How Black People Use Twitter

In April, Edison Media Research released a survey which found that nearly one-quarter of people on Twitter are African-American; the firm noted this was “approximately double the percentage of African-Americans in the current U.S. population.” -Slate

Slate’s How Black People Use Twitter article created a minor trending and dying uproar among the internet’s (supposed) black community.  This article maybe be a vaportrend, seeing as the stats are most definitely wrong in the first place.  Why would we assume that people with black avatars on twitter are black

I was a little taken aback by the #browntwitterbird, but Imani J. Walker let me know I wasn’t alone.  Both are interesting reads.

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Posted: September 2nd, 2010
at 10:30am


Categories: #twitterisfothebirds

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Nanoscale Matterhorn

Using a novel nanotip-based patterning technique, IBM scientists have created a 25 nanometer-high replica of the Matterhorn peak, a famous Swiss mountain that soars 4,478 m (14,692 ft) high on a piece of molecular glass, representing a scale of 1:5 billion (1 nanometer corresponds to 57 altitude meters). To create the 3D replica 120 individual layers of materials were removed.

Published in Science and Advanced Materials, IBM scientists have demonstrated a new technique that uses a nanoscale tip with a sharp apex – 1 million times smaller than an ant – to create 2D and 3D patterns and structures as small as 15 nanometers at greatly reduced cost and complexity. This patterning technique opens new prospects for fabricating nanosized electronics and objects in fields ranging from future chip technology to opto-electronics to medicine and life sciences.

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Posted: September 2nd, 2010
at 8:54am


Categories: maps,science

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NINJAPAN BLOG vol.6

How do you feel about our blog, NINJAPAN BLOG, so far?
We’d love to hear your honest voices anytime.
Please don’t hesitate to do it, just leave your comments.

So, here is one of the communication spaces between us: twitter.
Please follow us on twitter if you’re interested in our blog, if you want to know more about us, if you wanna complain about the blog, and for any reasons.
Then, we’d really appreciate if you guys tweet about us!!

Kosuke’s twitter is here

Hiroki’s twitter is here

We’re gonna write up a new blog post soon!!

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Posted: September 1st, 2010
at 9:12am


Categories: blogs

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Graham Franciose

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Posted: September 1st, 2010
at 8:51am


Categories: art

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Future Soccer Moms of America…

Hellllo, my ninjas. It’s time to watch a video that nearly brought a tear to my eye. If you don’t get choked up when you hear this, you have no heart, or worse, no soul.

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Oh Jeebus… only on ChristWire

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Posted: August 31st, 2010
at 6:01pm


Categories: music,myninjaplease,too good to be true

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Foto del Dia 8.31.10

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Posted: August 31st, 2010
at 8:45am


Categories: Foto del dia

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Robert McEliece Quantum Proof Code

Nobody has built a quantum computer much more powerful than a pocket calculator but that hasn’t stopped people worrying about the implications of the post-quantum computing world. Most worried are the people who rely on cryptographic codes to protect sensitive information. When the first decent-sized quantum computer is switched on, previously secure codes such as the commonly used RSA algorithm will become instantly breakable.

Which is why cryptographers are scurrying about looking for codes that will be secure in the post-quantum world. Today, Hang Dinh at the University of Connecticut and a couple of pals show that cryptographers have been staring at one all along. They say that a little-used code developed by the CalTech mathematician Robert McEliece in 1978 can resist all known attacks by quantum computers.

First, let’s a make a distinction between symmetric and asymmetric codes. Symmetric codes use identical keys for encrypting and decrypting a message. Quantum computers can dramatically speed up an attack against these kinds of codes. However, symmetric codes have some protection. Doubling the size of the key counteracts this speed up. So it is possible for code makers to stay ahead of the breakers, at least in theory. (Although in practice, the safe money would be on the predator in this cat and mouse game. )

.:technologyreview.com->

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Posted: August 30th, 2010
at 8:35am


Categories: security

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Can You Out-Predict Elo?

The Elo rating system has done good service for half a century. But can we devise a more accurate method for measuring chess strength and predicting results. Kaggle, an organisation that provides a platform for data-prediction competitions, is giving statisticians 65,000 games which they must use to predict the results 7,800 other games. There are prizes for the best new systems.

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Posted: August 29th, 2010
at 8:01am


Categories: competitions,games

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Brasil National Team Jersey

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Posted: August 28th, 2010
at 8:09pm


Categories: clothes

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