Simon P. Chappell and Eric Kaun contributed reviews of Jess in Action,
Ernest Friedman-Hill's introduction to Jess, a pure Java rule-based
system developed at ...
Jess 6.1p8 (Stable branch)03/22/2005 03:51 PM
Jess is a fast, light rule engine and scripting
environment written entirely in Java. You can
build Java software that has the capacity to
"reason" using knowledge you supply in the form of
declarative rules. It is supplied as a
programmer's library, making it ideal for
embedding in larger applications. Jess includes
development tools built on the Eclipse platform.
It is free for academic use and can be licensed
for commercial use.
Changes:
A problem in which undefrule left behind
activations, a potential deadlock, and a race
condition in the agenda were fixed.
HI jess, of curse u can send: JUst create new message, clic
And...action.03/20/2003 01:01 PM Get a load of this March 4th posting from the TVBarn discussion list:
A senior producer who shall remain nameless, at a major cable
television news operation based in the southeastern United States
which shall remain nameless, told me today with a wry confidence I
found quite amusing that the "the war is scheduled for the evening of
March 19th."
The war pretty much began last night on March 19th...
...and ACTION!
...and ACTION!09/15/2004 01:45 PM
Si'down, si'down, stay down...
don't try and stand up. [.mov]
Cellphone gun in action01/27/2004 11:32 AM Fascinating (and a somewhat unsettling, when you think about it) video
clip of an actual cellphone gun in action. View [Thanks, Alex]...
A Call to Action
A Call to Action01/28/2004 06:46 AM In her new column, this noted author and Harvard B-School professor
says the 20th century model of capitalism is dead.
Action-HQ.com Announcement11/03/2003 10:02 AM Action-H
Q.com - Brings the BEST to you FIRST this week with Action Fleet
Virago, R-3PO asst & NEW card figures and 1997 Tiger Keychains!
"Lawrence Lessig and his legal
team are asking for your help. Kahle v. Ashcroft is a lawsuit that challenges changes to
U.S. copyright law that have created a large class of "orphan works"
-- creative works which are out of print and no longer commercially
available, but which are still regulated by copyright.
FCC Action on VOIP02/12/2004 02:12 PM Today, the FCC declared Pulver.com's Free World Dialup service an
unregulated information service, and launched a proceeding seeking
comment on the treatment of voice over IP more broadly.
Chairman Powell said something to the effect that this is the most
important proceeding in the history of communications regulation, and
he's right. There has been intense political back-and-forth on
these issues behind the scenes, with Congressional leaders and the FBI
pushing hard on the FCC. The Commissioners and the staffers
drafting today's items worked through the night to reach
compromises. The meeting was pushed back from 9:30 to 11am and
the VOIP items were moved the the end of the agenda, no doubt to allow
time for final rewriting.
It is vitally important that the tech community participate in the
VOIP
proceeding. The decisions the FCC makes will determine not just
how new VOIP providers like Vonage and Packet8 are treated, but the
rules of the road for the broadband superhighway. As I said at
the FCC VOIP hearing in December, voice is now an
application.
It's one of many applications that will be delivered through
interconnected broadband networks. The FCC's actions will
determine the business environment for network operators, application
providers, and content creators. This is the whole
enchilada.
When the text of the notice is released, we'll know the exact comment
deadlines and questions being asked. FCC proceedings are open to
anyone -- you don't have to be a lawyer or a company in the space, and
you can file via a Web form. (One of my proudest accomplishments
from my time at the Commission.)
I'll have more thoughts on this issue soon.
A piece of the action
A piece of the action06/13/2004 11:02 PM Personal Computer World Jun 14 2004 2:41AM GMT
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Carnivore in action?
Carnivore in action?01/08/2004 08:22 PM A writer on Slashdot has suggested that Carnivore may have been used
in thwarting a extortion on Best Buy. It...
Back in action
Back in action06/11/2004 05:01 AM USA Today Jun 11 2004 9:52AM GMT
Hot hot hot Pompeii action
Hot hot hot Pompeii action02/07/2005 02:07 AM Xeni Jardin:
This Der Spiegel story about erotic frescoes from Pompeii
reveals that prior to being buried in heaps of ash, Pompeiians were
totally whoring it up. Link. Shown here, an oral sex tableau. A pity none of this stuff
made it into that Disco
very Channel / BBC TV special; the program would have been
infinitely more watchable.
(Thanks,
Rob). See also
this related English-language coverage about the frescoes from 2000 --
the year in which they became part of a public display at a newly
restored ancient Roman bath: Link. This Lonely
Planet documentary also featured them.
Erotic content in ancient art is hardly news, of course -- Boing Boing
reader esben adds, "In the archaeological museum in Naples is the
Gabinetto Segreto - the Secret Room. It's full of erotic pictures and
statues. The phallus was obiously a big thing in ye olden days. The
museum site is down, but here's loads of pictures from the whole
collection." Link
And Matthew Krohn says,
Archaeologists have been talking about those frescoes in classes for
years... Some of the houses have very well-preserved erotic scenes,
as well as some of the villas, in the back rooms. There's even one
fresco with a man with a set of scales weighing his... piece. Link. Plus their
gardens are crammed full of phalluses just sticking out of the ground.
That particular house is the house of a couple of merchants, and it
has plenty of other frescoes.
Caught In Action!
Caught In Action!09/24/2004 01:57 AM Herewith a rare excursion into wildlife photography; I got lucky and
captured one of our featured local species showing a burst of speed...
Syndication in Action04/30/2004 09:08 AM I wasn't going to say anything about the IPO filing by everyone's favorite search company,
on the theory that anyone reading this blog has already seen plenty
about the news. But one tidbit caught my eye.
According to Tristan
Lewis,
Google's S-1 states that about 1/3 of its advertising revenue in the
last quarter came from non-Google sites in its network. In other
words, to use the terminology of my Harvard Business
Review
article, Google is syndicating its targeted advertisements.
Amazon.com was previously my best example, but it was only generating
something like 10% of revenues from partner sites that use its
technology. I expect the Google number to increase, since its
AdSense program for other sites is still relatively new, and
competitive pressures will limit Google's ability to do more straight
search engine deals.
The people over at The Mod Gods have come out with a new way to
make on-the-fly copies of music on your friend's iPod. By C.K. Sample,
III, Unofficial Apple Weblog
All Talk, No Action
All Talk, No Action08/04/2004 09:57 AM Talk America may be improving, but no one seems to be listening.
Photo: Ads get some action
Photo: Ads get some action04/10/2005 11:36 PM New York start-up Massive will let game publishers boost profits by
inserting dynamic ads into games.
Shareholders Take Action05/14/2004 12:26 AM Here are some tips on how to make a difference with your holdings.
OSCommerce in action
OSCommerce in action06/05/2005 11:36 PM What's the best way to use the Web to sell products? A good open
source option is OSCommerce, a shopping cart package that uses Linux,
Apache, MySQL and PHP (LAMP) software. Because it's open source,
companies that use it can customize it themselves to better meet their
needs.
Hypocrisy in action06/27/2004 07:05 PM For those of you following online politics, it's been an interesting
couple of days between the Re-elect George Bush site and
Democrats.org. Amidst the harsh language and finger-pointing about
Hitler imagery, neither side deigns to tell the whole story.
Missing in action
Missing in action04/09/2004 04:04 PM As the war in Iraq spins out of control, why isn't John Kerry
launching a frontal assault on Bush's failed policies?
Protective action
Protective action04/19/2005 04:04 AM There are a number of things mobile device users can do to ward off
viruses.
Less talk, more action.10/29/2003 12:10 AM I've started a second blog, to pair with this one. It's called link
lagoon; you can read the introductory post there as well, or subscribe
to the RSS feed. The new blog is where I'll be posting things that are
mostly content from elsewhere; occasionally, I'll add a line or two to
the mix, but the content is highlighted from elsewhere. I've far too
many posts rotting away in my news reader that deserve the attention
of others — but aren't necessarily topical or relevant to this
blog....
- Stealthy action
- Stealthy action05/25/2004 10:25 PM Computer Times Asia May 26 2004 2:00AM GMT Grok Description matches for Jess in Action GrokA matches for Jess in Action
James Joyce's Vision of a Dublin Day at 100
James Joyce's Vision of a Dublin Day at 10006/11/2004 07:15 PM Newswise (press release)-2 hours ago ... Bloomsday. In the United
States, parties are planned from Saratoga to San Diego. Google lists
46,300 entries for Bloomsday. Dublin ...
The official web site for the 19th International James Joyce Symposium Dublin 2004
The virus was apparently released in time for the 100th anniversary of
the eponymous literary holiday. It infects the Symbian operating
system that is used in several makes of mobiles, notably the Nokia
brand, and propagates through the new bluetooth wireless technology
that is in several new mobile phones.
Guardian Unlimited Books | News | Overlong, overrated and unmoving: Roddy Doyle's verdict on James Joyce's Ulysses
InfoSync World
cleans up their CeBIT coverage with a piece on Panasonic's 65" Plasma
HDTV with an infrared frame that turns it into an enormous touch
screen. Referencing Minority Report far too many times, the
reviewer tells us that Panasonic had developed some very specific
weather tracking and aerial navigation software to take advantage of
the touch capabilities. The great part is that the infrared unit is an
independent frame around the television and Panasonic also makes a 42"
and 50" model, so retrofitting your existing Plasma shouldn't be too
difficult. It's USB-powered and accurate up to 2x2 millimeters. No
word on price or availability, but a quick Google search pulled up a
German Lycos catalog page with a price of about $5,150 for the 50"
model.
He Pushed the Hot Button of Touch-Screen Voting06/15/2004 02:05 AM California's secretary of state is taking the arcane matter of voting
machines and turning it into a hobbyhorse that he could ride to the
governor's office.
Not Quite A Touch Screen To Let You Feel Fabrics Online
Not Quite A Touch Screen To Let You Feel Fabrics Online09/10/2004 01:18 PM One of the problems some people have with buying clothing online is
that they can't "feel" the fabric. They can't pick it up, move it
around, and see how well it's really made. A student in the UK has
designed some software to try to solve this problem, letting users "feel"
clothing online. The software tries to make it easier to sense
"softness, fullness, smoothness, hairiness, prickliness, drape,
thickness, elasticity, rigidity and warmth" of the fabric using some
3D animations. For example, to see "hairiness" it would show a close
up, and as the user moved the mouse, you could see how the fibers
moved. Of course, if they combined this with a bit of
haptics to give some touch feedback, it might seem a lot more
useful. Realistically, this is just a bunch of video demonstrations
about the fabric.
Sand Dune Ventures, Inc. Launches Touch Screen Tablet PC
Sand Dune Ventures, Inc. Launches Touch Screen Tablet PC06/27/2004 04:54 AM Sand Dune Ventures, Inc. introduces the Sahara Touch-it Tablet PC, a
true touch screen only slate Tablet PC for field sales and service,
entertainment, kiosk, healthcare, education, and government mobile
computing needs. [PRWEB Jun 27, 2004]
Touch Screen Machine Scaring Off Senior Citizen Election Judges
Touch Screen Machine Scaring Off Senior Citizen Election Judges02/13/2004 03:31 AM Well, here's a completely unexpected consequence of Maryland going to
all touchscreen voting systems: the election judges who watch over the
voting process, who are mostly senior citizens, are scared off by the high-tech
machines. The old voting system, they could handle. However,
understanding a touchscreen voting system when many of them are still
shying away from computers is too much. And, apparently, it's not
easy to find election judges, so when they scare off a good percentage
of the usual crowd, there's a definite shortage.
Analysis reveals flaws in voting by touch-screen. One Out of Every 100 Votes Not Counted! 7/12
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NEW ELECTRONIC VOTING SYSTEM IN FLORIDA: FLAWED... electronic records from first widespread use of touch-screen voting in Miami-Dade County have been lost ,,, records disappeared after two computer system crashes last year, leaving no audit trail for t
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Ulysses 1.1
Ulysses 1.105/14/2004 03:20 PM A unique Mac OS X text editor aimed directly at creative writers.
Is Ulysses Overrated?02/16/2004 04:02 PM With the centenary of the first Bloomsday coming later this year,
the scene for a showdown between Joyceans, literary critics and
generic whiners of all sorts has been set. The perennial debate
regarding the worth of James Joyce's Ulysses has been sparked off yet
again by a dude called Roddy Doyle.
Update: Ulysses 1.1.1
Update: Ulysses 1.1.104/01/2005 11:56 AM The text editor for creative writers adds shortcuts, greater speed in
the editor, a Show Invisibles option, right-to-left writing, and other
improvements.
Rick James - www.RickJames.com - The Internet Home of The King of Funk...Rick James
This Der Spiegel story about erotic frescoes from Pompeii
reveals that prior to being buried in heaps of ash, Pompeiians were
totally whoring it up. 
InfoSync World
cleans up their CeBIT coverage with a piece on Panasonic's 65" Plasma
HDTV with an infrared frame that turns it into an enormous touch
screen. Referencing Minority Report far too many times, the
reviewer tells us that Panasonic had developed some very specific
weather tracking and aerial navigation software to take advantage of
the touch capabilities. The great part is that the infrared unit is an
independent frame around the television and Panasonic also makes a 42"
and 50" model, so retrofitting your existing Plasma shouldn't be too
difficult. It's USB-powered and accurate up to 2x2 millimeters. No
word on price or availability, but a quick Google search pulled up a
German Lycos catalog page with a price of about $5,150 for the 50"
model.