Topics on my particular interests.
Let me get this straight… 32-bit computers have lasted nearly twenty years, if memory serves me (I got my first 80386 motherboard in late 1991). In the last year or so, Microsoft has managed to get 64-bit Windows adopted, giving us access to 16 exabytes of RAM (“approximately 17.2 billion gigabytes,” according to this Wikipedia …
Continue reading ‘“Microsoft mulling 128-bit versions of Windows 8, Windows 9”’ »
This should help boost the mainstream take-up of 64-bit computers. With multi-gigabyte memory sizes starting to feel a bit cramped, it’s rather important… 32-bit systems can’t address more than 4GB of memory, or even use all of that — my dearly-departed Dell was limited to 3.3GB of the 4GB I had installed in it, and …
Continue reading ‘“Microsoft offers stickers to boost Windows 7 64-bit take-up”’ »
Some really awesome pictures from recent spacecraft. I grabbed a bunch of them for use as desktop wallpapers. Having wallpaper images from Mars or Saturn… pure geek porn. 🙂
Surprise! It’s 123456! Dark Helmet: So the combination is… one, two, three, four, five? That’s the stupidest combination I’ve ever heard in my life! The kind of thing an idiot would have on his luggage! [next scene] President Skroob: Did it work? Where’s the king? Dark Helmet: It worked, sir. We have the combination. President …
Continue reading ‘“Most Common Hotmail Password Revealed!”’ »
Despite the title, the power grid itself is apparently not at risk — because its computers don’t run on Windows. Despite the (deservedly) bad reputation it has in security circles, there is something to be said for “security through obscurity.” 🙂
An interesting rider to the old saying.
“A fool and his money,” the saying goes, “are soon parted.” Will people ever figure out that if something sounds too good to be true, it’s because it is?! When the scam-ees let their own greed do most of the scammers’ work for them, the scammers don’t have to be very smart to waltz away …
Continue reading ‘“Oz bottle shop falls for ‘double your money’ scam”’ »
“[A] new record for stupidly large lawsuit demands.”
An interesting, if rather unhygienic, idea.
Judging by history, this (or rather, a much, much smaller and sleeker version of it) represents the kind of computing power we’ll all be playing with in another decade. Or maybe less.