Posted in Geek Stuff, Technology, tagged robot on June 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Robot companions are an inevitability, as is, well, you know. We aren’t there yet, but here is the 1.0 version of the future in case you are interested.
I’m curious to what people’s opinions are on stuff like this? I doubt my views on robot companions are very typical, and honestly, I blame anime, heh. I [...]
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One of the things I love about my job is I get to work on things that I would do in my spare time for fun. The most recent of these projects involves dumping the contents of RAM from computers that have been turned off.
For the last few decades common knowledge has stated that when [...]
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Every once in a while something comes along that changes how we do things. The mouse is a good example and I suspect so is the OCZ Neural Impulse Actuator or NIA for short. The folks over at Overclock3d got one sent to them to review.
From the article:
Capable of reading neuronal discharges in the brain, [...]
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Posted in Technology, tagged digg, freedom on May 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Any active Digg users might be interested in this article about some of Digg’s faults. To preface this, I enjoy enjoy Digg despite it’s faults, and typically check it once or twice a day. So take this hating on Digg with a grain of salt, not as anti-Digg, but more of telling a [...]
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Two days ago this vulnerability was released: http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1571
Luciano Bello discovered that the random number generator in Debian’s openssl package is predictable. This is caused by an incorrect Debian-specific change to the openssl package (CVE-2008-0166). As a result, cryptographic key material may be guessable.
This is a Debian-specific vulnerability which does not affect other operating systems which [...]
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In the news lately is a story out of Utah where the Utah Supreme Court is debating a case where a man was convicted by a jury of soliciting of a minor.
In the story, James Gallegos was charged under the Utah Internet Enticement Statute for soliciting a minor who was actual an agent with the, [...]
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In what can only be described as awe-inspiring, check out this JavaScript program that is the first level of Super Mario Bros.
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If you have been paying attention to the net, you’d have noticed that JavaScript has increased in popularity over the past few years. And for good reason, as JavaScript is a very powerful tool that you have at your disposal. In the following example, I will show how you can add and remove [...]
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Sick post at Lifehacker about how to label your flashdrive. Incredibly easy to do, too. It’ll take you 5 minutes to do. And just in case you need an icon maker.
Here is mine, and no I didn’t really name it that.
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Posted in Music, Technology, tagged radiohead on April 2, 2008 | No Comments »
Radiohead is giving NIN a run for their money for the most avant-guard means of distribution in this digital age.
Their latest promotion lets users buy the individual parts to their new single and then remix them as desired before uploading the new version for voting. I haven’t had a chance to go through them all, [...]
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