Upon2020 (archive)
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Yet more Germanglish
Every year, I’m getting an invitation to an automotive-related conference organized by VDI, the main engineering organization in Germany. It’s written in English; well, it is written in something that probably wants to be English, but every year, its English is so bad that one immediately think that it must be a parody. Sadly, it…
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Picture from PC Forum with my fellow panelists
… is on Flickr here. Rafe Needleman, our moderator would be here.
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From PC Forum
I’m sitting in the audience on this day 2 of PC Forum. Lots of people are blogging it, so I’m only blogging what I find remarkable. Yesterday, we heard from Andrew Stern, the president of the the Service Employees International Union, who is most certainly an unusual speaker for a capitalist conference such as PC…
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On-line and Batch Digital Identity Assertions
[There may be better names, but I can’t think of any right now.] If we assume for a second that a digital identity comprises, at the least: An identifier for the subject (eg my driver’s license number) A set of assertions (or claims) about the subject (eg my name, address and photo) then there are…
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American public split on benefits and risks of electronic medical records
According to InformationWeek’s print edition: 48% of American adults believe the benefits to patients and society of a digital patient-record system outweigh risks to privacy. However, nearly the same percentage — 47% — say privacy risks outweigh expected benefits. These numbers come from a phone survey by Harris Interactive, and were quoted in testimony before…