Tag: technology
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DVI-VGA Adapter
Troma Night tonight could really do with a DVI-VGA adapter, like the one pictured to the right. I have two of them, somewhere. If you were part of the tidy-up squad and you remember seeing it, or if you have one that you can lend to me for the evening, it would be much appreciated.
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Google Wants Your DIY Porn Videos
Got home videos? Send them to Google! That's the message that Google co-founder Larry Page is trying to put out.
In anticipation of launching a "video search" system, Google wants a stack of material on which they can test their "video spider" - a program which will hunt for keywords (spoken, or on-screen) in video material, … -
Ceefax On Scatmania
Do you remember Ceefax, that wonderful service from the BBC that seemed so cool until you discovered the internet? Well I do. And so does a Dutch consultant who set up a system, on the web, for searching Ceefax pages.
Well; in any case; I thought that his site was fun (in a nostalgic kind-of way) … -
Norfolk
Claire and I's grand tour of the United Kingdom brought us yesterday to Terrington St. Clement, near Kings' Lynn, in Norfolk, where Claire's dad lives.
As I anticipated, this has resulted in me here, too, helping to repair computers. Claire's dad's PC was a mess - Ad-Aware reported 183 malware/adware programs, Norton Anti-Virus reported 10 threats … -
Preston
Things achieved so far:
Got to Preston in three hours, which is pretty good going. We got stuck behind some idiots who seemed to think that "national speed limit" meant 30mph for awhile, but by the time we got to the big roads it was plain sailing. Without sails. Or a boat.
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Physical Device Fingerprinting Over TCP
A PhD student in San Deigo has written a fascinating paper which will spook internet anonymity freaks - Remote Physical Device Fingerprinting - which describes how a physical computer can be uniquely identified on the internet, regardless of operating system, IP address, or data sent, just by looking carefully at it's TCP packets (which contain …
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Things Bots Shouldn’t Learn
This afternoon, I've taught Iggy, the robot who looks after the RockMonkey ChatRoom:
How to play The Game. Damn - I'm out. He's not very good at it, and, by proxy, neither am I. Comprehension of facts expressed as "concept ARE fact", rather than "concept IS fact", and about knowing "who" people are (ask "Iggy, … -
Opera 8’s Solution To IDN Exploit
I'm sure you've all seen the recent Internationalized Domain Name exploit, which affects most web browsers (except for Internet Explorer - shocker! - because it doesn't yet have the power to support internationalized domain names): if you haven't, why not visit paypal.com - looks just like the real thing; doesn't it: the browser bar says …
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This Has GOT To Be Anti-Trust/FUD
This screenshot taken from Microsoft Anti-Spyware:
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MEng Dissertation - Hamster Music
No, I'm not talking about that god-awful de-da-de-da-de-do-do-do de-da-de-do do thingy: I'm talking about this ingenious MEng dissertation project, in which the student hooked up six hamsters to a MIDI device and, with some clever hardware and software, used their movements to compose music. If you look at the site, be sure to download the …
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Now That’s Customer Service
Do you remember in the middle of last week I finally discovered that I could make Firefox have all the features I loved in Opera, using plugins? Well; I'm honoured to report that my comments haven't gone un-noticed: I've recieved a comment on that post from Jonny Axelsson, dude who does standards-related stuff for Opera. …
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Igneous bMotion
I've set up a chatbot called Igneous on the RockMonkey ChatRoom. I installed bMotion 0.09: emotions for bots, and some conversation topics (based on the RockMonkey site itself)... and it's coming up with some classic lines. I lifted this exchange between Sian and Igneous from the log:
<chocorifi> Are you accusing me of sexual harassment Iggy?
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Paul - Prepare To Drool
Back in 1979, Atari came up with a design for a next-generation console called the "Cosmos" (you'll find it on this list of handheld games consoles. This remarkable device, planned for release in the early 80's, would have used holographic games in order to give an illusion of 3D, all in a hand-held unit.
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There Goes Your Data Now…
Is it just me, or does this dialog box, which appears when using a particular part of Microsoft SQL Server 2000, present a very bad metaphor? One that says, "this arrow represents your data, and here it is being minced by some cogs". Or maybe it's just me that thinks that, and winces a little … -
Firefox Finally Appeals
As you may all know, I'm a die-hard supporter of the Opera web browser, despite many of my friends now claiming that Firefox is superior. I've been following the Mozilla project for a long while (haven't we all), and on the many occasions I've tried Firefox (and it's grandparents) I've always been unimpressed. It's always …