Subsumption Primer

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Evolutionary Subsumption
Neurocontrollers

Evolutionary Subsumption
Neurocontrollers 05/07/2004 07:19 PM
A new research paper (PDF format) written by COGS researcher Julian Togelius combines the ideas of evolutionary computing, neural networks, and subsumption architecture. A simulated robot using software based on Julian's ideas was able learn a series of behaviours through a multi-layer evolutionary process with multiple fitness functions. The paper suggests that a layered evolution approach may solve the chief problem of evolutionary robotics: scaling the software to the point that it can solve complicated, real-world problems. Julian explains layered evolution and differentiates it from incremental evolution and modularised evolution.

Primer

Primer 08/01/2004 06:12 PM

A Brief Primer On Ice Hockey

A Brief Primer On Ice Hockey 05/24/2004 06:50 PM
The sport of hockey has been the long neglected stepchild of North American team competition. While many have watched the Red Wings on TV, or possibly been to one or two games, hockey is still relatively unknown to most people south of the Canadian border. This is unfortunate , as hockey could be considered the most fast paced and intelligent sports played today.

a primer on how not to do journalism

a primer on how not to do journalism 05/31/2004 02:30 AM
scathing self-rebuke .. Editor & Publisher .. this E&P piece .. credibility

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Xeni's MMS primer

Xeni's MMS primer 06/24/2004 04:37 PM
On MSNBC, a quick primer I wrote on the (as-yet-unfulfilled) promise of MMS. Link

SQL Injection Primer

SQL Injection Primer 01/22/2004 02:27 AM

Basic PHP Security[SQL INJECTION]: A quick look at the hack du jour: SQL injection attacks. A simple enough thing to defend against.

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Primer día de la WSIS

Primer día de la WSIS 12/11/2003 09:46 AM

DHCP Primer

DHCP Primer 05/23/2002 10:39 PM

Geolocation Primer

Geolocation Primer 07/12/2004 02:11 PM

Geolocation tech slices, dices Web: A good, summary article on the next killer app of the Web: geolocation.

Type "dentist" into Google from New York, and you'll get ads for dentists in the city. Try watching a Cubs baseball game from a computer in Chicago, and you'll be stymied. Pre-existing local TV rights block the webcast.

The same technology is also being used by a British casino to keep out the Dutch and by online movie distributors to limit viewing to where it's permitted by license, namely the United States. [...]

As so-called geolocation technology improves, Web sites are increasingly blocking groups of visitors and carving the Web into smaller chunks — in some cases, down to a ZIP code or employer.

Thank God they're keeping out the Dutch...

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A BPEL primer

A BPEL primer 07/20/2004 01:11 PM

Rich Seidner explains to us what BPEL is and why it matters......

A BPEL Primer

BPEL has successfully established itself as the de facto Web services orchestration language standard.

By Rich Seidner

[WebServicesPipeline]

A Primer on Duration

A Primer on Duration 07/02/2004 01:21 PM
Skip the textbook for our definition of this bond portfolio concept.

Wi-Fi hacking, a primer

Wi-Fi hacking, a primer 08/13/2004 09:18 AM

Froogle Primer

Froogle Primer 01/07/2004 02:50 PM

PHP Strings Primer

PHP Strings Primer 10/29/2003 02:22 AM
In order to accomplish almost any programming task with PHP you'll be dealing with strings. To get the best out of PHP you must thoroughly understand the basic string functions available. In this tutorial we will lay down the foundations needed for a solid understanding of strings.

Dreamweaver Primer

Dreamweaver Primer 01/14/2003 02:16 AM
Boxes and Arrows Jan 14 2003 1:52AM ET

A Primer on Stagflation

A Primer on Stagflation 08/23/2004 02:34 PM
Take a look at a worst-case scenario for the markets.

PCI Express Primer

PCI Express Primer 04/08/2005 12:59 PM

A Taxonomy Primer

A Taxonomy Primer 10/21/2002 06:18 AM

Windows CE primer

Windows CE primer 07/23/2002 11:42 PM
CNET Jul 23 2002 10:48PM ET

Perl Module Primer

Perl Module Primer 04/18/2005 07:51 AM
In this article, we examine the basic building blocks and fundamental concepts that you need to know to begin writing and using your own modules. Towards the end, We'll touch--very briefly--on extended topics such as autoloading and object classes. By Dan Ragle. 0418

Primer Festival GNU/Linux UTP

Primer Festival GNU/Linux UTP 03/30/2005 06:13 PM

A Papal Succession Primer

A Papal Succession Primer 04/02/2005 05:11 AM
The Papacy .. assemble

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Community and Networks - a primer

Community and Networks - a primer 05/19/2004 01:21 AM

Jonas posts some interesting stuff.  You may THINK Jonas is a coder - but he's really a social scientist. He just plays a coder in a soap opera called life.

Slideshow Bob!.

I’ve uploaded the slides for this week’s “Social Capital and Community Awareness” talk. The talk itself was a primer on Social Networks and Social Capital to decision makers in the industry and kindly hosted at the Monterey CIO Summit and Forum. I really appreciated the chance to chime in on the whole “Social” debate, and tried to bring a few points home before the participants broke up into smaller groups.

All in all, I was very pleased, and rather surprised, by the turnout. A few very good questions were asked (and hopefully answered sufficiently) during the Q&A part, with almost thirty attendees and a handful of reporters around, I feel I’ve addressed a somewhat neglected field – the simple question what “we talk about, when we talk about this”.

If you are interested, download the PDF version of the slides above (click on the thumbnail). I know, that slides alone don’t do such an event justice, but it’s a start.

[a preponderance of evidence - What Willis Wuz' Talkin' 'Bout]

A Brief Primer on Black Pepper

A Brief Primer on Black Pepper 06/15/2004 10:07 AM
Black pepper is a spice that nearly everybody in the world takes for granted. It has been a culinary staple in the eastern tropics for eons, and indeed for the last several centuries the entire civilised world. The most wealthy of Romans were known to have seasoned their exotic cuisine with liberal amounts of pepper. Black pepper can be found in almost any savory dish as has become custom of fine cookery during the Renaissance, particularly in the arts of French and Italian cooking. But what do you really know about our dear friend, the spice affectionately known as black pepper?

Bio Diesel conversion primer

Bio Diesel conversion primer 06/15/2004 10:12 AM
On Kevin Kelly's "Cool Tools" ezine, a primer on Bio Diesel -- fuels made from veggie oil. Roll your own renewable fueling station!

I have been running Bio Diesel in my truck for over a year now. Bio Diesel is basically slightly refined vegetable oil that can run in ANY diesel vehicle with little to no modifications. The vegetable oil used can be virgin, but it is generally recycled from fryers at restaurants. Yes, the exhaust smells like whatever was fried in it. The best part of running Bio Diesel is that no wars need to be fought over it: it's entirely domestic, supports US farming, it's totally renewable, and it cuts almost all aspects of a diesel vehicle's emissions by more than 50-75%. (The exception is NOx which is about the same). You get slightly less mileage and power (5% decrease) from petro-diesel, but your exhaust smells a lot better and its actually easier on your engine.

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Updated Cloaking Primer

Updated Cloaking Primer 06/16/2004 04:41 PM
"The CGI script can then selectively serve different content based on the identity of the requestor. If the requestor is human, it can serve the home page of the domain, or some other web page..."

Lexonomy - A Taxonomy Primer

Lexonomy - A Taxonomy Primer 03/24/2005 05:27 AM
Lexonomy - A Taxonomy Primer
http: //www.lexonomy.com/publications/aTaxonomyPrimer.html

What’s the difference between a taxonomy and a thesaurus? What are the various types of controlled vocabularies, and how do they fit into a Web site’s Information Architecture? How do you use the various schemes to greatest advantage? Learn how to “take control” of these dynamic and effective tools for creating navigation schemes and search systems. Read the above article by Amy J. Warner, Ph.D. This has been added to Reference Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog.

C# Primer- A Practical Approach

C# Primer- A Practical Approach 06/29/2004 12:24 PM

Open Source Primer

Open Source Primer 03/24/2005 05:27 AM
Open Source Primer - NonProfit Open Source Initiative (NOSI)
http://www.nosi.net/taxonomy/term/3?PHPSESSID=fd1e7498 8f8ad719c702419dbddc9fce

NOSI’s acclaimed primer describes what open source software is and what impact this type of software may have on the nonprofit sector. The primer includes: 1) case-studies of nonprofits of various sizes that are using open source software, 2) a process for evaluating whether or not open source is right for an organization, and 3) useful resources and information. Written primarily in non-technical language, the Primer is accessible to a wide audience, including nonprofit managers with little hands-on technical expertise. This has been added to Reference Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog.

Tiger Primer: Dashboard

Tiger Primer: Dashboard 07/06/2004 05:12 AM
It's safe to assume that once Tiger arrives we'll be seeing a flood of homegrown Dashboard applications. By Jason Snell, Macworld (via MyAppleMenu)

Tiger Primer: Safari 2.0

Tiger Primer: Safari 2.0 07/07/2004 06:09 PM
By Jason Snell, Macworld (via MyAppleMenu)

Tiger Primer: Automator

Tiger Primer: Automator 07/08/2004 07:09 PM
You may not know a lot about it yet, but trust me -- Tiger's new AUtomator feature will save you a lot of time. By Jason Snell, Macworld (via MyAppleMenu)

File-Sharing Primer

File-Sharing Primer 05/23/2002 10:39 PM

PalmOS reset primer

PalmOS reset primer 01/18/2004 05:56 AM
Here's a HOW-TO describing the different flavors of reset available in various PalmOS devices.

The reason it takes a while to get the general preference screen after a soft reset is that the OS notifies every app on your device that a soft reset has occurred. That allows each program to reinitialize. There are two cases where you don't want that to happen. One is if you want to delete a system file or other file that's normally open in the OS and won't let you delete it as a result. Since that app won't be initialized, it won't be active after the reset and you can freely delete it. The second is if some app is crashing your system in an endless chain of soft resets. This reset will keep all apps inactive until you manually start them after the reset is complete. This way, you can work your way through the apps and see which one is causing the problem. It could be as simple as a corrupt preference database for an app. This takes some patience in troubleshooting, but always start with what you did last and work your way back through your last changes in reverse order.

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Tweaking MySQL (4.x) Primer

Tweaking MySQL (4.x) Primer 01/19/2004 01:42 AM
Your database driven website was doing well when only Uncle Ted and the guy down the street were viewing it, but now thanks to a brilliant piece of viral marketing your website is being pounded. Before shelling out money for a more powerful server, it would benefit you to see if you could optimize to increase performance. In this article I'll share a few tips I've picked up over the last week or so dealing with optimizing your MySQL 4.x database server. Some are nifty little apps that help you understand what's going on, while others are ways to improve your SQL for better performance. I'm running FreeBSD 4.x personally, so YMMV for some of this if you're using a different OS.

Enterprise JavaBeans: A Primer

Enterprise JavaBeans: A Primer 11/12/2003 01:31 PM
WebmasterBase Nov 12 2003 3:02AM ET

A primer on the Dems and technology

A primer on the Dems and technology 01/22/2004 02:13 AM
CNET is running a story on the IT industry's monitoring of the Iowa democratic caucus.

Digital Audio Primer

Digital Audio Primer 01/27/2004 02:53 PM
Digital music players are becoming household items and digital media gateways are about to flood the market. Let us help you bone up on you digital media terminology.

PHP Date + Time Primer

PHP Date + Time Primer 06/26/2002 01:02 PM
PHP incorporates powerful and fast date and time functionality. In this article Ryan gives us the low down on PHP's various functions to manipulate the time and date with ease. 5 Free Bonuses!!! "Attention All Web Developers" Now includes 5 FREE eBooks to help you promote your ConMan website! "This is one of the best pieces of software that we have ever used. It's quick, streamlined, and allowed us to have a fully working site packed with articles in just 3 hours" Ever wanted to run your own content driven web site? Well now you can with ConMan: the fast, flexible and secure web site + admin suite. Try it for free!Click here. Get notified when we post new content: New Forum Threads 1. Article Discussion: Database Design Principles With MySQL 2. winsock-Connection forcibly rejected 3. Article Discussion: C++ Tricks of the Trade: Friend Functions 4. PHP Poll Isn't Working 5. Multiple file upload with php! 6. Cms 7. 2 datagrids problem 8. Timer count. 9. Reg/Login - Datagrid filtering 10. read a variable More Forum Threads... Other Recent Articles New Technologies and What They Mean To You: Part 1 // by Jeremy Wright - 18th Jun 2002
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We are all connected: The path from
architecture to information architecture

We are all connected: The path from
architecture to information architecture 11/11/2003 04:46 AM

We Are All Connected: The Path from
Architecture to Information Architecture

We Are All Connected: The Path from
Architecture to Information Architecture 01/07/2004 06:41 PM
In this article, author Fu Tien Chiou describes a link between traditional architecture and Information Architecture, showing how the Information Architect uses a set of blueprints that builders -- designers and programmers -- can construct. 1217

Ecclesiastical Architecture, et al.

Ecclesiastical Architecture, et al. 06/17/2004 10:14 AM
The Churchmouse: Ecclesiastical Architecture, Stained Glass, Church Monuments and other Funerary Monuments such as Cast Iron Grave Markers.

The architecture of intermediation

The architecture of intermediation 03/30/2005 06:14 PM
When Steve Mallett recently cloned del.icio.us to create de.lirio.us, the predictable controversy ensued. Here's a capsule summary:

Good! del.icio.us is closed-source, the world needs an open-source social bookmarking service.

Bad! Geez, what a lame ripoff!

Rather than taking sides in this debate -- which I can't do, because I sympathize with both positions while endorsing neither -- I'd like to try to broaden its scope. ...

TAG and the Web's Architecture

TAG and the Web's Architecture 09/04/2002 07:03 PM
Kendall Clark reviews the first public draft of the W3C Technical Architecture Group's publication "Architectural Principles of the World Wide Web", intended to be a definitive statement of how the Web should work.

Moving Your Architecture to .NET

Moving Your Architecture to .NET 03/13/2003 10:24 AM

TAG: 3D Architecture Guide

TAG: 3D Architecture Guide 06/14/2004 01:21 PM
TAG 1.6 Released...

The architecture of participation

The architecture of participation 08/17/2004 10:59 AM

Discussions about open source and innovation tend to cluster around two opposing memes. One says that open source can't innovate; the other that only open source can innovate. Both are wrong. Sometimes large, well-funded R&D programs can achieve breakthroughs that lone geniuses can't. And sometimes the reverse is true. Either way, the real innovation of the open source movement is the architecture of participation. It can help turn a good idea -- wherever it came from -- into a best-quality implementation. Software companies that don't choose the open source model have to find other ways to recruit and reward participants. [Full story at InfoWorld.com] [See also: other open-source-related items]

The term 'open source' presumes that the essence of software is source code, and that participation means hacking it. And that's true. But the emergence of the services model creates modes of participation that don't require access to source. Back in 2000, Rael Dornfest introduced the term open services in order to make that distinction. ...

PHP Cluster Architecture

PHP Cluster Architecture 09/02/2004 08:24 AM
New documents added

pDNS architecture

pDNS architecture 05/07/2004 05:00 AM
Diagram of how it fits..

Diagram of how it fits.

Information Architecture for Everyone

Information Architecture for Everyone 11/13/2002 04:55 AM
The purpose of this article is to help you define information architecture so that you can recognize when it is you are wearing an IA hat, as well as provide you some tips, basics and resources to help you build the most well architected sites possible. So let's get started.

Deterministic AI Architecture

Deterministic AI Architecture 06/25/2004 08:59 AM
Major change in development

Architecture + Ecology in AZ

Architecture + Ecology in AZ 11/16/2003 06:17 PM
"We have a society that is moving very rapidly to the super-, super-, super-consum ptive," says architect Pa olo Soleri. "And I'm proposing that might not be the final answer. So I'm saying, why don't we try a leaner alternative?" (via PBS; more inside.)

Architecture pilgrimage

Architecture pilgrimage 07/02/2004 02:43 PM
Architect ure pilgrimage. Sketches of the world's great architecture.

Emergent Architecture

Emergent Architecture 08/05/2002 10:43 PM

Reviewing Web Architecture

Reviewing Web Architecture 12/17/2003 07:19 PM
Kendall Clark analyzes the W3C Technical Architure Group's "Architecture of the World Wide Web" document, newly published as a Last Call draft at the W3C.

Looking Into The Power Architecture
Future

Looking Into The Power Architecture
Future 06/09/2004 10:41 AM

International information architecture

International information architecture 08/17/2004 07:56 AM
I'm looking for examples of international information architecture - whatever that is. I stumbled accross the English version of the Japan International Cooperation Agency, which contains an Oath of service on the homepage: "With passion and pride, as professionals in development cooperation, we will perform our work responsibly and energetically with love ...

Architecture of the World Wide Web

Architecture of the World Wide Web 12/11/2003 09:42 AM
Architecture of the World Wide Web
http://www.w3.or g/TR/2003/WD-webarch-20031209/
http://www.w3.org/20 03/12/tag-pressrelease
http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/

The W3C Technical Architecture Group (TAG) has released a Last Call Working Draft of the "Architecture of the World Wide Web, First Edition." The document is written for Web developers, implementers, content authors and publishers. It describes the properties that are desired of the Web and the design choices that have been made to achieve them. Comments are invited through 5 March 2004. Read the press release and visit the TAG home page.

Nodal Game AI Architecture

Nodal Game AI Architecture 07/07/2004 01:15 AM
Coming Soon

Pricing and Internet Architecture

Pricing and Internet Architecture 01/03/2004 08:33 PM

More from PHPCon 2002: Architecture in
PHP

More from PHPCon 2002: Architecture in
PHP 12/13/2002 11:01 AM

Web Architecture Review: Representation

Web Architecture Review: Representation 02/10/2004 02:49 AM
Kendall Clark continues his look at the W3C Technical Architecture Group's "Architecture of the World Wide Web." This time he examines the third of the key architectural principles set forth in this document: data formats.

The Importance of Information
Architecture

The Importance of Information
Architecture 11/20/2002 04:37 AM

Future of Information Architecture

Future of Information Architecture 01/16/2003 05:05 AM

Understanding Information Architecture

Understanding Information Architecture 01/22/2003 04:20 AM

OMAP 2 Architecture for 3G Phones

OMAP 2 Architecture for 3G Phones 06/15/2004 03:56 AM
3G Jun 15 2004 7:17AM GMT

Pricing and Architecture of the Internet

Pricing and Architecture of the Internet 01/03/2004 09:29 AM
Pricing and Architecture of the Internet: Historical Perspectives from Telecommunications and Transportation
ht tp://www.dtc.umn.edu/~odlyzko/doc/pricing.architecture.pdf

With telecommunications in a slump, the search is on for ways to re-invigorate this key industry. The main problems are clearly economic much more than technological, and many of the proposed remedies would lead to new architectures for the Internet that would provide for greater control by carriers. They would drastically reduce the role of the end-to-end principle, the main foundation for the success of the Internet, in which functionality resides at the edges of the network. The proposals to restrict voice over Internet (VoIP) are just one part of this trend.

Historical precedents from telecommunications for introduction of differentiated services and sophisticated charging methods on the Internet are discouraging. The almost universal trend has been towards decreasing price discrimination and simpler pricing. The history of transportation presents a different picture, with frequent
movements towards increasing price discrimination and more complicated pricing (although with many noteworthy reversals). Charging according to the nature of the goods being transported has been and continues to be the norm. Since the incentives to price discriminate are increasing, and the ability to do so is also growing, it is conceivable that telecommunications might break with its historical record and follow the example of transportation. It is therefore of interest to examine the evolution of pricing and quality differentiation in transportation.

Longhorn Architecture Diagram

Longhorn Architecture Diagram 11/02/2003 05:21 PM
Thanks BobSmith. Microsoft's Brad Abrams writes, "JimAll quickly showed a version of this Longhorn Architecture Diagram during his keynote and many of the breakouts use it. I thought you’d like to have the raw diagram. Very cool way to look at how Longhorn is built."

If people don't notice it, it's not
architecture...

If people don't notice it, it's not
architecture... 11/15/2003 07:42 AM

I've just caught up on my Dre amspaces and been confronted with a conundrum. In a piece about brutalist architecture, they featured the Tricorn centre in Portsmouth. Here's a picture of the building in question:

Now, this building hasn't had the most illustrious of histories. It was built in 1966, given an award in 1967 and voted Britain's fourth ugliest building in 1968. It is generally reviled by the public and will not be protected by government by being listed. But when the architect - Rodney Gordon - is asked about the general distaste towards his building, he replies:

"Well I'm very surprised. A lot of people liked the building. One thing I do find is that any piece of architecture worth being called architecture is usually both hated and loved. If people don't notice it, it's not architecture."

That last phrase seems extraordinary to me - stunning in its arrogance and audacity and completely in opposition to most of the understandings of design and architecture that I've accumulated over the last ten years. That kind of ostentatious statement of impact above function was given up within the first ten years of web design. What Gordon is talking about is the construction of follies - buildings with little or no function but to inspire and awe. Unworkable spaces, unusable spaces. We have them on the web too - sometimes even intentionally - either as art or design showcases or as image-based impactful press prelease or advertising spaces. But this is different. This is a site - a space - designed for shopping and socialising that wants desperately to be innovative and impressive - the architect all the while dismissing the subtle and less overt arts of flows and usability, building things that are not scaled for humans or comprehensible to them. All the things that allow a place to be understood by people are dismissed as unworthy of the name of architecture. And why - because the building must be noticed... It's stunning. It's terrible. And I'm fairly sure it's wrong.

If you're interested in the Tricorn:

• The Portsmouth Society
• The Tricorn and Sacred Geometry

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Subsumption Primer

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