Category Archives: Technology
The first woman in space
After the successful orbital flight of Yuri Gagarin, the Soviet authorities wanted to give a further demonstration of their superiority: Alan Shepard had finally entered space on May 5, 1961, but only for a brief, suborbital flight. The U.S.S.R. would … Continue reading
I claim first use of term ‘Meatnet’
In discussions about examples like this quickly deleted digg post: “Please note, this is legal.Scientology is bull, and it’s time to do something about it. At 6pmEST on the 18th, there will be a raid on http://www.scientology.org . Come join … Continue reading
Why does AT&T want to know what you’re downloading?
Here’s the kicker: To maintain that immunity, AT&T must transmit data “without selection of the material by the service provider” and “without modification of its content.” Once AT&T gets in the business of picking and choosing what content travels over … Continue reading
Wiimote as remote control for unix.
The instructions here get you most of the way. You can fix the error of “unable to open channel” on wminput by specifying the hardware address on the command line as shown from the hcitool scan output: ———- #hcitool scan … Continue reading
Reporters discuss being forced to kill a story by Fox Corporate
DNA seen through the eyes of a coder
The genome is littered with old copies of genes and experiments that went wrong somewhere in the recent past – say, the last half a million years. This code is there but inactive. These are called the ‘pseudo genes’. Furthermore, … Continue reading
The NSA-Crypto AG Sting – OhmyNews International
For decades, the US National Security Agency (NSA) has been reading effortlessly ultra sensitive messages intercepted from all parts of the world. This extraordinary feat was not the consequence of the work of some genius cyber mathematician. Nor was it … Continue reading
NukAlertâ„¢ Radiation Detector, Meter, Monitor and Alarm
More than just a radiation detector, the NukAlertâ„¢ is a patented personal radiation meter, monitor and alarm. Small enough to attach to a key chain, the device operates non-stop, 24/7 and will promptly warn you of the presence of unseen, … Continue reading
Fixing Ubuntu’s oversensitive touchpad
First, install qsynaptics. sudo apt-get install qsynaptics Next, edit the /etc/X11/xorg.conf? Find the section that says: Section “InputDevice” Identifier “Synaptics Touchpad” Driver “synaptics” and add Option “SHMConfig” “on”