The prices of commodity computers just keeps falling!
How about this one from Wal-Mart:
eMachines
AMD Athlon XP 2200+
256MB DDR
60 GB HD
CD-RW
DVD-ROM
Keyboard
Mouse
15" LCD Monitor
$798
They had a big stack of em on the floor in Frederick!
Seems some trader on Wall Street took $800 and turned it into $350M in a mere 126 trades!
Now he says he's from 200 years in the future and...
This is a pretty cool article on HyperSonic Sound (HSS)!
It actually makes it seem like the sound is originating inside your head!
Scary!
It seems that they have created an artificial synapse in microchip!
Uses chemicals instead of electrons!
Finally, something worth reporting! ;-}
Here some cool new technology coming down the pipe where you would just lay your device needing recharge on a special pad..
Looks cool.
New disease spreading...
WHO has put out a global alert!
Keep yer eyes open... Stay low.
Interesting read comparing the need to get beyond oil to the space race!
Talks about the fact that the Shell's, Exxon's and BP's don't necessarily control the oil fields (and don't necessarily want to)...
... 9 US refineries have already been enabled to remove hydrogen...
Those pesky Canadians!
They've got lot's of ideas (I guess).
Maybe we should send them all back home! ;-}
Maybe we'll soon be attaching all of our storage hungry devices to Storage Area Network technology!
Solutions for:
+ Shared Storage
+ Bus Independence
+ PC Storage
+ Digital Storage
+ PVR/STB Storage
Using TCP/UDP
If you're space short and need a full-featured computer that will set in your hand you should go and check out littlepc.com.
Somebody has got a rebuilt Enigma machine forsale on eBay!
Yep and it's come at a particularly bad time too!
Before you pack you bags and jump into an airplane you should read the article!
Not THOSE tits THESE tits!
Get yer mind outta the gutter!
While it's billed as the Stupid People's Guide to Life I'm sure that it applies equally well to the French and the Canadians!
...and most Kansans!
Um...
Who ever this person is they do write rather quickly and they don't seem to get tired! ;-}
Yep!
Jeff Bezos has been granted a patent on Method and system for conducting a discussion relating to an item.
Patent number: 6,525,747
The PrimitiveWays web site has all sort of stoneage tools and more!
That includes building a fire using a lens made from ice..
Sounds like quite the processor!
All on 1 chip!
One trillion math ops/sec!
Guessing the playstation 3 might be pretty hot stuff!
Due out in 2 years.
You and yer kids will like playing with this one!
The oldest functional eyeball is 130 years old!
The first cornea transplant (down under anyway) occured 50 years ago and the 80 year old woman is still going strong (at least her eye.
You'll have to read the article to see why it's only one eye! ;-}
If you Java programmers use a profile like optimizeIt you might be interested in Introscope from Wily Technology!
Looks like it might be light-weight enough to use in a production environment too!
They've got the usual white papers and case studies.
Want to find out more about China's plan to explore the moon?
Well, they want to anyway!
Word is that they want to hijack planes out of Honolulu and target the nuclear sub pens..
Here's a DVD player that has built-in Ethernet port and also has a PCCARD slot into which you can put your 802-11b card and broadcast streaming audio/video!
Can stream MP3, WMA, MPEG1 and MPEG2!
Here's a package for you mac folks!
It's Daniel Bernstein's packages at cr.yp.to.
What a great domain name cr.yp.to
It seems that the British human shields who drove their double decker red buses to Iraq are headed home.
Seems that the Iraqis presented them with a list of strategic targets and told them to pick the spot where they wanted to be or go home. Most hae opted to go home because it was getting to be too dangerous!
Yes, I know everybody know this, but....
and that's a big butt because James Watson, yes the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA, has given an interview in which he suggests that stupidity is a genetic disease that should be cured!
Of course there's a storm a-brewin!
How times have changed in Russia -- or have they? ;-}
Of course if the average is £7 a month (about $11) and that's 10% of their
salary then they ain't making a lot...
Check out their latest press release!
In the coming months, Sharp will introduce a complete residential, grid-connected system incorporating solar modules, electronics, connectors and support structures.
Says there are only about 10K solar homes in US!
Surprise, surprise...
Duh...
Oh, the article!
If you run:
xterm,
aterm,
rxvt,
Eterm,
konsole,
putty,
SecureCRT,
gnome-terminal,
hanterm-xf
and I'm sure others, you need to read this!