Journal Journal: Gnostic Kabbalah
(13 Sephiroth)
A dream not interpreted is like a letter not read. - The Talmud, Tractate Berakoth 58a
Submission + - PSP Hackers Crack Sonys PS1 Emulator
Croakyvoice writes: PSP Hackers have cracked Sonys protection of its PSOne Emulator for the PSP, the emulator requires you to download the Game to your PS3 then to your PSP, but now with a new Custom Firmware released and a small converting tool you can now play any Playstation game on the PSP at full speed.
Submission + - Asterisk 1.4.0 released!
Russell Bryant writes: "The Asterisk dev team has released Asterisk 1.4.0, the first in the 1.4 series. The Asterisk project releases a major version about once a year. This series includes T.38 Fax over IP passthrough support, HTML manager, a new version of AEL (Asterisk Extension Language), IMAP storage of voicemail, Jabber/GoogleTalk integration, a jitterbuffer for RTP, whisper paging, and many more other new features."
Submission + - MIT: Plug-in Hybrid Cars Will Save the Grid
shorebird writes: "Tech. Review has a fascinating and suprising discussion of the implications of widespread adoption of the widely promised, and well-hyped, plug-in hybrid vehicle technology. http://www.technologyreview.com/Energy/17930/page1 /
From the article's opening paragraph: "Major automakers and the Department of Energy are pouring money into research on plug-in hybrid vehicles... Although critics have warned that the vehicles could put too much pressure on an already strained electrical grid, experts are now arguing that rather than being a strain on the grid, plug-in hybrids may actually help prevent brownouts, cut the cost of electricity, and increase the use of renewable energy."
Also from the article, according to the DOE's Pacific Northwestern National Laboratory, "there is enough excess generating capacity during the night and morning to allow more than 80 percent of today's vehicles to make the average daily commute solely using this electricity. If plug-in-hybrid or all-electric-car owners charge their vehicles at these times, the power needed for about 180 million cars could be provided simply by running these plants at full capacity.""
From the article's opening paragraph: "Major automakers and the Department of Energy are pouring money into research on plug-in hybrid vehicles... Although critics have warned that the vehicles could put too much pressure on an already strained electrical grid, experts are now arguing that rather than being a strain on the grid, plug-in hybrids may actually help prevent brownouts, cut the cost of electricity, and increase the use of renewable energy."
Also from the article, according to the DOE's Pacific Northwestern National Laboratory, "there is enough excess generating capacity during the night and morning to allow more than 80 percent of today's vehicles to make the average daily commute solely using this electricity. If plug-in-hybrid or all-electric-car owners charge their vehicles at these times, the power needed for about 180 million cars could be provided simply by running these plants at full capacity.""
Submission + - Is Java Regaining its Lost Momentum From .Net?
TampaDeveloper writes: Perhaps a better question is; did it ever lose momentum?
A recent search on Monster.com reveals that in New York City there are 103 jobs for the keyword "C#" and another 22 jobs for the keyword "vb.net". Searching on "Java" returns 197 Jobs. Hmmm... Perhaps New York is an anomaly. Perhaps there's a link between financial institutions and Java. The obvious next choice to query is Silicon Valley/San Jose. This is much closer to Microsoft's turf, so it's sure to be a Microsoft world, right? Nope. In the valley there's only 4 hits on "vb.net". C# brought back 28 hits, for a combined total of 32 hits. A search on "java" brought back a whopping 122 hits. Just for kicks and grins, I tried a search in Seattle. There yielded 13 "vb.net" hits, 75 "C#" hits, and to my absolute shock, a healthy 137 hits on "java".
What this all means, I have no idea, other than that java is a safe career path, assuming comparable salaries. Anybody up for an average salary comparison survey? I bet Computer Week already did one.
A recent search on Monster.com reveals that in New York City there are 103 jobs for the keyword "C#" and another 22 jobs for the keyword "vb.net". Searching on "Java" returns 197 Jobs. Hmmm... Perhaps New York is an anomaly. Perhaps there's a link between financial institutions and Java. The obvious next choice to query is Silicon Valley/San Jose. This is much closer to Microsoft's turf, so it's sure to be a Microsoft world, right? Nope. In the valley there's only 4 hits on "vb.net". C# brought back 28 hits, for a combined total of 32 hits. A search on "java" brought back a whopping 122 hits. Just for kicks and grins, I tried a search in Seattle. There yielded 13 "vb.net" hits, 75 "C#" hits, and to my absolute shock, a healthy 137 hits on "java".
What this all means, I have no idea, other than that java is a safe career path, assuming comparable salaries. Anybody up for an average salary comparison survey? I bet Computer Week already did one.
Journal Journal: Can This Fruit Be Saved? - Popular Science
I was just reading about this oncoming banana disease, and flowing through my tiny little head were questions about how bananas will be handled by U.S. law.
