[NetBehaviour] Software Is The Artwork: Interview with Aymeric Mansoux, Marloes De Valk and Dave Griffiths
Software Is The Artwork: Interview with Aymeric Mansoux, Marloes De Valk and Dave Griffiths Aymeric Mansoux, Marloes de Valk and Dave Griffiths received the First Prize at VIDA 13.2 awards for Naked on Pluto, a text-based online game that playfully addresses issues of online privacy and the (mis)use of personal data. Seven Artificial Intelligence bots interact with the player, who strives to escape the entertainment environment Elastic Versailles while being constantly prompted to provide additional information to the system. The project was developed with Free/ Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS), a practice that is advocated by the artists in publications such as FLOSS+Art (2009), as well as in articles and workshops. The impact of free culture and open source software in artistic practices and the development of their award winning online environment are the main subjects discussed in the following interview. http://vida.fundaciontelefonica.com/en/2014/01/23/software-is-the-artwork-interview-with-aymeric-mansoux-marloes-de-valk-and-dave-griffiths/ -- --- A living - breathing - thriving networked neighbourhood - proud of free culture - claiming it with others ;) Other reviews,articles,interviews http://www.furtherfield.org/reviews.php Furtherfield – online arts community, platforms for creating, viewing, discussing and learning about experimental practices at the intersections of art, technology and social change. http://www.furtherfield.org Furtherfield Gallery – Finsbury Park (London). http://www.furtherfield.org/gallery Netbehaviour - Networked Artists List Community. http://www.netbehaviour.org http://identi.ca/furtherfield http://twitter.com/furtherfield ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
[NetBehaviour] Software Hackers?
Hi, A friend is looking for a software hacker to alter some text in the programm 'Arkaous Grand VJ' . http://www.arkaos.net/product/index.php?catid=1pid=1001iid=42 Contact me [ john.w...@network.rca.ac.uk ] if you fancy having a go at this. Feel free to forward on other lists. Ta, John. ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
[NetBehaviour] Software of the Spectacle.
Software of the Spectacle. Final Cut Pro X means Apple has abandoned professional artists by Flick Harrison Guy Debord said that the main function of our society is now the production of spectacle. The spectacle alienates us from life and each other. Facebook, for instance, transforms our relationships into images of those relationships, mediated by Facebook’s own hidden desires. Fifteen years of engagement with the Final-Cut-Pro-using professional class is, at best, a good self-funding, street-cred foundation for the new consumer version of FCP, called FCP-X. It could be compared to the free itunes app of yesteryear which slowly led us to the Itunes Store and thence to the app store, iphone and ipad. Since Photoshop or thereabouts, the line between artist / consumer / producer has blurred for many reasons. Web 2.0 was a major result / acceleration of that, when the content between ads suddenly became user-generated instead of professionally-produced. Popping out a lower-cost, easier-to-use version of FCP should goose the whole production stream in that direction, not only helping fill the million-channel universe with consumer-produced stuff but driving the wages of pros down. http://blog.flickharrison.com/2011/07/software-of-the-spectacle/ ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
[NetBehaviour] Software Takes Command (a new book by Lev Manovich)
Software Takes Command (a new book by Lev Manovich) VERSION: November 20, 2008. Please note that this version has not been proofread yet, and it is also missing illustrations. Length: 82,071 Words (including footnotes). Creative Commons License Software Takes Command by Lev Manovich is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. Please notify me if you want to reprint any parts of the book. ABOUT THE VERSIONS: One of the advantages of online distribution which I can control is that I don¹t have to permanently fix the book¹s contents. Like contemporary software and web services, the book can change as often as I like, with new ³features² and ³big fixes² added periodically. I plan to take advantage of these possibilities. From time to time, I will be adding new material and making changes and corrections to the text. LATEST VERSION: Check softwarestudies.com/softbook for the latest version of the book. SUGGESTIONS, CORRECTIONS AND COMMENTS: send to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word ³softbook² in the email header. ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
[NetBehaviour] Software spots the spin in political speeches.
Software spots the spin in political speeches From New Scientist. Stu Hutson. BLINK and you would have missed it. The expression of disgust on former US president Bill Clinton's face during his speech to the Democratic National Convention as he says Obama lasts for just a fraction of a second. But to Paul Ekman it was glaringly obvious. Given that he probably feels jilted that his wife Hillary didn't get the nomination, I would have to say that the entire speech was actually given very gracefully, says Ekman, who has studied people's facial expressions and how they relate to what they are thinking for over 40 years. It seems that Clinton's micro-expression gave away more about his true feelings than he intended. Politicians do not usually give themselves away so tellingly, and many of us would like to know whether they mean what they are saying. So how are we to know when they are lying? Technology is here to help. Software programs that analyse a person's speech, voice or facial expressions are building upon the work of researchers like Ekman to help us discover when the truth is being stretched, and even by how much. The important thing to recognise is that politicians aren't typically good at out-and-out lies, but they are very adept at dancing around the truth, says David Skillicorn, a mathematics and computer science researcher at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. The 2008 election has so far given us plenty of chances to see them in action. http://tinyurl.com/4o6cap ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
[NetBehaviour] software
hey everybody can anybody recommend any really good opensource photo editing software for macs? cheers rich white http://www.counterwork.co.uk 07812444612 ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
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Try http://www.gimp.org/macintosh/ On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 1:20 PM, rich white [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hey everybody can anybody recommend any really good opensource photo editing software for macs? cheers rich white http://www.counterwork.co.uk 07812444612 ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour -- best Jake Jake Harries Digital Arts Programme Manager ACCESS SPACE 1 Sidney St Sheffield, S1 4RG, UK t: +44 (0)114 249 5522 w: www.access-space.org Reg. Charity 1103837 www.myspace.com/jakeharries www.myspace.com/heights_of_abraham www.myspace.com/chakk P Help save paper: do you need to print this email? ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
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the gimp? krita? On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 9:20 AM, rich white [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hey everybody can anybody recommend any really good opensource photo editing software for macs? cheers rich white http://www.counterwork.co.uk 07812444612 ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour -- ++ vote ++ ==MUSSUM== Cacilds! - 51 +-+- ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
Re: [NetBehaviour] software
The Gimp: http://www.gimp.org/ rich white wrote: hey everybody can anybody recommend any really good opensource photo editing software for macs? cheers rich white http://www.counterwork.co.uk 07812444612 ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
Re: [NetBehaviour] software
I agree Gimp is the one :-) xx Renee On 17 Jul 2008, at 14:27, Jake Harries wrote: Try http://www.gimp.org/macintosh/ On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 1:20 PM, rich white [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hey everybody can anybody recommend any really good opensource photo editing software for macs? cheers rich white http://www.counterwork.co.uk 07812444612 ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour -- best Jake Jake Harries Digital Arts Programme Manager ACCESS SPACE 1 Sidney St Sheffield, S1 4RG, UK t: +44 (0)114 249 5522 w: www.access-space.org Reg. Charity 1103837 www.myspace.com/jakeharries www.myspace.com/heights_of_abraham www.myspace.com/chakk P Help save paper: do you need to print this email? ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour http://www.fudgethefacts.com/ http://www.geuzen.org/ ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
Re: [NetBehaviour] software
hi rich, depends on what you want to do. maybe you want to give cinepaint a try http://www.cinepaint.org/ cheers KH rich white schrieb: hey everybody can anybody recommend any really good opensource photo editing software for macs? cheers rich white http://www.counterwork.co.uk 07812444612 ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour -- 「When too perfect…, lieber Gott boese.」 （完璧すぎるならば、神の怒りに触れるだろう） http://khjeron.de begin:vcard fn:KH Jeron n:Jeron;KH adr:;;Heckmannufer 7;Berlin;;10997;Germany email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] tel;home:++49 (0) 30 614 94 63 url:http://khjeron.de version:2.1 end:vcard ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
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Please keep in mind that gimp for mac still relies on X11, which might be anoying ... marc garrett schrieb: Yep - Gimp is the one... marc Try http://www.gimp.org/macintosh/ On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 1:20 PM, rich white [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hey everybody can anybody recommend any really good opensource photo editing software for macs? cheers rich white http://www.counterwork.co.uk 07812444612 ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org mailto:NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour -- best Jake Jake Harries Digital Arts Programme Manager ACCESS SPACE 1 Sidney St Sheffield, S1 4RG, UK t: +44 (0)114 249 5522 w: www.access-space.org http://www.access-space.org Reg. Charity 1103837 www.myspace.com/jakeharries http://www.myspace.com/jakeharries www.myspace.com/heights_of_abraham http://www.myspace.com/heights_of_abraham www.myspace.com/chakk http://www.myspace.com/chakk P Help save paper: do you need to print this email? ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour -- 「When too perfect…, lieber Gott boese.」 （完璧すぎるならば、神の怒りに触れるだろう） http://khjeron.de begin:vcard fn:KH Jeron n:Jeron;KH adr:;;Heckmannufer 7;Berlin;;10997;Germany email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] tel;home:++49 (0) 30 614 94 63 url:http://khjeron.de version:2.1 end:vcard ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
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2008/7/17 KH Jeron [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Please keep in mind that gimp for mac still relies on X11, which might be anoying ... Setting focus follows mouse makes it tolerable. There's an OS X-ified version of the Gimp core: http://seashore.sourceforge.net/ And native OS X Gimp is coming along well: http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2007/Aug-30-2.html But for publishing work the big problem is that Gimp doesn't support CMYK. This is a bit like graphic designers writing an operating system for software developers and leaving out file handling, but fortunately CMYK support will be in the next major version. - Rob. ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
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I've never understood why they don't just include X11 in the default installation. Must be some sort of licensing thing. KH Jeron wrote: Please keep in mind that gimp for mac still relies on X11, which might be anoying ... marc garrett schrieb: Yep - Gimp is the one... marc Try http://www.gimp.org/macintosh/ On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 1:20 PM, rich white [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hey everybody can anybody recommend any really good opensource photo editing software for macs? cheers rich white http://www.counterwork.co.uk 07812444612 ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org mailto:NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour -- best Jake Jake Harries Digital Arts Programme Manager ACCESS SPACE 1 Sidney St Sheffield, S1 4RG, UK t: +44 (0)114 249 5522 w: www.access-space.org http://www.access-space.org Reg. Charity 1103837 www.myspace.com/jakeharries http://www.myspace.com/jakeharries www.myspace.com/heights_of_abraham http://www.myspace.com/heights_of_abraham www.myspace.com/chakk http://www.myspace.com/chakk P Help save paper: do you need to print this email? ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
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oouch! ;_0 marc I didn't even know a mac was able to do such things: I thought one would need a computer to run software. ++ Clément On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 2:20 PM, rich white [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hey everybody can anybody recommend any really good opensource photo editing software for macs? cheers rich white http://www.counterwork.co.uk 07812444612 ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
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On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 3:15 PM, Pall Thayer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've never understood why they don't just include X11 in the default installation. Must be some sort of licensing thing. No the licence wouldn't impact it, it's a BSD-style licence. I think it's more that they consider it a power user's tool and an alien user experience that they don't want to recommend to newbies. On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 3:31 PM, clemos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I didn't even know a mac was able to do such things: I thought one would need a computer to run software. There are still OS/2 users out there? Who knew? ;-P - Rob. ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
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On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 5:01 PM, Rob Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 3:31 PM, clemos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I didn't even know a mac was able to do such things: I thought one would need a computer to run software. There are still OS/2 users out there? Who knew? ;-P http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=643 *This* looks like an actual computer, and I can edit photos with my light pen directly on my TV screen. ++ Clément - Rob. ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
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you are right marc, i just wanted to draw your attention to cinepaint, which is a great choice for motion picture artists ... It has been used for Harry Potter, Grinch, Fast and the Furious, just to name a few. And its opensource like Gimp, but it can handle CIN, DPX or EXR files. cheers KH marc garrett schrieb: Hi KH, I've used it on my mac-laptop and it seemed fine. But it does depend what demands one has with Gimp, as Auriea mentioned regarding the use of a wacom tablet. I know Auriea's needs are high-end resolution for visuals on games etc... Although, these days a mouse can be pretty accurate. I think the most important message here is that we use what works for our needs :-) marc Please keep in mind that gimp for mac still relies on X11, which might be anoying ... marc garrett schrieb: Yep - Gimp is the one... marc Try http://www.gimp.org/macintosh/ On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 1:20 PM, rich white [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hey everybody can anybody recommend any really good opensource photo editing software for macs? cheers rich white http://www.counterwork.co.uk 07812444612 ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org mailto:NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour -- best Jake Jake Harries Digital Arts Programme Manager ACCESS SPACE 1 Sidney St Sheffield, S1 4RG, UK t: +44 (0)114 249 5522 w: www.access-space.org http://www.access-space.org Reg. Charity 1103837 www.myspace.com/jakeharries http://www.myspace.com/jakeharries www.myspace.com/heights_of_abraham http://www.myspace.com/heights_of_abraham www.myspace.com/chakk http://www.myspace.com/chakk P Help save paper: do you need to print this email? ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour -- 「When too perfect…, lieber Gott boese.」 （完璧すぎるならば、神の怒りに触れるだろう） http://jeron.org ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
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Hi KH, I think I'll have a look at this myself :-) marc you are right marc, i just wanted to draw your attention to cinepaint, which is a great choice for motion picture artists ... It has been used for Harry Potter, Grinch, Fast and the Furious, just to name a few. And its opensource like Gimp, but it can handle CIN, DPX or EXR files. cheers KH marc garrett schrieb: Hi KH, I've used it on my mac-laptop and it seemed fine. But it does depend what demands one has with Gimp, as Auriea mentioned regarding the use of a wacom tablet. I know Auriea's needs are high-end resolution for visuals on games etc... Although, these days a mouse can be pretty accurate. I think the most important message here is that we use what works for our needs :-) marc Please keep in mind that gimp for mac still relies on X11, which might be anoying ... marc garrett schrieb: Yep - Gimp is the one... marc Try http://www.gimp.org/macintosh/ On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 1:20 PM, rich white [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hey everybody can anybody recommend any really good opensource photo editing software for macs? cheers rich white http://www.counterwork.co.uk 07812444612 ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org mailto:NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour -- best Jake Jake Harries Digital Arts Programme Manager ACCESS SPACE 1 Sidney St Sheffield, S1 4RG, UK t: +44 (0)114 249 5522 w: www.access-space.org http://www.access-space.org Reg. Charity 1103837 www.myspace.com/jakeharries http://www.myspace.com/jakeharries www.myspace.com/heights_of_abraham http://www.myspace.com/heights_of_abraham www.myspace.com/chakk http://www.myspace.com/chakk P Help save paper: do you need to print this email? ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
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hhye there is a plugin for gimp so it can export images on CMYK. there is also an option that export images as separate colors even on CMYK (you will get 4 BW plates in the end) good luck on free software r On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 2:42 PM, james jwm-art net [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yeah, light pens ruled... *NOT* On 17/7/2008, clemos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 5:01 PM, Rob Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 3:31 PM, clemos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I didn't even know a mac was able to do such things: I thought one would need a computer to run software. There are still OS/2 users out there? Who knew? ;-P http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=643 *This* looks like an actual computer, and I can edit photos with my light pen directly on my TV screen. ++ Clément - Rob. ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour -- ++ vote ++ ==MUSSUM== Cacilds! - 51 +-+- ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
[NetBehaviour] Software Wars.
Software Wars. A graphic map depicting the epic struggle of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) against the Empire of Microsoft. http://mshiltonj.com/software_wars/current/ ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
[NetBehaviour] Software used to predict who might kill.
Software used to predict who might kill. By Michael Matza. The Philadelphia Inquirer. PHILADELPHIA - University of Pennsylvania criminologist Richard Berk, a trained statistician, never met a data set he didn't like. Now, using fresh data from the Philadelphia probation department, Berk and three colleagues have built an innovative model for predicting which troublemakers already in the system are most likely to kill or attempt a killing. With the homicide rate in Philadelphia outpacing last year's by at least 7 percent, a computer model for forecasting murder is in the works, Berk said, to be delivered to the probation department in the new year, with clinical trials of the new tool to begin in the spring. Initial research suggests the software-based system can make it 40 times more likely for caseworkers to accurately predict future lethality than they can using current practices. The project is funded with a private grant and the software is in the public domain, so the product will be delivered to the city free. This will help stratify our caseload and target our resources to the most dangerous people, probation department director of research Ellen Kurtz said. I don't care as much about (targeting) the shoplifter. I care a lot about the murderer, obviously. Sociologists have produced hundreds of studies using discrete pieces of information about offenders to try to come up with the means to identify probationers most likely to commit future felonies. But homicide, because it is a relatively rare event, has been very hard to predict. Of all probationers in Philadelphia, only about one in 100 will commit homicide. But for obvious reasons it is crucial to find that needle in the haystack, Berk said. more... http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/breaking_news/16155226.htm mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
