http://optics.org/articles/ole/7/8/3/1
Lots o' cash being spent here... well,
not as much as we've spent bombing
Afghanistan...
http://www.eet.com/sys/news/OEG20020927S0061
Hmmm..
"... uses white organic electroluminescent
material and color filters..."
http://www.eet.com/semi/news/OEG20020927S0037
more bionic more of the time...
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/23/27327.html
$99 / month..
That ought to make folks happy.
http://www.commsdesign.com/story/OEG20020927S0062
and I still can't get DSL or Cable Internet to my\
house..
http://www.nationalpost.com/home/story.html?id=%7B0F5706CC-941A-46D2-AFA7-4B8C8AA8663A%7D
Turd coffee, yummy!
http://news.com.com/2100-1033-959924.html?tag=dd.ne.dht.nl-sty.0
Want to start your own wireless ISP?
http://www.eet.com/sys/news/OEG20020927S0031
Make for some incredible video games...
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105-959659.html
If you're using M$ VPN you need
to keep watching this one develop.
http://www.msnbc.com/news/813350.asp
Can they? Will they? Will this push
M$ out of the home market?
Doubtful.
http://www-bcs.mit.edu/people/adelson/checkershadow_illusion.html
What ever you do, don't look at this...
It'll just lead you down a long slippery
slope..
A mind is a terrible waste..
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,55390,00.html
Tired of driving? pass the controls over to the other
side of the car... maybe gives new meaning to backseat
driving...
You'll never look at the world the same
after you read this...
Chills...
http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/realtime/jtrack/3d/JTrack3d.html
This is incredible!
http://www.octanecreative.com/ducttape/walltapings/index.html
new extremes!
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/23/27298.html
Ouch!
"indicates that 61% of Siebel's reference customers
... did not believe they had achieved a positive
ROI from their Siebel deployment."
http://www.eet.com/at/news/OEG20020903S0070
http://www.vocera.com/pdf/voc_datasheet_jun24.pdf
works over yer 802.11 network.. talk to each
other or out the pbx to someone else...
http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/ptech/09/24/motorola.chip.reut/index.html
Wow! soon they'll embed these into everything
follow us everywhere...
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_676909.html?menu=news.quirkies
Yep est. 350 years old
Found it in the river.
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/biznews/0922story4_business.shtml
20 megapel to follow...
Who's got enough memory to handle them?!
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/business/DailyNews/moneymakers_020923.html
.. hmm
http://www.afirstlook.com/archive/groupthink.cfm
Interesting look at the challenger launch disaster
and the decision making process..
Any of this sound familiar?
http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/f_headline.cgi?bw.092302/222660241
transactions here we come!
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=3&art_id=qw1032766920237B221&set_id=1
Guess they're finding a lotta hardware under there.
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99992813
Wing-warping used in 1903 coming back to supersonic
speeds, maybe near you!
http://www.80211-planet.com/columns/article/0,4000,1781_1465111,00.html
whys, hows, whens..
http://www.owenink.com/plastic.html
Seen any of the new plastic money that
the world is starting to use?
Apparently will last ~40 months as
opposed to the 6 months for paper
and gets recycled into lawn furniture
at the end...
13.5" diameter, 3.5" tall
will run around your floor and vacumn,
won't fall down the stairs either!
$199.95
http://rss.com.com/2100-1001-958819.html?type=pt&part=rss&tag=feed&subj=news
Interesting article..
http://www.economist.com/business/displayStory.cfm?story_id=1338410
"N1's key concept is "virtualisation"-creating pools
of resources such as computing power and storage
capacity that can be used as needed. This is done by
automating the work of systems administrators.
Instead of having to load and configure software
manually, they tell N1 to set up a computer system
for them-which, assuming it actually works, takes
hours rather than weeks."
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2002/09/020923065358.htm
Now if we could only get to them..
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/allnews/page.cfm?objectid=12192317&method=full&siteid=50143
interesting factiods...
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-958762.html
and the Chinese know about spying...
http://www.wilwheaton.net/mt/archives/001117.php#001117
A little fun for you Wesley Crusher (not) fans...
http://www.wirelessdevnet.com/channels/wap/training/xslt.html
Very useful technology for taking a common set of XML data
and producing a variety output formats...
I'm going to assume that Google's new news search will also
search the yahoo news.... ;-}
http://www.deviantdesires.com/map/mappics/map81002.gif
;-}
http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/ptech/09/22/micro.fuel.cells.ap/index.html
inching closer to reality every day!
http://www.princeton.edu/~flannery/quotations/casablanca.html
An excellent response letter from groucho to warner studios
on using the name Casablanca..
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2275910.stm
We'll see if DoC actually watches them 'reform'..
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/books/etext.html
More stuff that you could ever read...
http://www.space.com/spacewatch/harvest_moon_020920.html
.. also the end of summer and the start of fall..
http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technology/mars_winging_020920.html
Maybe we'll be invading Mars before they invade us!
http://www.cs.princeton.edu/nsg/papers/dp_TR_658_02.html
Interesting idea!
http://www.pilkington.com/pilkington/international+products/activ/usa/english/default.htm
Cool stuff.
A coating on the glass causes UV rays to break down organic matter.
Water doesn't bead up it sheets off.
http://www.9thtee.com/tivoquaddrive.htm
Of course you'll need 4 of those 320GB
drives that I sent out info on earlier...
discussion at:
http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=74723
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/2267652.stm
climate patterns certainly seem to be shifting...
http://www.wirelessdevnet.com/news/2002/260/news6.html
Lucent's been busy..
"Using Lucent's 3G UMTS network equipment, and a
laptop PC equipped with a UMTS test mobile phone,
a Proxim ORINOCO(R) 802.11 WLAN card and ipUnplugged's
Roaming Gateway client/server software, users were
able to initiate a secure Internet session on an 802.11
WLAN or a 3G UMTS network, and maintain it while moving
from one network to the other."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/2267652.stm
and then listen for the 'bad' notes...
http://www.thisislondon.com/dynamic/news/story.html?in_review_id=699595&in_review_text_id=672689
Supposed to be more "natural"...
http://www.charismac.com/Products/hubzilla/index.html
In case you want to hide yer firewire hub... Not sure
how you keep the kids hands off of it though!
https://answers.google.com/answers/main
They even have old questions/responses listed..
http://www.fordpinto.com/mitzar1.htm
Yes, someone actually did it...
Evolution reared it's ugly head when
the wings folded and took out the two
primary developers...
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_672853.html?menu=news.quirkies
another reason to avoid florida, as if the bugs
aren't enough.
http://www.digitalatlantic.com/
spread the word.
Since there's tons of optical fiber and little of
it is accessible from our homes and businesses and
we can't afford to dig trenches to our homes
maybe this is an answer?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/27150.html
want to see how this one flies....
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2002/09/020917065051.htm
This looks like a really useful advance in the simulation/
emulation area. Lots of possibilties here beyond networking..
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99992796
darn!
"While the peak moves faster than light speed,
the total energy of the pulse does not. This
means Einstein's relativity is preserved, so
do not expect super-fast starships or time
machines anytime soon"
http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/02/09/16/020916opgripe.xml
Guess you won't be able to study your competitors
systems any more if they've got a reverse
engineering clause in their shrink-wrap license...
shheesh...
How low can it go!
The D-Link AirPlus(tm) DI-614+ combines the latest advancements in 802.11b
silicon chip design from Texas Instruments, utilizing their patented Digital
Signal Processing(tm) technology and D-Link's own robust firewall security.
The DI-614+ is ideal for those creating their first wireless network, as
well as for more advanced users looking for additional management settings
and policy-based content filtering.
The DWL-650+ is a powerful 32-bit cardbus adapter that installs quickly and
easily into laptop PCs and when used with other D-Link AirPlus products,
automatically connects to the network. And all D-Link wireless adapters can
be used in ad-hoc mode to connect directly with other cards or in
infrastructure mode to connect with a wireless access point for access to
the Internet in your office or home network.
Router Features:
Up to 22 Mbps and 802.11 compatible
Share Internet with built-in four-port switch
Standards: IEEE 802.11b; IEEE 802.3; IEEE 802.3u
VPN pass through/multi-sessions: PPTP, L2TP, IPSec
Wireless data rates: 22 Mbps, 11 Mbps, 5.5 Mbps, 2 Mbps and 1 Mbps
Encryption: 64/128/256-bit encryption
Wireless operating range:
Indoors: Up to 328 feet
Outdoors: Up to 1,312 feet
External antenna type: Dual detachable reverse SMA
Advanced firewall and parental control
Easy installation
Power: External DC 5V, 2.4A
Dimensions:
6.5" W x 9.25" L x 1.75" H
Weight: 2.0 lbs.
Warranty: Three-year limited
Adapter Features:
Up to 22 Mbps with AirPlus products
Standards: IEEE 802.11, IEEE 802.11b
32-bit Cardbus
Data encryption: 64-, 128-, 256-bit RC4
Range:
Indoors: Up to 328 feet
Outdoors: Up to 1,312 feet
Internal antenna type: diversity
Dimensions:
2.13" W x 4.64" L x 0.34" H
Weight: 0.12 lbs.
Warranty: Three-year limited
http://www.human.cornell.edu/units/txa/extension/removingstains.pdf
Looks pretty comprehensive to me...
Looks like if you're in hiding you should stay off the junk
food, or order from a different place every time... ;-}
http://boston.com/dailyglobe2/257/metro/Electric_powered_airplane_is_model_of_efficiency+.shtml
to augment with fuel cells next year..
http://theage.com.au/articles/2002/09/13/1031608325405.html
2% works on flowers... wonder if George Washington
could have used it on the cherry tree he cut down... ;-}
http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/news/weird_news/4068454.htm
Sombreros and mariachi uniforms instead of their bullet proof
vests and tan uniforms..
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,62992,00.html
That's the word from Fox...
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=6222
Interesting article with ideas for many other
applications.
http://www.freep.com/money/business/walsh11_20020911.htm
The company writing the software to match DNA from the
WTC body parts...
Interesting article on many levels..
http://www.eet.com/semi/news/OEG20020912S0050
Software radios, sensors and silicon photonics at
the Intel Developers Forum.
Even had Capt. Kirk..
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99992781
In a test tube, wonder if you can order a specific
replacement "quality"...
http://www.longwoodgardens.org/Fireworks/FireworksInfo.htm
This past weekend we saw the most incredible fireworks
display ever.
Music, fountains, lights and fireworks all in concert.
Timing was incredible.
You really should go and see it!
The page has photos. I may put up some of my own photos.
Oh, and the the gardens are pretty incredible too...
200ppi (pixels per inch)
3800x2400
9.2 megapel
$8000
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/2251386.stm
Betcha thought there was just one.... ;-}
http://news.uns.purdue.edu/html4ever/020910.Sozen.Pentagon.html
This one'll give ya the oogies..
http://24.78.2.184/helpcenter.htm
If yer runnin XP don't click on this:
hcp://system/DFS/uplddrvinfo.htm?file://c:\\*
or paste it into yer IE address..
http://www.shareholder.com/maxtor/news/20020909-89588.cfm
1 Million hour MTTF (Mean Time To Failure)
$300 - $400
250GB at 7200RPM
320GB at 5400RPM
4th quarter
Serial ATA in 2003Q1
down to $1/GB
http://www.shareholder.com/maxtor/news/20020909-89588.cfm
3.2ms seek
75MB sustained data rate
2002Q4 available
5yr warranty
don't know about the
http://www.applefritter.com/hacks/duodigitalframe/index.html
Hell, that old 386/486 is gathing dust anyway!
Article is for a PowerBooks, but, hey, turn em upside down
and they all look the same...
http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/industry/09/09/woodshow.technology/index.html
A nick vice losing finger
Surprise, surprise none of the major equipment manufacturers
are interested...
http://www.sgi.com/newsroom/press_releases/2002/september/stream.html
Of course the press release says it outperforms the IBM P690 and
the Sun 15K...
Not a lot of details..
http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/interviews/int2002-09-05.htm
Appears that the research has been ongoing and MAYBE the UFO
sightings and responses are related in that they were done to
ward off any serious investigations.
Implies that the trail leads back the the Nazi scientist
research.
article is interview/book review
http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/09/06/020906hnsymbol.xml
Interesting article on centralizing/controlling wireless access
with a switch and multiple Access Ports (not points)...
Certainly useful for enterprise wireless application...
I'm sure that there are some fun projects in there..
"YES I Can! Science database contains classroom
lesson plans; labs, demonstrations and activities;
assessment tools, performance indicators, and
background information for teachers"
"This is absolutely free. There are no registration
or subscription charges."
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?articleID=00008006-0C9D-1D79-90FB809EC5880000
well, not everywhere, but probably in applications
where heat resistance is particularly important.
http://truthsayer.cs.ucdavis.edu/index.html
Interesting project where they're trying to reduce the
need for secure systems by separating the owner and
publishing components.
"With a few trusted digital signatures on the
part of the owner, an untrusted publisher can
use techniques based on Merkle hash trees, to
provide authenticity and non-repudiation of
the answer to a database query."
Oriented towards large, in-frequently updated databases.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2002/09/020909064106.htm
Insert thin wires then burn the cancer out...
http://www.speedstacks.com/qt_lg.html
Of course when I read that bridge players
are being tested for banned Olympic drugs
in their attempt to make bridge an
Olympic sport... well hell, then anything
goes..
Still time to get there and have
yer Rocky Mountain Oysters!
http://developer.apple.com/ue/switch/windows.html
Quite an interesting read...
http://www.cs.huji.ac.il/~springer/
That's right, run them through your scanner
at a high enough resolution..
Someone has written code to read the grooves
and write out MP3's...
Now THIS has some serious possibilities...
man'o'man..
http://www.blenderblaster.com/blenderblaster/
Make yer slushies and smoothies and other
assorted alcoholic beverages... anywhere,
any time...
Poulan 2 cycle EZ start....
I dunno
;-}
All,
I've converted the previous message into web page(s).
http://www.pcthree.com/techie/
have a look see.
Share with yer friends.
http://middleware.internet2.edu/shibboleth/
Interesting project for you security/privacy control
freaks out there...
"Shibboleth, a project of Internet2/MACE, is developing
architectures, policy structures, practical technologies,
and an open source implementation to support
inter-institutional sharing of web resources subject to
access controls. In addition, Shibboleth will develop a
policy framework that will allow inter-operation within
the higher education community."
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_663962.html
people, people, people.. ;-}
http://www.eetimes.com/story/OEG20020903S0058
Big plus for the handheld world!
http://www.news.wisc.edu/view.html?id=7774
a million times the storage density of CD-ROM...
http://www.icannwatch.com/article.php?sid=934&mode=thread&order=0
I can see the whois miners going to town already....
http://www.mysql.com/press/release_2002_10.html
hedging bets? ;-}
http://www.walmartwatch.com/info/internal.cfm?subsection_id=131&internal_id=350
Interest article on companies buying life insurance on their low-level
employees.
They borrow the money for the premiums from the insurers, write it off as
expenses and then collect the money if the employees croak..
Says that 1/4th of the fortune 500 are doing it..
http://rss.com.com/2100-1001-956591.html?type=pt&part=rss&tag=feed&subj=news
Big price cuts!
"Novell charges based on the number of users accessing
the software its customers have installed. Novell
will now only charge 25 percent of its regular price
per license for access by customers of Web sites, and
10 percent of the standard price charged to licensees
for citizens accessing government Web sites, a Novell
representative said."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/2238079.stm
Makes you wonder how many times this new West
Nile virus is going to mutate.... will it be
like the common cold?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/2237114.stm
Another stop towards Jurassic park.... ;-}
http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,72601,00.html
Maybe you should use one on your own private wireless network...
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,496643,00.asp
Should make it easier to handle DB's on those 160GB
drives...
http://www.eet.com/sys/news/OEG20020903S0041
"Microsoft Corp. will roll out a version of its
Windows XP operating system geared for hybrid
PC/TV devices on Tuesday (Sept. 3). The Windows
XP Media Center Edition integrates TV, personal
video recorder, digital music and digital photo
functions into the desktop OS."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2226327.stm
OK then... is it edible too? ;-}
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/26924.html
"As it stands, there is virtually no difference
between signed and unsigned email in Outlook.
Unless carefully inspected, signed email in
Outlook is essentially meaningless. This also
applies to any signed email received over the
past 5+ years," Benham says.
http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/ptech/09/03/review.mac.osx.ap/index.html
Maybe those of us who want some competition to M$ Windows
should get behind OS X...
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/26900.html
OASIS...
http://www.nta-monitor.co.uk/news/checkpoint.htm
anyone using this one?
You and your kids (grandkids) will love playing with this one.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1761906773
gatta hav it..
http://optics.org/articles/news/8/8/39/1
"The photodetectors on the rear surface are
used to record the intensity and color of a
source of illumination behind the object.
The light emitters on the front surface then
generate light beams that exactly mimic the
same measured intensity, color and trajectory.
The result is that an observer looking at the
front of the object appears to see straight
through it."
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1855415508
Only got 880 miles....
Current bid $9500
Come on ya know ya want it..
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/2225404.stm
Sounds like it could be useful.. No more need
to do the finger prick blood testing...
"It is made of polyethylene glycol beads that
are coated with fluorescent molecules."
"Because glucose displaces the fluorescent
molecules, the level of fluorescence is
high when bodily glucose levels are low."
http://www.eweek.com/print_article/0,3668,a=30408,00.asp
Move over lithium-ion hello fuel cells.
They're run on your alcohol, if you can be parted with
it, that is... ;-}
Hope this one is true too...
"...uses regular tap water and salt. The mixture
passes through electrodes that highly charge the
molecules, as though they'd been hit by lightning
or been passed through a mini-reactor."
"The resulting solution is so energy rich, it
dissolves all microbes it comes in contact with,
in water, on objects and on human skin. It also
happens to be odorless, colorless, and completely
safe for human consumption."
