Yesterday I creamed News Limited for fake and political reporting, targeted at influencing the outcome of the iiNet trial currently underway. They used non-empirical data and ancient quotes from an misnamed organisation all designed to create FUD. Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt. That’s what the media these days considers is what is necessary for [...]
What the hell does that mean? OK – In layman's language – The Cavalry is coming……. Every so often a piece of software comes along that has the ability to change the world. Napster proved it by causing a permanent disruption to the music industries monopoly on physical distribution. Google have proved that, by [...]
Researchers unfortunately are usually researching outside of known frontiers. That’s why they call it “Research”. Just like the explorers of old, researchers go forth to prove their premise and as a result are awarded a Doctorate or a consulting contract. Unfortunately, because Researchers work in uncharted territory, so much of their work has to be [...]
A section of my Introduction to the Responses to Digital Economy Future Directions Consultation Paper By Thomas P. Koltai, on Behalf of Perceptric Pty. Ltd. Submitted 10th of February – Before the Governments National FTTH rollout announcement and before the ACCC ruling against Telstra on last mile local loop. – A section of my [...]
On Neil Diamonds Album, Hot August Night, he calls out… Hello out there Tree People….. His words – which impressed me over thirty years ago are obviously an acknowledgement by Neil, that even the non-paying tree people had a value, by adding to the carnival atmosphere of the concert and were therefore worthy of [...]
Last Friday in a Swedish Court, the four pirates were awarded four years of jail time and financial damages against them (for running a Google search engine) of over three million dollars. In February three Thai CD Pirates were handed out jail sentences under a year each and fined $14,200 each for pressing 306 [...]
Comparing Human Synapse activity with Internet activity shows surprising similarity Picture if you will, the human brain – powered by electrical synapses, driving complicated biological based circuitry often triggered by external stimuli (smells, pictures, texture). Neurons, or nerve cells, each have a pair of projections—the axon and the dendrite, which transmit and receive impulses, [...]
There have been significant developments recently in Quantum Mechanics. Einstein was talking about this field of science when he said “God doesn't play dice”. Quantum Mechanics is seriously weird and counter-intuitive. Quantum Computing This recent Wired story reports the demonstration of the D-Wave Systems 16-qubit, specific-purpose quantum computer and includes an interview with the father [...]
Robert Cringely has an incredibly perceptive insight into the Googleplex and its vision for the future here. He sees Google building a portfolio of data centres and bandwidth… substantially under the radar of everyone who should be paying attention… all with an eye on video. Google is building a LOT of data centers. The company [...]
Farecast is the next step. Using algorithms, this travel site predicts whether airfares will go up or down on your selected route. Farecast puts together vast computing power to make the call. This includes predictive assessments of demand and availability that lead to buy now or wait. So now you see a price. It's OK. [...]