According to people testing the leaked Windows 11 developers build, it seem that the “Blue Screen of Death” is about to become “Black Screen of Death” when we eventually upgrade to Windows 11. The acronym BSOD will remail the same though 😉 – Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-57695586
Well, if you ever watched scifi movies then you know of one of the first issues in communication with an alien species is language, infact we do not even need to go into space to have this issue – event though English has become sort of a universal language here on earth it can still be a problem to communicate with people from different countries, they may not know English or be very bad at it – so you are back to hand gestures and drawings. Now hand gestures and drawing may be great fun if you have ample time and the spirit is high, but in a pinch it’s not the best way to go.
If you have ever watched Star Trek you know they have this wonderful gadget – the Universal Translater – a contraption that translates alien languages in real time… Well, it’s no longer as far fetched as it sounds 😀 Skype to the rescue, Skype has been working on a near real time vocal translation addon to their popular communications software, and now they have something to show for it – it may still be in the very early stage but it’s a first step in the right direction. Links below to a narrative on this as well as a youtube clip.
http://sl.readmydamnblog.com/Ssb5tT
YouTube video;
http://sl.readmydamnblog.com/1x5as9Z
Some other fun site on the same subject.
http://sl.readmydamnblog.com/1tGR4eR
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I have done this myself numerous times in the past, build a PC from scratch or upgraded a PC with new hardware, however for some a PC is still a mystery box that just works.
Anyhow, I stumbled across this neat video that take you through the process of building a PC – so if you ever had the urge to get on-board with a project like this you really should watch this video, it gives you some great pointers and also give you some idea on whats involved. A word of caution though, this guy know what he is doing and is 100% sure all the parts will fit, that in my recollection is sometime where things gets tricky (when things wont fit or work together).
Enjoy..
So I was reading about the Intel NUC which is a mini pc that will fit in your palm, I heard it was just released in an i5 version (previously i3) so it is a fairly crafty machine that will easily run Windows and even throw in a virtual machine or two. One drawback though is the price, with a full fledged Intel cpu the price shoots up :-/ not unreasonable but enough that it’s not for me.
Anyway, a comment in a review led me to this link;
http://www.minix.com.hk/Products/MINIX-NEOX7.html
so at 1/3 the price (more or less) you get a cool gadget, that although it will not run Windows will run Android and although not being super fast and powerful as the i5 processor it is fast enough for realtime HD video, netflix and the lot..
Bottom line, if you are looking for an extention to your big screen tv, to play a bit of netflix, surf and other stuff this Minix Neox7 looks real cute and fair priced.
OMG I am just looking forward to these Google Glasses, I really think this will have a huge impact on our daily life over time.. like Augmented reality etc.
Sadly I do fear that V1.0 likely may be a bit buggy and expensive..
So last night I stumbled across this cool little gadget, its a usb device that can illuminate or flash in different colors all programmed by you either in code or via script’s etc.
So you could use it to flash when you got new mails or something similar or imagine if you put this device on the servers in your severroom and connected it up with your hardware monitoring – now the server would flash red if it had hardware problems – the options are endless.
Read more here;
http://thingm.com/products.html
Buy it here (note postage to Europe is a bit steap);
http://buy.thingm.com/blink1
See the YouTube video here;
http://youtu.be/ZLvloI4RleI
The thing with the space key – I am sad to admit I did not know 🙁 so I learned something new today 🙂
One of the sentences we remember from many sci-fi films and series are “fire phasers”, and along comes a bright laser beam that obliorates the enemy.
Well there has been some Military implementations of lasers to planes etc. where attempts have been made to target missiles etc. however none very spectacular or portable. Today however I read about something really cool, a somewhat portable laser that was capable of;
1. Cutting a matal pole at 1 km distance
2. Tracking and shooting down several drones at 2 km distance (flying at more than 50 meters per second)
3. Detecting tracking and shooting down a “Falling solid object” 82mm in diameter (mimicing a motar round)
It would appear that “Fire Phasers” will not be restricted to Sci-Fi movies in the future, I am looking forward to owning my own ray-gun 😀
For more information refer to the link below to the press release regarding the Rheinmetall’s HEL weapon.
It is now more than just rumours, Netflix will be setting up shop in Denmark – Lovely, although I do fear that it will be a LIGHT version as the European right holders are notorious for being greedy and thus the titles online will likely be a lot smaller than the US version.
Anyhow, I just realized that there are actually services like Netflix for both Magazines and Games;
www.onlive.com
Is a gaming portal where you can “stream” your games, the game is actually run on the companies server and thus you only get the video streamed. You can sign up for a package that will contain a bunch of games, not as attractive as Netflix but still for younger kids maybe still worth while – you can also get a settop box and controller so you can play on your livingroom tv. Sadly of course its US only 😐 but with a VPN service and a little ingenuity you should be able to bypass this..
http://www.nextissue.com/storefront/
Is for Magazines what Netflix is for video, here you can pay a monthly fee and get access to a bunch of magazines. Sadly of course its US only 😐 but with a VPN service and a little ingenuity you should be able to bypass this..