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Hofstadter's lecture at stanford, "analogy as the core of cognition"

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 18:43:52 -0800

via Jacob Rus

and also the associated web page:
http://prelectur.stanford.edu/lecturers/hofstadter/analogy.html

NYT: Drones Set Sights on U.S. Skies

Sat, 18 Feb 2012 13:53:16 -0800

WOODLAND HILLS, Calif. - Daniel Gárate's career came crashing to earth a few weeks ago. That's when the Los Angeles Police Department warned local real estate agents not to hire photographers like Mr. Gárate, who was helping sell luxury property by using a drone to shoot sumptuous aerial movies. Flying drones for commercial purposes, the police said, violated federal aviation rules.

"I was paying the bills with this," said Mr. Gárate, who recently gave an unpaid demonstration of his drone in this Southern California suburb.

His career will soon get back on track. A new federal law, signed by the president on Tuesday, compels the Federal Aviation Administration to allow drones to be used for all sorts of commercial endeavors - from selling real estate and dusting crops, to monitoring oil spills and wildlife, even shooting Hollywood films. Local police and emergency services will also be freer to send up their own drones.

But while businesses, and drone manufacturers especially, are celebrating the opening of the skies to these unmanned aerial vehicles, the law raises new worries about how much detail the drones will capture about lives down below - and what will be done with that information. Safety concerns like midair collisions and property damage on the ground are also an issue.

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2012/02/18/technology/drones-with-an-eye-on-the-public-cleared-to-fly.xml

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Twitter	47.27%	46.83%	47.41%	46.24%	48.97%	49.69%	50.95%	50.23%	50.52%	50.64%	51.25%	51.57%	49.43%
Facebook	46.92%	47.39%	47.11%	47.98%	45.04%	44.52%	43.55%	44.66%	44.50%	44.70%	43.77%	43.95%	45.23%
LinkedIn	2.56%	3.16%	2.98%	3.01%	3.75%	3.63%	3.40%	3.20%	3.50%	3.42%	3.75%	3.23%	3.33%
MySpace	2.51%	1.91%	1.78%	1.90%	1.44%	1.45%	1.48%	1.07%	0.78%	0.64%	0.62%	0.62%	1.30%
Foursquare	0.74%	0.71%	0.72%	0.87%	0.80%	0.71%	0.62%	0.84%	0.70%	0.60%	0.61%	0.63%	0.71%

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