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Data visualization: Picture this | Nature, 04 July 2002 [PDF] |
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| Topic: Science |
11:15 am EDT, Jul 4, 2002 |
Drowning in data? New visualization techniques could help. Philip Ball discovers, among other things, how to plot a seven-dimensional graph. Oh, yeah. Welcome to the future. How tame of Spielberg to limit the visual content on computer displays in "Minority Report" to a measly four dimensions. Rudy Rucker should be impressed. (Subscription required.) Data visualization: Picture this | Nature, 04 July 2002 [PDF] |
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Pest Control: Caffeine as a repellent for slugs and snails |
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11:11 am EDT, Jul 4, 2002 |
At high concentrations this stimulant becomes a lethal neurotoxin to garden pests. We have discovered that solutions of caffeine are effective in killing or repelling slugs and snails ... Because caffeine is a natural product, it has potential as an environmentally acceptable alternative toxicant for the control of slugs and snails on food crops. Here's the Nature paper. Subscription required. Pest Control: Caffeine as a repellent for slugs and snails |
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11:09 am EDT, Jul 4, 2002 |
Killer Java Do you feel like a slug until you have had that first cup of coffee in the morning? With luck, you don't. For a jolt of caffeine is enough to kill a slug, apparently. ... Researchers say they do not know how caffeine kills slugs and snails, but that it appears to work as a neurotoxin, as slugs sprayed directly with caffeine display uncoordinated writhing, kind of like somebody who has had one too many double espressos. Killer Java |
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Qwest Shares Fall on Moody's News |
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| Topic: Economics |
11:02 am EDT, Jul 4, 2002 |
Shares of Qwest fell 10% Wednesday as Moody's indicated it might downgrade Qwest's credit rating. Qwest is on Moody's watchlist ... Thousands of customers were expected to be affected by the shutdown of KPNQwest, of which Qwest has a 47% share. Qwest Shares Fall on Moody's News |
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Realtime Outbreak and Disease Surveillance Laboratory |
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| Topic: Biology |
10:57 am EDT, Jul 4, 2002 |
The mission of the RODS Laboratory is to investigate methods for the real-time detection and assessment of outbreaks of disease using information technology. Funding from CDC and DARPA. Working with the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center. Realtime Outbreak and Disease Surveillance Laboratory |
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KPNQwest begins network shutdown |
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| Topic: Economics |
10:54 am EDT, Jul 4, 2002 |
KPNQwest, the bankrupt Dutch telecommunications group, has begun shutting down its Ebone network, leaving up to 4,500 companies without their Internet connection. "Around 20% of the remaining customers had no alternative provider arranged. Smaller customers will be hurt the most. It is one big mess. It will not be easy to start up again. ... The banks have cut their throats." The Ebone staff is not optimistic about finding jobs. Europe is willing to let dying telcos take their networks down with them. Will the US be any different? KPNQwest begins network shutdown |
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Tracking an Outbreak Minute by Minute |
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| Topic: Biology |
10:47 am EDT, Jul 4, 2002 |
Computer networks have been used for years by public health officials to monitor outbreaks of disease. Typically, reporting and compiling can take a day or more ... Public health experts recognize a need for more rapid surveillance and detection ... Systems are being developed to collect and analyze disease data immediately ... One such program, called Real-Time Outbreak and Disease Surveillance, or RODS, is being developed at the Center for Biomedical Informatics at the University of Pittsburgh. "Our goal is to be able to analyze patterns and ask whether there is something unusual compared to the usual. ... There's a torrent of information being collected routinely in real time. Our goals include building a thin layer of data collection infrastructure ... A report on the latest research at the leading edge of the counter-biowarfare effort. Tracking an Outbreak Minute by Minute |
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WorldCom, Inc., Sworn Statement to SEC |
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| Topic: Economics |
9:34 pm EDT, Jul 1, 2002 |
"This statement is submitted by WorldCom, Inc. (the "Company") in response to the Commission's June 26, 2002 Order (the "Order") directing the Company to describe in detail the facts and circumstances underlying the events described in and leading to the Company's June 25, 2002 press release (the "Release") regarding its intention to restate its 2001 and first quarter 2002 financial statements." WorldCom, Inc., Sworn Statement to SEC |
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Here Comes Asset Based Telecom | The COOK Report On Internet |
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9:23 pm EDT, Jul 1, 2002 |
Debt "Restructuring" Is Prerequisite of Industry Recovery -- Ownership & Control of Assets Will Become Central Issue As the Center Goes Chapter 11, Economic Activity and Broadband Progress Moves to Locally Owned Networks at the Edges We Explore Architectural, Economic, Technology and Policy Issues of FTTH June 30, 2002 -- This combined August September Special Issue of the COOK Report on Internet takes an exhaustive look at what is coming to be known as asset based telecommunications. The latest issue of the Cook Report is out today. Read it or weep! The obvious question: "Can I afford to read this?"
The obvious reply: "Can you afford not to?" Here Comes Asset Based Telecom | The COOK Report On Internet |
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Design and Implementation of the Idemix Anonymous Credential System |
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| Topic: Cryptography |
5:31 pm EDT, Jun 29, 2002 |
Anonymous credential systems allow anonymous yet authenticated and accountable transactions between users and service providers. As such, they represent a powerful technique for protecting users' privacy when conducting Internet transactions. In this paper, we describe the design and implementation of an anonymous credential system based on the protocols developed by earlier work. We demonstrate the use of a prototype in Java and discuss some deployment issues. Design and Implementation of the Idemix Anonymous Credential System |
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