“Inflated real-estate market goes ballistic (in space)”
Oh he’s got… hi-igh hopes, he’s got… hi-igh hopes…
Archive of posts filed under the Interests category.
Topics on my particular interests.
“Loopy quantums reveal successive universes”
“Big Bang was Big Bounce“ I don’t know if I buy it, but it’s an interesting theory.
The OS Wars II: Modem Malfeasance and Wireless Woes
‘Tis the only comfort of the miserable to have partners in their woes. — Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra When last we left our intrepid Linux explorer, he had just tamed the Beast with the Blue Tooth to win through, at long last, the dread Jungle of Double Vision. Tired but satisfied, basking in the twitters …
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A Bedtime Story
“Once upon a time, children, there was a whole industry built on nothing but distributing music.” “Grampa, what’s disturba… distrab…?” “Distributing? It means that a person takes music that other people make and sells it to people who want it.” “Why couldn’t people buy it from the people who made it, like we do?” “Because …
“Vertical Farming in the Big Apple”
Look, up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s… a giant farm skyscraper? I expect we’ll see these within the next couple decades. It just makes too much economic sense, not to mention environmental. And the higher fuel prices go, the more sense it will make.
Mushroom Insulation
I’m betting that these guys are going to go far. Anybody foolish enough to bet against me?
The OS Wars II: Bitten by Bluetooth, Seeing Double, and Talking To The Palm
During a chess competition a chessmaster should be a combination of a beast of prey and a monk. — Alexander Alekhine I’m well known for being stubborn. Very stubborn. When I run into a problem, I pound my head against it until either my head breaks or the problem does. So far, it has almost …
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Linux Is Outpacing Windows
Microsoft has really been spinning it’s wheels for the last six or seven years. With the exception of improving security, nearly everything it has done since Windows 2000 has been focused on sizzle rather than steak. The same operating system with prettier pictures. You can see it in the whole user interface, and you can …
“Quick-charging electric cars could be round the corner”
If the claims of this particular company are true, the last technical hurdle to the true electric vehicle may be on it’s way out. I don’t know whether this is a good thing or not, since we’re having problems generating cost-effective electricity already. But it might at least help further with the smog problems in …
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The OS Wars II: The Next Generation
I’ve hired you to help me start a war. It’s an prestigious line of work, with a long and glorious tradition. — Vizzini, from The Princess Bride VMware is a great program, and I like it a lot. But there are some things you just can’t do in it… full 3D graphics in Linux, for …