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Language of computing
I was reminded this Christmas Holiday season that computers do not ‘know‘ any human language, only binary, and that it takes humans to provide the translation from the machine to something human readable. And while most computer programing languages are … Continue reading
Posted in Education, General IT issues, History, Information, language, programming, Psychology, Science
Tagged Computers, language, programming
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The end is near, for my Nokia N900
No, the USB connector is not loose, in fact everything is working fine. Well maybe the battery runs down and the tiny magnet on the prop went missing (fixed), It was the dissapearance of the Nokia catalog from the apt … Continue reading
The very first Higgs Boson
Yup! The first of many Higgs Boson’s, just like the early Greeks predicted, particles within particles within particles ad infinitude.
Posted in Energy, History, Information, Religion, Science, The Future, Truth
Tagged Higgs Boson, Research, Science
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One day of concerted Soldering
This is my Monday effors of concerted soldering my neck is stiff, and I have a nice blister on my right hand index finger from fumbling the soldering pencil, but I managed. I thought I had a power source conector, … Continue reading
Posted in Education, General IT issues, History, Information, Maker
Tagged COSMAC, COSMAC 1802, DIY Computers, ELF, Maker, Membership Card
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The Banking Crisis is Our Fault!
I heard all the arguments, and if I were in a position to actually have made the decisions, or been allowed to tender an opinion on the actions taken. I know I would have made different choices. But in the … Continue reading
Posted in Bertiegate, Conspiracies, corruption, Crime, Democracy, Economy, Education, Europe, Freedom, government, History, Honesty, Ireland, Irishelection, Law, Liberty, Lies, lifestyle, Patriotism, Politics, Recession, Religion, The Future
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Kindle as the fire of Fahrenheit 451
In the science fiction book Fahrenheit 451 I often wondered what the catalyst was. In the current age, that has become apparent, control, with government leaders demanding ‘controls’ over the Internet, and most other communications media the books presented in … Continue reading
Posted in Amazon, Android, Broadband, Conspiracies, DRM, Education, Google, government, History, Information, Internet, Politics, Psychology, The Future, World Events
Tagged Amazon, Android, Burning Books, DRM, eBooks, Kindle, Science Fiction
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Gaddafi, the better deal for the western world.
If it hasn’t been apparent from the start. The western nations, via their corporate masters have deemed Gaddafi is the better choice to make deals with, regarding Libyan oil. Democratic governments are too, ‘open’ to he public. So in libya, … Continue reading
Posted in Conspiracies, corruption, Democracy, Europe, Freedom, government, History, Honor, Liberty, Patriotism, Politics, World Events
Tagged Freedom, Gaddafi, Libya, no fly, Revolution
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The Woe of WiKileaks
George Carlin on the “American dream, outlines why WiKileaks is being assaulted. And why we have such rotten governments around the world. Additional Material: Amnesia as a Way of Life: WikiLeaks Amid the “Careless People”
Posted in Conspiracies, corruption, Democracy, Economy, Education, election, Freedom, government, History, Honesty, Information, Law, Liberty, Lies, lifestyle, monopolies, Politics, Recession, World Events
Tagged Censorship, WikiLeaks
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Apprenticeships for the unemployed
The future of Irish unemployment, or for that matter, unemployment anywhere, may involve re-establishing a medieval apprenticeship, where students, or other unemployed IT/Scientific/Technical workers live with those in the same industry who ARE working, and learn the business from them, … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Education, Europe, History, Ireland, Recession, The Future
Tagged apprenticeship, Ireland, jobs, Recession, unemployment
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Apple’s outrageous share of the mobile industry’s profits
That pretty much says it all, doesn’t it? Pie chart: Apple’s outrageous share of the mobile industry’s profits In any other businesses this would be called a RIP OFF! by Apple, but with the Apple-Fanboy base, They can do no … Continue reading
Posted in Apple, Freedom, History, iPhone, Liberty, Linux, Mac, Maemo, Marketing, MeeGo, monopolies, N900, Nokia, Press, Statistics, telecommunications
Tagged Apple, iPhone, Nokia N900, Smartphone
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Religious ‘Tight Ass’
I was reminded of this ‘West Wing’ after all the bull shit about the Mosque near the World Trade Center And tried, as I might, to remember that the United States was founded on the constitutionally guaranteed right of Freedom … Continue reading
Posted in Democracy, government, History, Law, Liberty, Patriotism, Politics, Religion, Terrorism, World Events
Tagged Freedom, Mosque, Religion
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Apps are saving the mobile Internet
Apps, Apps everywhere Apps. There has been a lot of discussion on the internet about the value of Apps. Which are abbreviations for applications, in this case small applications on mobile devices remind me of previous discussions, read arguments, about … Continue reading
Posted in Apple, General IT issues, History, Internet, iPhone, telecommunications
Tagged Apple, Apps, AT&T, iPhone 4
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A GPS for Genealogy
One of the things that i’ve found very useful about the GPS in the Nokia N900 is that when the wife and I are out investigating the back-and-beyonds the N900 is suppyling us with townlands as we traverse. In genealogy … Continue reading
