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Voice Analysis Eyeglasses |
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| Topic: High Tech Developments |
2:42 pm EST, Jan 10, 2004 |
From a Washington Post report on CES: One little gadget debuting at CES claims to put truth detection voice analysis on the bridge of your nose. "Voice Analysis Eyeglasses" provide real-time analysis on the inside of the lenses about whoever is talking at the time, says its maker, the Israeli company Nemesysco, which developed the technology for counterterrorism and government customers. "A chip inside the glasses is able to read the voice frequency of the person you are talking to," said Beata Gutman, a spokeswoman for the company. "The voice is analyzed through that chip and there are lights that indicate whether the person is lying." She said the truth specs were expected to be available at the end of January for $400-$500. |
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Out of the Pen for the Penultimate 'Sopranos' Season |
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| Topic: TV |
9:45 am EST, Jan 9, 2004 |
The Sopranos return on March 7. And then one more season after that, but with only ten episodes. It seems that Gandolfini and Falco are not being swamped with offers for other roles and aren't getting some roles they think they should. Good thing they will have made millions of dollars on "The Sopranos" to help them struggle through. Out of the Pen for the Penultimate 'Sopranos' Season |
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| Topic: War on Terrorism |
12:21 am EST, Jan 9, 2004 |
You are witnessing ... the third great totalitarian challenge to open societies in the last 100 years. Militant Islamists pose a serious threat because they attack the most essential element of an open society: trust. Trust is built into every aspect, every building and every interaction in our increasingly hyperconnected world. Without trust, there's no open society because there aren't enough police to guard every opening in an open society. So what to do? Tom Friedman returns from the holidays with some deep thoughts about the future. Stay tuned. War of Ideas, Part 1 |
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Lessons of the Pentagon's Favorite Training Film |
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| Topic: Movies |
12:17 am EST, Jan 9, 2004 |
There are no bad reasons for watching "The Battle of Algiers" -- the legendary epic about terrorism and counterterrorism in colonial Algeria by the Italian director Gillo Pontecorvo and the screenwriter Franco Solinas -- but some may be worse than others. ... New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington ... When a rerelease combines great artistic power with lasting political interest, celluloid junkies are not the only ones who ought to be excited. "How to win a battle against terrorism and lose the war of ideas," read the flier. Lessons of the Pentagon's Favorite Training Film |
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'Battle of Algiers' Makes a Comeback |
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| Topic: Movies |
12:14 am EST, Jan 9, 2004 |
Gillo Pontecorvo's 1965 film The Battle of Algiers portrays the urban warfare between Algerians and the French troops occupying their country. The film's raw presentation of a ruthless conflict just years after it occurred left audiences enthralled. The film is now being re-released -- and to some, it conveys a new meaning in light of the US involvement in Iraq. 'Battle of Algiers' Makes a Comeback |
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| Topic: Movies |
12:13 am EST, Jan 9, 2004 |
Have you ever paid for a plane ticket and a hotel in order to see a movie? You will, and this is both the movie and the weekend. Your mission: see the film. Quiz at 11. January 11, that is. As always, should you or any of your friends be caught or killed, the Secretary will disavow any knowledge of your actions. This recommendation will self-destruct in five seconds ... good luck ... The Battle of Algiers |
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US Withdraws Weapons Hunters From Iraq |
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| Topic: Current Events |
9:11 am EST, Jan 8, 2004 |
The Bush administration has quietly withdrawn from Iraq a 400-member military team whose job was to scour the country for military equipment. The step was described by some military officials as a sign that the administration might have lowered its sights and no longer expected to uncover the caches of chemical and biological weapons that the White House cited as a principal reason for going to war last March. US Withdraws Weapons Hunters From Iraq |
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On the economy of Web links |
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| Topic: Technology |
2:03 am EST, Jan 8, 2004 |
In the modern Web economy, hyperlinks have already attained monetary value as incoming links to a Web site can increase its visibility on major search engines. Thus links can be viewed as investment instruments that can be the subject of an exchange process. In this study we build a simple model performed by rational agents, whereby links can be bought and sold. Through simulation we achieve consistent economic behaviour of the artificial Web community and provide analysis of its micro and macrolevel parameters. In our simulations we take the link economy to its extreme, where a significant number of links are exchanged, concluding that it will lead to a winner take all situation. On the economy of Web links |
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Iraq's Arsenal Was Only on Paper |
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| Topic: Current Events |
1:52 am EST, Jan 8, 2004 |
Investigators have found no support for the two main fears expressed in London and Washington before the war: that Iraq had a hidden arsenal of old weapons and built advanced programs for new ones. A review of available evidence, including some not known to coalition investigators and some they have not made public, portrays a nonconventional arms establishment that was far less capable than US analysts judged before the war. Iraq's Arsenal Was Only on Paper |
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