How to fool the customer service reps into really helping you. Social engineering tip from WOIFM?.

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Talking Heads: “The desire to create talking human heads stems back

at least several hundred years. This

quest presently combines approaches that are

computational, cognitive, and biological, and cuts

across a wide variety of domains and interests. This

Talking Heads website provides a brief overview of

some of these areas and attempts to convey some of

the excitement that has spurred a considerable

amount of international research collaboration.”

SlySearch says it can find your lost property. Looks like they lost some themselves.

The War On Drug Wars – Ashkan Sahihi Gets Normal People High “If the

American government was really concerned about stopping drug abuse,

things like legalization and free needle programs would at least enter

the discussion. In the absence of that, all we have is a silly political tool

to please the Christian right.”

“Look at what we ate!”

Meet the Neanderthals — “Reconstructions of Neanderthal skulls add to

growing evidence that the creatures were not

close relatives of modern humans.” BBC