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Category Archives: Technology
Ridiculous cell phone rates
I’ve been shopping around for a new cell phone and plan. My first attempt was about a year ago, after moving to the Bay area, but I gave up in despair. I had been hoping that the success of the … Continue reading
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I, for one…
Are We Giving Robots Too Much Power? (YouTube)
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Robots in spaaaaaaaace…
The space shuttle is in orbit right now, delivering some more equipment to the International Space Station. One of the payload items is Dextre, a large robotic hand that will be attached to the end of the station’s robotic arm. … Continue reading
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Pirates in spaaaaaaaace…
One aspect of software piracy that’s always interested me is the way protection schemes always seem to end up causing nothing but trouble for legitimate users — while pirates happily release 0-day cracks to use the software trouble-tree (albeit illegally). … Continue reading
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Approaching a record on Mars
Opportunity and Spirt are still hanging in there, despite a major Martian dust storm causing the lowest power levels seen on the (solar-powered) rovers to date. Opportunity, in particular, has been having a tough time of it: More details at … Continue reading
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Mozilla on the Nokia N800 Internet Tablet
Yesterday at GUADEC, Nokia announced and released a Mozilla-based web browser for the N800. Combined with the Flash 9 update in the most recent firmware, this makes for a very capable handheld device. Yay! Initial Impressions: Considering that this is … Continue reading
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Down in a hole, feelin’ so small
Opportunity, one of the two Mars Exploration Rovers NASA is (still!) operating, has been in the news a bit this week as it prepares to move down into the biggest crater of its mission — Victoria Crater. I ran across … Continue reading
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Confluence of thoughts…
I read Gerv’s post from earlier today (“Choice considered harmful”), as well as the predictable replies to it. It’s a rich topic to debate, but one thought that particularly strikes me is that with computers running billions of instruction per … Continue reading
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Solaris redux
Allow me to hoist my suspenders and stroke my scruffy gray beard for a few moments… I’ve been a Solaris user for a long time now. I started with SunOS 4.1.3 in college, hacked on a Solaris 2.5.1-based proxy firewall … Continue reading
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