{"id":2729,"date":"2010-10-31T11:42:19","date_gmt":"2010-10-31T11:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hobbitsabroad.com\/?p=2729"},"modified":"2010-10-31T11:42:19","modified_gmt":"2010-10-31T11:42:19","slug":"links-31","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbitsabroad.com\/?p=2729","title":{"rendered":"Links"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/buriednexttoyou\/5095255302\/\" target=_blank title=\"Internet VS Privacy - A Helpful Venn Diagram by Dave Makes, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4084\/5095255302_3d948a1899.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Internet VS Privacy - A Helpful Venn Diagram\" hspace=10 align=right \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=Indent>Very politics-heavy bunch of links, this week.  This is, of course, a bit of an inevitability, given the elections taking place in the US coupled with the most recenet WikiLeaks release.  That said, there are some good ones in there.  Particularly enlightening was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mentalfloss.com\/blogs\/archives\/71630\" target=_blank>The True Size of Africa<\/a> &#8211; an illustration of the distortion provided to us all by the continued use of the <a href=\"https:\/\/secure.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/wiki\/Mercator_projection\" target=_blank>Mercator projection<\/a>.  That thing ought to be banned, in favor of the <a href=\"https:\/\/secure.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/wiki\/Gall-Peters_projection\" target=_blank>Gall-Peters projection<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p class=Indent>In any event, hope you enjoy the links!<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<b>Employment<\/b>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/international\/germany\/0,1518,725118,00.html\" target=_blank>Integration Courses: Migrants on The Waiting List<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<small>25 October 2010, 7:02 am<\/small><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB10001424052702303864404575571983699796048.html\" target=_blank>Engineering, Computer-Science Pay More Than Liberal Arts<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<small>25 October 2010, 8:35 am<\/small><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/gcn.com\/articles\/2010\/10\/21\/cyber-workforce-search.aspx\" target=_blank>Agencies Hard Hit By Shortage of Cybersecurity Pros<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<small>25 October 2010, 8:37 am<\/small><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/international\/germany\/0,1518,725189,00.html\" target=_blank>Gender Parity?: German Women Struggle for Equal Pay<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<small>25 October 2010, 8:53 am<\/small><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.sfgate.com\/click.phdo?i=fdbd9564ef2a926696346a8f8a8bd637\" target=_blank>Mobile talent in short supply as jobs are unfilled<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<small>31 October 2010, 12:25 am<\/small><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Medical Tech<\/b>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/international\/zeitgeist\/0,1518,725798,00.html\" target=_blank>Brooke the Immortal: An American Child May Hold Secrets to Aging<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<small>29 October 2010, 8:43 am<\/small><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.badscience.net\/2010\/10\/degrees-of-consent\/\" target=_blank>Degrees of consent in medical trials<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<small>29 October 2010, 3:47 pm<\/small><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Miscellany<\/b>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unshelved.com\/2010-10-24\" target=_blank>Unshelved on Sunday, October 24, 2010<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<small>24 October 2010, 12:00 am<\/small><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mentalfloss.com\/blogs\/archives\/71630\" target=_blank>The True Size of Africa<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<small>26 October 2010, 1:04 pm<\/small><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Politics<\/b>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.nationalgeographic.com\/click.phdo?i=4d65e9b9dc1fd758262a4f85fa8ee2de\" target=_blank>Parks, Forests Eyed for the Fuel Beneath<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<small>22 October 2010, 1:28 pm<\/small><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.sfgate.com\/click.phdo?i=452a0024ac2c8c4105c04094c8eccf08\" target=_blank>Court rejects suit over S.F.&#8217;s blast at Vatican<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<small>22 October 2010, 11:48 pm<\/small><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/international\/germany\/0,1518,725248,00.html\" target=_blank>Historians Deliver Damning Verdict: Study Highlights German Foreign Ministry&#8217;s Role in Holocaust <\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<small>25 October 2010, 9:51 am<\/small><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/international\/europe\/0,1518,725250,00.html\" target=_blank>Sarkozy&#8217;s Perfect Storm: French Fury Goes Beyond Pensions<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<small>26 October 2010, 2:12 am<\/small><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/international\/europe\/0,1518,725176,00.html\" target=_blank>Rampant Racism?: New Political Party Aims to Scupper Sweden&#8217;s Far-Right<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<small>26 October 2010, 4:05 am<\/small><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/international\/germany\/0,1518,725600,00.html\" target=_blank>Hitler&#8217;s Diplomats: Historian Calls Wartime Ministry A &#8216;Criminal Organization&#8217;<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<small>27 October 2010, 5:39 am<\/small><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.sfgate.com\/click.phdo?i=9d8992f0281ccbe0577838de734cac56\" target=_blank>RI to vote on dropping &#8216;Plantations&#8217; from its name<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<small>27 October 2010, 8:02 am<\/small><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/international\/world\/0,1518,725590,00.html\" target=_blank>Child Labor in Uzbekistan: Are German Firms Profiting from Modern Slavery?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<small>28 October 2010, 6:28 am<\/small><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/international\/world\/0,1518,725911,00.html\" target=_blank>Divisions over Biodiversity Protocol: A Visit to the Ecological Battlefield<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<small>28 October 2010, 7:57 am<\/small><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/international\/germany\/0,1518,725908,00.html\" target=_blank>SPIEGEL Interview With Green Party Chief Claudia Roth: &#8216;Each Ministry Must Examine Its Own Nazi Past&#8217;<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<small>28 October 2010, 9:09 am<\/small><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.sfgate.com\/click.phdo?i=da06bd8473cb2467033b06581144c145\" target=_blank>More tuition hikes sought for state universities<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<small>30 October 2010, 5:47 pm<\/small><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Politics: Iraq \/ Afghanastan<\/b>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/international\/world\/0,1518,724449,00.html\" target=_blank>On the Border of War: An Insurgent&#8217;s Road Trip from Pakistan to Afghanistan<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<small>22 October 2010, 2:20 am<\/small><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/international\/world\/0,1518,724855,00.html\" target=_blank>The WikiLeaks Disclosures: New Dimensions in the Iraq War<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<small>22 October 2010, 1:50 pm<\/small><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/international\/world\/0,1518,722544,00.html\" target=_blank>Iraq, Nov. 23, 2006: A Day in Hell<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<small>22 October 2010, 1:50 pm<\/small><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/international\/world\/0,1518,724845,00.html\" target=_blank>The WikiLeaks Iraq War Logs: Greatest Data Leak in US Military History<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<small>22 October 2010, 1:52 pm<\/small><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/international\/world\/0,1518,724819,00.html\" target=_blank>Hellfire from the Sky: Iraq War Logs Reveal Details of Dubious Apache Attacks<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<small>22 October 2010, 2:44 pm<\/small><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/international\/world\/0,1518,724974,00.html\" target=_blank>Outrage, Applause, Indifference: US Reacts to WikiLeaks Iraq Documents<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<small>23 October 2010, 12:37 pm<\/small><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.sfgate.com\/click.phdo?i=b1b1c5ca275e7eda50cbb250a75a4ae7\" target=_blank>Analysis: Leaked files portray weak, divided Iraq<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<small>23 October 2010, 6:15 pm<\/small><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.sfgate.com\/click.phdo?i=c4a3a4bc61e4ae2d764dc431fb45132c\" target=_blank>Iraqi PM on the defense in WikiLeaks release<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<small>23 October 2010, 6:15 pm<\/small><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/international\/world\/0,1518,724026,00.html\" target=_blank>The WikiLeaks Iraq Logs: A Protocol of Barbarity<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<small>25 October 2010, 2:10 am<\/small><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/international\/world\/0,1518,725090,00.html\" target=_blank>A &#8216;Dumb War&#8217;: Taking Stock of the Iraq Invasion<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<small>25 October 2010, 3:07 am<\/small><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/international\/world\/0,1518,725124,00.html\" target=_blank>The World From Berlin: &#8216;War Logs Highlight US Failure to Probe War Crimes in Iraq&#8217;<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<small>25 October 2010, 3:56 am<\/small><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.sfgate.com\/click.phdo?i=965184cdfb3aa8301b2c56d742428481\" target=_blank>Soldier charged in Afghan killing kept in solitary<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<small>27 October 2010, 8:02 am<\/small><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.sfgate.com\/click.phdo?i=9914a932ca3d58e8ad82fdac64bc3023\" target=_blank>Pentagon says WikiLeaks has more secret documents<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<small>27 October 2010, 8:02 am<\/small><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Privacy \/ Law<\/b>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.law.com\/jsp\/lawtechnologynews\/PubArticleLTN.jsp?id=1202473818462&amp;rss=ltn\" target=_blank>Georgia Mulls Citizens&#8217; Right to Access Courts via E-File<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<small>25 October 2010, 4:16 am<\/small><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eff.org\/deeplinks\/2010\/10\/eff-calls-eu-data-protection-and-privacy\" target=_blank>EFF Urges EU Data Protection Authorities to Call for the Repeal of the EU Data Retention Directive<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<small>25 October 2010, 10:19 pm<\/small><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.law.com\/jsp\/lawtechnologynews\/PubArticleLTN.jsp?id=1202473899448&amp;rss=ltn\" target=_blank>Would You &#8216;Friend&#8217; the Judge?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<small>26 October 2010, 7:08 am<\/small><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.law.com\/jsp\/lawtechnologynews\/PubArticleLTN.jsp?id=1202473973113&amp;rss=ltn\" target=_blank>Pa. Court Opens Door to Discovery of Social Networks<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<small>27 October 2010, 4:15 am<\/small><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/voices.washingtonpost.com\/posttech\/2010\/10\/obama_admin_forms_federal_comm.html\" target=_blank>White House Forms Federal Committee on Internet, Privacy Policy<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<small>28 October 2010, 3:02 am<\/small><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eff.org\/press\/archives\/2010\/10\/28\" target=_blank>Government Withholds Records on Need for Expanded Surveillance Law<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<small>28 October 2010, 3:07 pm<\/small><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eff.org\/deeplinks\/2010\/10\/message-firesheep-baaaad-websites-implement\" target=_blank>The Message of Firesheep: &#8220;Baaaad Websites, Implement Sitewide HTTPS Now!&#8221;<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<small>29 October 2010, 12:02 am<\/small><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eff.org\/deeplinks\/2010\/10\/dhs-singles-out-eff-s-foia-requests-unprecedented\" target=_blank>DHS Singles Out EFF\u2019s FOIA Requests for Unprecedented Extra Layer of Review<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<small>29 October 2010, 11:03 pm<\/small><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Robotics<\/b>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/technology-11457127\" target=_blank>The Robot That Reads Your Mind to Train Itself<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<small>25 October 2010, 8:37 am<\/small><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.nationalgeographic.com\/click.phdo?i=26d7ced956f5112255e902d9b707e86e\" target=_blank>Robots of the Gulf Spill: Fishlike Subs, Smart Torpedoes<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<small>26 October 2010, 1:38 pm<\/small><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/techon.nikkeibp.co.jp\/english\/NEWS_EN\/20101022\/186760\/\" target=_blank>Researchers Revamp Asimo Robot&#8217;s BMI Technology<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<small>27 October 2010, 10:03 am<\/small><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2010\/10\/101028152510.htm\" target=_blank>Patterns of nonverbal emotional communication between infants and mothers to help scientists develop a baby robot that learns<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<small>27 October 2010, 9:00 pm<\/small><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.sciencemag.org\/sciencenow\/2010\/10\/robot-hands-write-without-finger.html\" target=_blank>Robot &#8216;Hands&#8217; Write Without Fingers<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<small>31 October 2010, 3:22 am<\/small><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Security<\/b>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stateline.org\/live\/details\/story?contentId=522635\" target=_blank>D.C. Hacking Raises Questions About Future of Online Voting<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<small>25 October 2010, 8:37 am<\/small><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.sfgate.com\/click.phdo?i=3e5730afb58f964dfd3c7b0cf8b8c0b2\" target=_blank>Total US intelligence bill tops $80 billion<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<small>29 October 2010, 8:08 am<\/small><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Technology<\/b>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.nytimes.com\/click.phdo?i=bd7e9c4e848fca4d7f25ede9d6baa181\" target=_blank>Paper Cuts: Amish Hackers Tell All<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<small>26 October 2010, 8:29 am<\/small><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB10001424052702303738504575568410584865010.html\" target=_blank>On the Threshold of the Avatar Era<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<small>28 October 2010, 3:04 am<\/small><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.sfgate.com\/click.phdo?i=82dfd1a65abb25e6ab1bca28fbf045eb\" target=_blank>China&#8217;s Web map service challenges Google, Sohu<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<small>30 October 2010, 5:46 am<\/small><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infoworld.com\/d\/developer-world\/7-programming-languages-the-rise-620\" target=_blank>7 Programming Languages on the Rise<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<small>30 October 2010, 6:34 am<\/small><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.co.uk\/news\/archive\/2010-10\/26\/japan-smelly-printer\" target=_blank>Japanese Printer Syncs Pictures With Smells<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<small>31 October 2010, 3:22 am<\/small><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=Indent><i>-D<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Very politics-heavy bunch of links, this week. This is, of course, a bit of an inevitability, given the elections taking place in the US coupled with the most recenet WikiLeaks release. That said, there are some good ones in there. Particularly enlightening was The True Size of Africa &#8211; an illustration of the distortion provided [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hobbitsabroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hobbitsabroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hobbitsabroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hobbitsabroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hobbitsabroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2729"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hobbitsabroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2729\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hobbitsabroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hobbitsabroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hobbitsabroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}