e-passports cloned…
e-passports cloned…: This was on Wired yesterday (posted on Slashdot). I think it highlights the importance of thinking deeply about how these proposed identity systems work. The other security flaw is the ‘integrity’ of the databases that the passport system is built on. A German computer security consultant has shown that he can clone the […]
Read Moreindia rejects one laptop per childIndia rejects One Laptop Per Child | The Register
India rejects One Laptop Per Child | The Register : issed the laptop as “pedagogically suspect”. Education Secretary Sudeep Banerjee said: “We cannot visualise a situation for decades when we can go beyone the pilot stage. We need classrooms and teachers more urgently than fancy tools.” Banerjee said if money were available it would be […]
Read MoreI'll take a million please
I’ll take a million please: The $100 laptop, aka the One Laptop Per Child project just got its first major order – 1 million for Nigeria. I would love to own one, if its internals were swapped with a MacBook. These things will be a serious nerd fetish item when they become available, and a […]
Read MoreTheDenverChannel.com – News – Marshals: Innocent People Placed On 'Watch List' To Meet Quota
TheDenverChannel.com – News – Marshals: Innocent People Placed On ‘Watch List’ To Meet Quota: You could be on a secret government database or watch list for simply taking a picture on an airplane. Some federal air marshals say they’re reporting your actions to meet a quota, even though some top officials deny it.The air marshals, […]
Read More/Message: Edglings: A Well-Ordered Humanism and The Future Of Everything
/Message: Edglings: A Well-Ordered Humanism and The Future Of Everything: Here’s some thoughts on the emerging characteristics of web culture: the glue that holds Edglings — and through them, everything else — together: Centroids Edglings Work and Politics Top-down, authoritarian Bottom-up, egalitarian Point-of-View Objective, Impartial Subjective, Partial Belonging Hierarchies Networks Family Nuclear Post-nuclear networks Political […]
Read Morenyt: chinese and american learning of math and science or… how how policy documents legitimize regimes
http://www.prattsenate.org/nytimes_07_02_06.htm http://www.internationaled.org/mathsciencereport.htm http://www.pekingduck.org/archives/003837.php to the NYT articles and letters above…. I respond thusly: I tend to agree more with the Letters, than with the nyt article and even less so with the report. I think we have to be very careful about accounting for the cultural institutionalization of learning in China and the U.S. We […]
Read More"The Fundamental Role of Science and Technology in International Development: An Imperative for the U.S. Agency for International Development"
“The Fundamental Role of Science and Technology in International Development: An Imperative for the U.S. Agency for International Development”: The Fundamental Role of Science and Technology in International Development: An Imperative for the U.S. Agency for International Development The paper copy of this book has just been published. The online version has been available for […]
Read Morefeminist political party
For the first time in history, there is a chance that a feminist party, with a feminist agenda, will take place in a national parliament. This is a momentous occasion. It is nothing short of a revolution. It is something that could improve the situation of women around the world in many different ways. It […]
Read Moretop three
top three: These are the three best things I’ve read this week: 1. Jeff Jarvis writes about Bill Gates leaving Microsoft: “The Meaning of Bill”. 2. Guy Kawasaki: “How to Kick Silicon Alley’s Butt”. 3. Paul Graham: “Why Start-ups Condense In America”. Enjoy. ——— i think the guy kawasaki post is the most significant of […]
Read MoreBusch Macht Frei
Busch Macht Frei: A sign on the front of the US prison in Guantanamo Bay reads “Honor Bound to Defend Freedom.†A sign over the gate of the Fort Dix stockade, where war protesters were jailed during the Vietnam days: “Obedience to the law is freedom.†A sign I saw in 1979 on the Grady […]
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