Comment Re:I think this dude has crossed a line (Score -1, Offtopic) 156
And maybe you crossed a line invoking Godwin's Law...
Comment Re:You're doing it wrong (Score 1) 1147
I couldn't agree more.
My Yosemite holds my iTunes library and synchronizes with my AppleTVs and iPods.
I have upgraded the RAM/CPU/HDD, and thing just won't die.
Submission + - More on NSA's surveillance programs (onlinejournal.com)
scooter.higher writes: "There is a brief article from WMR regarding details of the National Security Agency's warrantless wiretapping programs code named "STELLAR WIND" and "PINWALE" reproduced here: http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_4347.shtml"
Comment Put a tuner in an iMac (Score 1) 110
Or get an external one...
Problem solved.
Submission + - Infovell's 'research engine' finds deep Web pages (physorg.com) 1
scooter.higher writes: "According to a study by the University of California at Berkeley, traditional search engines such as Google and Yahoo index only about 0.2% of the Internet. The remaining 99.8%, known as the "deep Web," is a vast body of public and subscription-based information that traditional search engines can't access.
http://www.infovell.com/"
Bookmark Infovell's 'research engine' finds deep Web pages that Google, Yahoo miss (physorg.com)
Submission + - Geohashing for local meetings (xkcd.com)
scooter.higher writes: From the Geohashing Wiki: XKCD comic #426 contains an algorithm that generates random coordinates across the U.S. every day. These coordinates can be used as destinations for adventures, a-la Geocaching. They can also be used for local meetups.
The official xkcd meetups happen every Saturday afternoon at 4:00 PM. If the coordinates for your area are in the ocean, a military base, or somewhere otherwise unreachable, that meetup is of course postponed. Unless, of course, you own a boat, are a soldier at said military base, or are James Bond. If you can, record who's there, take pictures, and post them here.
The official xkcd meetups happen every Saturday afternoon at 4:00 PM. If the coordinates for your area are in the ocean, a military base, or somewhere otherwise unreachable, that meetup is of course postponed. Unless, of course, you own a boat, are a soldier at said military base, or are James Bond. If you can, record who's there, take pictures, and post them here.
Feed news.com: XH-150 demonstrates new hybrid technology, gets 150mpg (news.com)
AFS Trinity Power Corporation showed off its plug-in hybrid SUV, the XH-150, at the 2008 Detroit Auto Show.
Submission + - Net Neutrality Summit
Castar writes: BoingBoing has a post about an upcoming summit in San Francisco about the issue of Net Neutrality. The EFF and speakers on both sides of the issue are gathering to debate and spread awareness of Network Neutrality, which is an increasingly important topic. The FCC, of course, might have the final word.
Submission + - Deleted Intro to Star Wars movie (inoob.net) 2
zero792 writes: "Deleted intro for A New Hope, in the Star Wars trilogy. Gives some more background on the story.
Explains Luke's background with Biggs."
Submission + - Frind Works 10 Hour Week, Makes $10 Million a Year
Reservoir Hill writes: "The New York Times reports that Markus Frind built the Plenty of Fish Web site in 2003 as nothing more than an exercise to help teach himself a new programming language, ASP.NET. The site first became popular among English-speaking Canadians. Popularity among online daters in many United States cities followed more recently, and with minimal spending on advertising the site. According to data from comScore Media Metrix for November 2007, Plenty of Fish had 1.4 million unique visitors in the United States. In December, Mr. Frind said, the site served up 1.2 billion page views, and page views have soared 20 percent since Dec. 26."
Submission + - Coming Soon: Cyborg Farmers (robots.net)
palegray.net writes: "Robots.net covers an article about robotic exoskeletons for Japanese farmers. These exoskeletons would provide increased strength and support for manual labor intensive tasks. The full article can be found here: New Robot Suit to Assist Japanese Farmers. From the article:
... a university team lead by Professor Shigeki Toyama formally announced the development of a robot suit they hope will dramatically ease the burden on agricultural field workers as well as other manual labor intensive jobs.
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Journal Journal: A revelation of sorts...
I have read a few articles lately that got me thinking. Some of the articles dealt with things such as: a fourth dimension soon to be revealed; humans having a predisposition to believe in the supernatural; string theory (and the possibility of 11 dimensions or more). These articles lead me to a book called Flatland (written in 1885, available on Google Books).
Submission + - New research into orgone energy (foxnews.com)
scooter.higher writes: Three Panel Soul references an article about harnessing the power of orgasmic energy.
"Physician-scientist Wilhelm Reich, best known for his claims of a cosmic life force associated with sexual orgasm, died in federal prison, and the government burned tons of his books and other publications and destroyed his equipment.
But half a century later, a small number of scientists and other believers are working to advance the European-born psychiatrist's work on what he called 'orgone energy' — a theory largely forgotten in the scientific mainstream."
Scientists and doctors from the U.S. and Europe gathered this summer for a conference that explored the prospects of seeking FDA approval for clinical trials of orgone accumulator blankets to treat burn victims.
"Physician-scientist Wilhelm Reich, best known for his claims of a cosmic life force associated with sexual orgasm, died in federal prison, and the government burned tons of his books and other publications and destroyed his equipment.
But half a century later, a small number of scientists and other believers are working to advance the European-born psychiatrist's work on what he called 'orgone energy' — a theory largely forgotten in the scientific mainstream."
Scientists and doctors from the U.S. and Europe gathered this summer for a conference that explored the prospects of seeking FDA approval for clinical trials of orgone accumulator blankets to treat burn victims.
Submission + - Rough iPhone 1.1.1 jailbreak developed (macnn.com)
scooter.higher writes: iPhone/iTouch Dev members, who have been working steadily for weeks, say they have discovered a way to "jailbreak" iPhone 1.1.1 (i.e., to enable file-level access to the OS on the device). The developers are quick to note however that the jailbreak is nowhere near ready for official release, rendering many applications inoperable until they are recompiled and disabling the iTunes Store without "major hacking."
