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The NYT has an online game of rock-paper-scissors where you play a computer. The computer can be at “novice” or “expert” mode. Supposedly players fall into patterns that the computer can detect, and “expert” mode is based on those patterns while “novice” starts from scratch. I played 20 rounds at expert mode, often deciding what to play then changing my mind at the last minute to the opposite.
My final score was 7-6-7, that is seven wins, six ties, seven losses, which I assume is very consistent with what one would expect from a random outcome. Is there anything to this?
Intel’s Sandy Bridge Processor Has a Kill Switch – Slashdot. It’s remotely activated over a 3G network — no Internet connection required. It’s advertised as a way to turn off the machine if it is stolen.
DDOS anyone?
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Slashdot reports,
CNET has reported that Japanese schoolchildren in the city of Osaka will be tagged with RFID tags. Apparently this is in addition to the trial program in Tabe that The Register reported earlier, where parents can track their children on their way to school.
See also, Politech, Mexican officials get selves chipped with implants in arms.
[Original draft 7/14/2004. In preparation for my blog redesign, I found draft blog posts that somehow never made it to publication. This is one of them.]
2010: Still weird, I hope. Of course RFID in pets and livestock is becoming commonplace, so maybe people are not far behind.
xkcd: Tech Support nails it.
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