http://www.emergentchaos.com/ The Emergent Chaos Jazz Combo of the Blogosphere en-us adam+ec@homeport.org 2009-07-04T02:46:44-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.emergentchaos.com/archives/2009/07/va_pbaterff_nffrzoyrq_why.html My usual celebration of Independence day is to post, in its entirety, the Declaration of Independence. It's very much worth reading, but this year, there's a little twist, from a delightful story starring Lawren Smithline and Robert Patterson, with a... 5165@http://www.emergentchaos.com/ history 2009-07-04T02:46:44-05:00 http://www.emergentchaos.com/archives/2009/07/thoughts_on_iran.html Our love affair with the Iranian Tweetolution has worn off. The thugs declared their election valid, told their armed representatives to Sorry, next tweet: go impose some law or order or something, and it was done. Well, as it often... 5164@http://www.emergentchaos.com/ Current Events 2009-07-03T19:31:12-05:00 http://www.emergentchaos.com/archives/2009/07/the_punch_line_goes_at_th.html The Black Hat conference in Las Vegas always has its share of drama. This year, it's happened a month before the conference opens. The researcher Barnaby Jack had to cancel his talk. Risky.biz gives an account of this; his talk... 5161@http://www.emergentchaos.com/ Amusements 2009-07-02T18:42:00-05:00 http://www.emergentchaos.com/archives/2009/07/rebellion_over_an_id_plan.html What they were emphatically not doing, said Jay Platt, the third-generation proprietor of the ranch, was abiding by a federally recommended livestock identification plan, intended to speed the tracing of animal diseases, that has caused an uproar among ranchers.... 5160@http://www.emergentchaos.com/ National ID 2009-07-02T12:12:54-05:00 http://www.emergentchaos.com/archives/2009/07/unthinkable_foolishness_f.html "Flying from Los Angeles to New York for a signing at Jim Hanley's Universe Wednesday (May 13th), I was flagged at the gate for 'extra screening'. I was subjected to not one, but two invasive searches of my person... 5159@http://www.emergentchaos.com/ art 2009-07-01T11:17:54-05:00 http://www.emergentchaos.com/archives/2009/06/on_the_assimilation_proce.html Three years and three days ago I announced that "I'm Joining Microsoft." While I was interviewing, my final interviewer asked me "how long do you plan to stay?" I told him that I'd make a three year commitment, but I... 5157@http://www.emergentchaos.com/ Microsoft 2009-06-29T23:06:36-05:00 http://www.emergentchaos.com/archives/2009/06/emergent_traffic_chaos.html Paul Kedrosky has an amazing video: As described in the New Scientist: Researchers from several Japanese universities managed the feat by putting 22 vehicles on a 230-metre single-lane circuit (see video). They asked drivers to cruise steadily at 30 kilometres... 5154@http://www.emergentchaos.com/ emergent chaos 2009-06-27T15:36:48-05:00 http://www.emergentchaos.com/archives/2009/06/the_cost_of_anything_is_t.html The New York Times reports: At least six men suspected or convicted of crimes that threaten national security retained their federal aviation licenses, despite antiterrorism laws written after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, that required license revocation. Among them... 5153@http://www.emergentchaos.com/ Air Travel 2009-06-26T12:06:02-05:00 http://www.emergentchaos.com/archives/2009/06/the_emergent_chaos_of_fin.html HONG KONG (Reuters) - A Singapore cancer patient was held for four hours by immigration officials in the United States when they could not detect his fingerprints -- which had apparently disappeared because of a drug he was taking.... 5150@http://www.emergentchaos.com/ 2009-06-24T11:49:40-05:00 http://www.emergentchaos.com/archives/2009/06/unclear_where_the_data_wi.html So Clear's Verified Line Jumper service has shut down. Aviation Week has a blog post, " Clear Shuts Down Registered Traveler Lanes." Clear collected a lot of data: The information that TSA requires us to request is full legal name,... 5149@http://www.emergentchaos.com/ background checks 2009-06-23T10:51:03-05:00 http://www.emergentchaos.com/archives/2009/06/iran_links.html The Economist's Bagehot writes about his idea of "The chemistry of revolution," while admitting he's generalizing from two. Ethan Zuckerman on "Iran, citizen media and media attention." "Unfortunately, unlike positive online gestures of solidarity (retweeting reports from Iran, turning... 5148@http://www.emergentchaos.com/ Current Events 2009-06-22T12:17:31-05:00 http://www.emergentchaos.com/archives/2009/06/ron_paul_supporter_inadve.html Via CNN: Steve Bierfeldt says the Transportation Security Administration pulled him aside for extra questioning in March. He was carrying a pocket edition of the U.S. Constitution and an iPhone capable of making audio recordings. And he used them. On... 5147@http://www.emergentchaos.com/ Air Travel 2009-06-21T12:15:18-05:00 http://www.emergentchaos.com/archives/2009/06/suffering_for_art.html Joseph Carnevale, 21, was nabbed Wednesday after a Raleigh Police Department investigation determined that he was responsible for the work (seen below) constructed May 31 on a roadway adjacent to North Carolina State University. Carnevale, pictured in the mug... 5146@http://www.emergentchaos.com/ art 2009-06-20T14:21:53-05:00 http://www.emergentchaos.com/archives/2009/06/happy_juneteenth_1.html Celebrate Juneteenth, but remember that we have not eliminated the scrouge of slavery.... 5143@http://www.emergentchaos.com/ Liberty 2009-06-19T11:03:11-05:00 http://www.emergentchaos.com/archives/2009/06/privacy_enhancing_technol_2.html The organizers of the 9th Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium invite you to participate in PETS 2009, to be held at the University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA, on Aug 5-7, 2009. PETS features leading research in a broad array of... 5141@http://www.emergentchaos.com/ conferences 2009-06-18T11:06:53-05:00