December 2006
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The Wild Eyes of a Child…
When I was a kid I thought Robin Hood was a pretty cool idea. Someone who “robs from the rich and gives to the poor”. I always wanted to be Robin Hood, but in that half-assed way that kids have when they tell you they want to be a fireman or somesuch. When I was 10 or 11, the movie Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves came out and that had changed my mindset of the Robin Hood myth. I’ll...
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Thoughtcrime does not entail death: thoughtcrime...
Doing my usual browsing of the internet I stumbled on an article (through Bruce Schneier’s Blog) about a new piece of software written by a statistician and criminologist. The software is built on a model built by the designer to predict how likely a convicted criminal is of becoming a murderer. What he did was take a whole bunch of probate court cases and figure out 30-40 variables from the...