# rmx-s-brain: now you can learn; the begin.

<< You can learn how to improve your novice pilot skills by having your brain zapped with recorded brain patterns of experienced pilots via transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) >>

<< We measured the brain activity patterns of six commercial and military pilots, and then transmitted these patterns into novice subjects as they learned to pilot an airplane in a realistic flight simulator >>

http://www.kurzweilai.net/now-you-can-learn-to-fly-a-plane-from-expert-pilot-brainwave-patterns

Jaehoon Choe, Brian A. Coffman, et al. Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Modulates Neuronal Activity and Learning in Pilot Training. Front. Hum. Neurosci., 09 February 2016; DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2016.00034 (open access)

http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnhum.2016.00034/full

# s-chem: a metal that behaves like water

<<  graphene’s two-dimensional, honeycomb structure acts like an electron superhighway in which all the particles have to travel in the same lane. The electrons in this ultra-clean graphene act like massless relativistic objects, some with positive charge and some with negative charge. They move at incredible speed — 1/300 of the speed of light — and have been predicted to collide with each other ten trillion times a second at room temperature.  These intense interactions between charge particles have never been observed in an ordinary metal before >>

<< When the strongly interacting particles in graphene were driven by an electric field, they behaved not like individual particles but like a fluid that could be described by hydrodynamics >>

http://www.kurzweilai.net/a-black-hole-on-a-chip-made-of-a-metal-that-behaves-like-water

Jesse Crossno, Jing K. Shi, et al. Observation of the Dirac fluid and the breakdown of the Wiedemann-Franz law in graphene. Science 11 Feb 2016 DOI: 10.1126/science.aad0343

http://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2016/02/10/science.aad0343

# e-sec: when something smells funny ...

<< why do  the  best hackers  on  the  planet  not  work  for  the  (..)? Because  the  (..) will  not  hire  anyone  with  a  24-inch  purple  mohawk,  10gauge  ear  piercings,  and  a  tattooed  face  who  demands  to ... >>

<< Cyberscience  is  not  just  something  you  can  learn.  It  is  an  innate  talent. The  Juilliard  school  of  music  cannot  create  a  Mozart.  A  Mozart  or  a Bach,  much  like  our  modern  hacking  community, is  genetically  created. A  room full  of  Stanford  computer  science  graduates  cannot  compete with  a  true  hacker  without  even  a  high-school  education. >>

John McAfee. I'll  decrypt  the San  Bernardino  iPhone. Feb. 18, 2016.

http://www.techinsider.io/john-mcafee-ill-decrypt-the-san-bernardino-iphone-for-free-so-apple-doesnt-need-to-place-a-back-door-on-its-product-2016-2

<< (..) But I’m smart enough to know when something smells funny >> John McAfee. Ars Technica. Feb.19, 2016

https://mobile.twitter.com/arstechnica/status/700707638795968512

# s-gst: like a rolling stone

<< Here we report the discovery that even the simplest, oldest and most prevalent forms of evolutionary movement—rolling bodies and whirls of turbulence—exhibit the same body-size effect on life time and life travel as the evolutionary movement united by the body-size effect so far: animals, rivers, vehicles, jets and plumes. >>

Adrian Bejan. Rolling stones and turbulent eddies: why the bigger live longer and travel farther. Nature. Scientific Reports 6, Article number: 21445 (2016). doi:10.1038/srep21445. Published online: 17 Feb 2016.

http://www.nature.com/articles/srep21445

http://pratt.duke.edu/news/rolling-stones-turbulence-connect-evolution-physics

more:

Muddy Waters. Rollin' Stone

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sVmEMv8rcCA

Bob Dylan. Like a Rolling Stone (Original)

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=H3Kt2v-PN9A

# e-law: Mozilla about privacy

::: video link

https://advocacy.mozilla.org/encrypt/2/

::: e-mail

from: Mozilla@e.mozilla.org

date: 17:37 17/02/2016

Hello,

We can move more people from simply consuming the Web to becoming its active citizens, but we need your help.

People like you and I know how fundamental privacy is to the open Web. There are many more who share our values and would join this movement. That’s why we made something to spotlight the importance of online privacy. We’re creating videos for you to watch and then share with friends, family, and colleagues. The videos are designed to be an introduction to the issues we care about — a way for each of us to start important conversations.

This is where you come in: will you watch this first video and then share it? It’s a great tool to start a conversation about privacy with people you know.

This new video series starts simple: it explores why privacy is so important in our everyday lives. In follow up videos we’ll send over the next few weeks, we’ll talk about encryption, and tell the story of how encryption can help enable and protect privacy.  

Why do this now? We expect there are a number of significant political battles on surveillance and encryption coming down the pipe. We’re going to need to ask people like you and your friends to take a stand. Before we do this, we want to provide a solid grounding on why encryption matters.  

Will you watch the video now and help spread the word?

I look forward to this and many future conversations,

Mark Surman
Executive Director

P.S. This is a new campaign strategy for us and we will learn a lot as the weeks go on. We’d love to hear your feedback — after watching the video, you can reply to this email and let us know what you think. Or send an email to askjoin@mozilla.org.

Mozilla. 331 E. Evelyn Ave. Mountain View, CA 94041. United States

Copyright © 2015 Mozilla Foundation Content available under a Creative Commons share-alike license V2.0

# s-game: a "Colonel Blotto" approach inside a POTUS election: however, the behavior of individuals is not yet well understood ...

<< A team of computer scientists (..) is the first to solve a game theory scenario that has vexed researchers for nearly a century. The game, known as "Colonel Blotto," has been used to analyze the potential outcomes of elections and other similar two-party conflicts since its invention in 1921.>>

<< This solution enabled the team to develop a generalized algorithm, which can now be applied to specific scenarios, such as the 2016 presidential election. >>

<< From presidential elections to marketing decisions, competition for attention and loyalty is a part of daily life. However, the behavior of individuals in response to such competitions is not yet well understood >>

http://phys.org/news/2016-02-team-well-known-game-theory-scenario.html

AmirMahdi Ahmadinejad, Sina Dehghani, et al. From Duels to Battlefields: Computing Equilibria of Blotto and Other Game. Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) Conference in Phoenix, Arizona, February 15, 2016.

http://www.aaai.org/Conferences/conferences.php

more:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blotto_games

# p-eu-bank: bail-in inverso: la risposta

<< L’Euribor (Euro Inter Bank Offered Rate) misura gli interessi che le banche si pagano per i prestiti tra loro. Viene rilevato quotidianamente con un sondaggio telefonico tra alcune decine di banche di un panel. Le possibilità di manipolazione del risultato sono intuitivamente ampie. >>

<< per almeno tre anni, dal 2005 al 2008, l’Euribor è stato truccato. Chiunque avesse debiti a tasso variabile o derivati legati all’andamento dei tassi ha pagato alle banche (a tutte le banche, non solo alle quattro colpevoli) più del dovuto. >>

<< Nel dicembre 2013 l’Antitrust europea, guidata dal vicepresidente della Commissione Joaquìn Almunia, ha multato per 1,7 miliardi di euro quattro grandi banche, Barclays, Deutsche Bank, Royal Bank of Scotland e Société Générale, per un accordo di cartello finalizzato a manipolare l’Euribor. Da allora quella sentenza è segretata. La sua pubblicazione aprirebbe le cataratte dei risarcimenti. >>

<< Senza il documento, i ricorsi sono bloccati: solo ai clienti italiani sarebbero stati scippati 16 miliardi di euro >>.

ilfattoquotidiano.it, 14 Febbraio 2016

http://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2016/02/14/tassi-sui-mutui-truccati-leuropa-non-pubblica-provvedimento-contro-le-banche-istituti-in-pericolo/2464570/

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libor_scandal