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 Ketchikan: Listen to this KRBD story... Anchorage-based
Alaska Communications Systems is looking at making an offer to
purchase the Ketchikan Public Utilities Telephone Division. As
Deanna Garrison reports, ACS is seeking to gain access to the
utility's financial information before making a possible offer.
KRBD - Ketchikan Public Radio
- linked Thursday - November 25, 2004
Science: Could
Abu Ghraib happen again? - When news broke about the abuse
of prisoners at Abu Ghraib in Iraq, many people questioned: Who
could do such a thing? According to Princeton psychologists who
reviewed decades worth of studies, the answer is: Anyone.
Writing in the Nov. 26 issue
of Science, professor Susan Fiske and graduate students Lasana
Harris and Amy Cuddy contend that many forms of behavior, including
acts of great evil, are influenced as much by authority figures,
peer pressure and other social interactions as by the psychology
of the individual.
"Could any average 18-year-old
have tortured these prisoners?" said Fiske. "I would
have to answer, 'Yes, just about anyone could have -- unfortunately.'"
- More...
Thursday - November 25, 2004
Technology: The
phone that knows you better than you do by Celeste Biever
- If you thought predictive texting was impressive, you ain't
seen nothing yet. A cellphone is on the way that can predict
what you are about to do. Some cellphones already come with a
built-in calendar that warns you of events you have stored in
its memory. The new cellphone is far smarter: it learns about
the things you do from day to day, when you do them, who you
do them with, and where. This will one day allow it to come up
with all sorts of intelligent advice, its inventors say.
For instance, the phone might
learn that whenever you phone at least three friends after 5
pm, you will leave the office within half an hour and meet them
in a particular bar. If you have a big presentation at work the
following day, the phone could be programmed to warn you not
to drink too much.- More...
Thursday - November 25, 2004
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