Chicago Board Of Trade July wheat futures rose 0.74 percent to their […]
