A people is a group of individuals who belong to and function within a particular society. In common usage, the term people may be synonymous with human, or otherwise may carry an exclusive meaning. In general, the word people is a collective noun used to define a specific group of humans. However, when used to refer to a group of humans possessing a common ethnic, cultural or national unitary characteristic or identity, "people" is a singular noun, and as such takes an "s" in the plural; (example: "the English-speaking peoples of the world").
The concept of personhood (who is a person within a society) is the fundamental component of any selective concept of people. A distinction is maintained in philosophy and law between the notions "human being", or "man", and "person". The former refers to the species, while the latter refers to a rational agent (see, for example, John Locke's Essay concerning Human Understanding II 27 and Immanuel Kant's Introduction to the Metaphysic of Morals).
FAA Flight-Plan System Has Long History of Problems Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:00:16 -0400
Investigations reveal that the 20-year-old, mainframe-based IT system has crashed several times in the last nine years and that the FAA has been planning its replacement for at least four years. But a new, next-generation IT system won't be on line until at least the end of 2008. Meanwhile, the old system creaks along on a wing and a prayer. -
A major portion of the decades-old national air-traffic control system used to manage thousands of commercial and general aviation takeoffs and landings every day in the U.S. has crashed multiple times under the 20-year strain of its 24/7 operations.
As a result, industry analysts and a numbe... Toshiba Tecra A9: Powerful Computing Today and Tomorrow Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:15:57 -0400
Small companies in competitive fields need exceptionally secure and durable laptops that pack top-notch wireless connectivity and productivity tools. The Toshiba Tecra A9, with its built-in EasyGuard® security features, delivers these critical elements and lets companies maximize their technology investment. - Video Content.... Toshiba Satellite Pro L300: Meeting Small Businesses Needs Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:14:52 -0400
Small-business workers need computing solutions that boost productivity and support their multiple tasks seamlessly. To find out exactly what theyre looking for, we surveyed 172 professionals in companies with 10-99 employees. The results reveal a growing demand for business-ready laptops that can be used reliably for years at a time. The Toshiba Satellite Pro L300 delivers all the major productivity and reliability features highlighted in the survey, and provides several innovations that help small operations take their business to the next level. - Video Content.... Phishing Cyber Gang Upgrades to Fast-Flux Botnet Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:00:39 -0400
According to researchers on the RSA FraudAction team, the Rock Phish gang has moved its infrastructure to the notorious Asprox botnet. Security researchers believe the move may precede an increase in phishing activity using the Asprox botnet. - Researchers at RSA, EMCs security division, believe the Rock Phish gang has upgraded its infrastructure to improve its ability to launch phishing attacks.
According to the RSA FraudAction Research Lab, the Rock Phish group has moved its operations from its traditional botnet to the fast-flux infra... IT3 with Eric Lundquist, Sept. 3, 2008 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:51:40 -0400
Software in standalone boxes, passwords and a belt full of personal devices will disappear over the next five years. In this episode of Three Things, Eric Lundquist explains why you will no longer buy standalone software from retail stores, why passwords are a poor substitute for security and geeks will no longer be identified by lots of devices hanging from a belt. - Video Content.... Douglas Crockford: 'I Want a Browser War!' Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:15:55 -0400
Douglas Crockford, a JavaScript architect at Yahoo and the man behind JSON, the JavaScript Object Notation, says he welcomes a browser war if it will bring innovation in the browser space and move the Web forward. Crockford says the browser war between Microsoft and Netscape moved the Web forward but introduced bugs into the network. However, this time standards and the marketplace will keep browser makers in line. Microsoft's complacency after winning the browser war opened the door for innovation by others such as Mozilla and now Google with its Chrome browser. - VIENNA, Va. Douglas
Crockford, a JavaScript architect at Yahoo and founder of the JavaScript Object
Notation, says he wants a browser war. Well, with Google's introduction of its
Chrome browser Sept. 2 he just may have it.
During a keynote at the Rich Web Experience conference here Sept. 4, Croc...
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Digital Domain: How Many Reviewers Should Be in the Kitchen? Sun, 07 Sep 2008 04:25:08 -0000 Web sites that welcome customer reviews have evolved significantly, producing work that increasingly approaches that of their professional forebears.
Unboxed: When Academia Puts Profit Ahead of Wonder Sun, 07 Sep 2008 04:24:23 -0000 The University Small Business Patent Procedures Act is under increasing scrutiny by swelling ranks of critics, who charge that it has distorted the fundamental mission of universities.
Practical Traveler | iPhone E-Guides: Clueless in Cleveland? Use Your Thumb Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:36:35 -0000 From showing you the nearest sushi bar in London to telling you how to say “Where’s the toilet?” in Cantonese, travel apps for the iPhone are proving to be a useful tool.
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CIA, FBI embrace 'Facebook for spies' Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:08:59 -0400 When you see people at the office using such Internet sites as Facebook, you might suspect those workers are slacking off. But that's not the case at U.S. intelligence agencies, where bosses are encouraging their staffs to use a new social-networking site designed for the secret world of spying.
Asia pollution may boost U.S. temperatures Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:55:23 -0400 Read full story for latest details.
eBay launches planet-friendly retail site Thu, 04 Sep 2008 10:01:58 -0400 Read full story for latest details.
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Particle Accelerator Helps Test Wine Sat, 06 Sep 2008 10:53:00 -0400 Stephen Williams of the Antique Wine Company describes the new high-tech way to determine a wine's vintage. Voting Technology Evolves In Electronic World Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:00:00 -0400 Officials in many states are concerned about the reliability of electronic voting and are now moving toward systems that can provide a voter-verified paper trail. Larry Norden, author of The Machinery of Democracy, discusses the latest advances in voting technology. Google Launches 'Chrome' Web Browser Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:00:00 -0400 Internet search giant Google unveiled Chrome, a new piece of Web browser software on Tuesday. Danny Sullivan, editor-in-chief of SearchEngineLand.com, explains what Google's open-source browser can do, and why a search engine leader wants to get into the Web software market.
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One Laptop signs up with Amazon Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:23:44 -0000 Online retailer Amazon will help the One Laptop Per Child organisation with its plans to sell its XO laptop in the US. Chaos at £20,000 petrol giveaway Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:17:46 -0000 There are reports of chaos at a petrol station which gave away £20,000 of petrol to promote a video game. 'Jules Verne' begins final voyage Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:27:47 -0000 Europe's space freighter undocks from the International Space Station after completing its mission to the orbiting platform.
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Reuters Technology Week Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:06:17 -0400 Sep. 5 - A highly anticipated videogame, Spore, lets you rewrite the Book of Genesis as you create your own sci-fi society.
Sims creator launches 'Spore' Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:14:44 -0400 Sep 5 - Video game designer Will Wright says his latest game will enable users to create the worlds while learning about evolutionary biology.
Sony Reader launches in UK Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:59:51 -0400 Sep 4 - The Japanese electronics company is getting some help from Britain's biggest book chain for the UK launch of its electronic book.
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Google reigns as world's most powerful 10-year-old By MICHAEL LIEDTKE Sat, 06 Sep 2008 05:23:17 -0000 MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) -- When Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded Google Inc. on Sept. 7, 1998, they had little more than their ingenuity, four computers and an investor's $100,000 bet on their belief that an Internet search engine could change the world.... Microsoft deploying in-store customer-service reps By RACHEL METZ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:47:01 -0000 NEW YORK (AP) -- As part of its new $300 million marketing campaign and image makeover, Microsoft Corp. plans to deploy its own customer-service representatives at retailers like Best Buy and Circuit City to help people with their PC purchases.... Tech firms fare better than most in jobs slump By BARBARA ORTUTAY Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:21:54 -0000 NEW YORK (AP) -- Technology appears to be one of the least hard-hit sectors in an economy beset by unemployment at a five-year high....
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Google-focused satellite enters orbit Sat, 06 Sep 2008 19:33:22 -0700 The search titan has exclusive rights among online mapping sites to images from the new GeoEye-1 satellite, which launched Saturday. In NFL deal, an extra point for Adobe's Flash Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:40:09 -0700 Football fans will get to see live streaming of NBC's Sunday night games via Flash--not NBC's Olympic teammate, Silverlight. Chris Shipley 1, Internet lynch mob 0 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:51:00 -0700 Demo's impresario goes public with a tart and smartly written riposte to the shoot-from-the-lip crowd.
Abido, Mohammad - Assistant professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. Includes description of his research areas.
Meta Description: [ Home Page of Dr. Mohammad Ali Abido, designed to interact with University Faculty, Students and Researcher. ]
Carlisle, Anthony J. - Professor at Huntingdon College. Applying the PSO to Non-Stationary Environments.
Eberhart, Russell C. - One of the founders of particle swarm optimization. IEEE fellow
Engelbrecht, Andries P. - Computational Intelligence Research Group, University of Pretoria. Research is done in theoretical aspects of PSO and developing new improved PSO models.
Fukuyama, Yoshikazu - His research interests include application of intelligent systems to power systems and power systems analysis. Some of his papers can be downloaded from the website.
Hu, Xiaohui - Research focus is biomedical data analysis and computational intelligence, especially particle swarm optimization.
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404Kennedy, James - [Under construction] One of the founders of PSO. research psychologist at bureau of labor statistics
Lascari, Eleni - Personal information, publications, game theory, particle swarm, stochastic optimization, evolutionary algorithms
Sinclair, Mark C. - Research interests include telecommunications network design, evolutionary algorithms, bbject technology, software agents. you can find a java applet that shows how pso works.
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Suganthan, P. N. - His research interests include particle swarm, evolutionary computation, pattern recognition, bioinformatics and neural networks.
van den Bergh, Frans - Researcher at South Africa, which is working on some enhancements to the basic Particle Swarm Optimizer
Xie, Xiao-Feng - Particle swarm optimization (PSO), differential evolution (DE) and hybrid algorithms, for optimization problems.
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