Very cool ...

A matrix giving the traffic volumes between origin and destination in a network has tremendously potential utility for network capacity planning and management.

Unfortunately, traffic matrices are generally unavailable in large operational IP networks. On the other hand, link load measurements are readily available in IP networks.

In this paper, we propose a new method for practical and rapid inference of traffic matrices in IP networks from link load measurements, augmented by readily available network and routing configuration information.

We apply and validate the method by computing backbone-router to backbone-router traffic matrices on a large operational tier-1 IP network -- a problem an order of magnitude larger than any other comparable method has tackled. The results show that the method is remarkably fast and accurate, delivering the traffic matrix in under five seconds.

Fast Accurate Computation of Large-Scale IP Traffic Matrices from Link Loads

For all the excitement on opening day, it didn't take New Yorkers long to revert to their jaded selves.

This brief article on the history of subway technology brings David Macaulay to mind. Be sure to check out the illustrations.

Looking Back As The New York Subway Turns 100

No, officers, we're computer scientists and engineers.

Be sure to check out the photos and video.

Robot Race Is Giant Step for Unmanned Kind

It concludes with a series of observations and recommendations for policy action and further research.

The most interesting recommendation here is that copyrights should last about as long as patents.

Evolution Scenarios for Future Networking Technologies and Networks

As big pharmaceutical companies have become even larger, they have concentrated on drugs with blockbuster potential rather than devote time to drugs with smaller markets.

[Hmmm ... Where have I heard that story before?]

I bet Norah Jones is popular at biotech firms, both as inspiration and as consolation.

Is Biotechnology Losing Its Nerve?

] Asked about the SiteFinder address redirect trick Verisign
] rolled out. A group of "200 technical zealots" were
] against it and they got all the headlines. Did they
] misinterpret it? Of course. We're not going to let this
] go. It is going to be the point where we answer the
] debate.
]
] He then goes on to say that we need to move the
] complexity back into the center of the Net! He says the
] edge can't be so complex. Get David Isenberg in here!
] Ross Mayfield, sitting in front of me, laughs out loud. I
] am dumbfounded. According to Verisign, the Net should not
] be open to any type of application, only applications
] that rely on single providers of services, like Verisign.

There is going to be a hell of a market in alternative DNS systems and in technology that makes it easy for people to live with multiple DNS systems...

Stratton Sclavos at Red Herring Conference

Finally, I have to ask what these tools do to the old, low-tech concept of friendship. In some way, with their numbers and lists and classifications, these services can subtly make a social network into a trophy collection. Technology has made it easier than ever to count your friends -- but that doesn't mean you should.

Esther Dyson weighs in on the trends in social networking software.

Buying and Selling the Little Black Book

The Fall/Winter 2003 issue of CIO Magazine is a special issue that focuses on "technology's impact on everything."

They've assembled quite the team of contributors for this issue, including Ray Kurzweil, Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan, Bjorn Lomborg, Robert Reich, Howard Gardner, Jonathan Zittrain, Paul Saffo, Newt Gingrich, The Dalai Lama, Howard Rheingold, Robert Ballard, Barry Steinhardt, and more.

Here's how the Barry Steinhardt piece begins:

PICTURE THIS: You're attending a trade show in Las Vegas.

Strolling around the city one evening, you happen upon a sex shop and pause for a moment to snicker at the curious items in the store's window. Then you continue on your way.

However, unbeknownst to you, the store's Customer Identification System has detected a radio identification signal emitted by a computer chip in one of your credit cards, and is recording your identity and the date and time of your brief stop. A few weeks later, your spouse is surprised to find in the mail a lurid solicitation from the store mentioning your visit.

You've got some explaining to do.

Technology's Impact on Everything | CIO Magazine

This site is a preliminary report on a simple visual technique, history flow, that provides a clear view of complex records of contributions and collaboration.

IBM | History Flow

"It is totally unauthorized as far as we are concerned. It's really a serious mistake on the part of DARPA."

Sound familiar?

This meme just in: DARPA is the new AOL Time Warner, and John Poindexter is the new Justin Frankel.

Terror Trading Site Goes Bust