Posts from — April 2007

4th International Conference on Technology, Knowledge and Society:
Technology Conference 2008

Welcome to website of the Fourth International Conference on Technology, Knowledge and Society.

The inaugural Technology Conference was held at the University of California, Berkeley, San Francisco, in February 2005. Since then, the conference has been held in Hyderabad, India, 12-15 December 2005, a symposium on Technology and Democracy was held at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, 9-10 June 2006, and the Third International Conference at Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK, 9-12 January, 2007.

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this could be cool

YouTube – Bob Newhart as Psychologist (”Stop It!!”):
Psychologist

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classic!

YouTube – Web 2.0 – Catch the Wave:
Web 2.0 – Catch the Wave

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smacks forehead…..

Articles:
The Best and Worst Internet Laws
Date: Apr 20, 2007 By Eric Goldman.
Over the past dozen years, the lure of regulating the Internet has proven irresistible to legislators. For example, in the 109th Congress, almost 1,100 introduced bills referenced the word Internet, and hundreds of Internet laws have been passed by Congress and the states. This legislative activity is now large enough to identify some winners and losers. In the spirit of good fun, Eric Goldman offers an opinionated list of personal votes for the best and worst Internet statutes in the United States.

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this is a good read… it covers in a U.S.-centric way some of the most important internet issues of our day.

Internet traffic prioritisation:
Internet traffic prioritisation is an increasingly important policy issue as bandwidth demands increase and Internet applications require higher levels of quality of service to function well. Debates about traffic prioritisation, particularly in the context of “network neutrality” discussions, have been divisive. The study provides background for national debates by examining the role of traffic prioritisation in networks and highlighting associated policy and regulatory issues.
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/43/63/38405781.pdf

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It is the net neutrality debate by another name.

Freedom of Expression — Press Freedom:
World Press Freedom Day 2007

May 2, 2007

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a free press is central to peace and democracy.

‘$100 Laptop’ to Cost $175:
That’s partly because at least seven nations have expressed interest in being in the initial wave to buy the little green-and-white “XO” computers – Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil, Pakistan, Thailand, Nigeria and Libya – but it remains unclear which ones will be first to pony up the cash. The project needs orders for 3 million machines so its manufacturing and distribution effort can get rolling.
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hmmm, it just doesn’t roll off the tongue like $100….

Quantum physics says goodbye to reality (April 2007) – News – PhysicsWeb:
Quantum physics says goodbye to reality

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Berkeley was right? well sort of. ‘reality does not exist when we are not observing it’

this is a hard metaphysical question to address actually, and the ’science’ is not really speaking about reality as much as what can be observed… so the model is probably more of: ‘that which we are trying to measure/observe does not manifest its properties when we are not observing it’

Cool Ads, issue 5 (cont.):
Cool Ads, issue 5 (cont.)
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some funny adverts…..

What not to say at your Dissertation Defense:
Things you shouldn’t say at your dissertation defense

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hehe…