Category Archives: Education

Language of computing

Posted on December 22, 2012 by Branedy

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 →

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The real problem with a ‘Silicon Republic’ for Ireland

Posted on July 15, 2012 by Branedy

If Cork, and probably Ireland in general, ever wants to get a leg up on Silicon Valley, or ANY tech center, they will have to get the local booksellers to start carrying books on the subject. YES! I do know … Continue reading →

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Benchmarking the Raspberry-Pi

Posted on June 21, 2012 by Branedy

This is a crude and simple PI test against the Raspberry-Pi and a Dell Pentuim-4 (3.0Ghz) The Raspberry-Pi Starting PI… x= 0.38631 y= 0.89070 low= 939239 j=1200001 Pi = 3.130797 ztot= 801773.75 itot= 1200000 real 0m1.900s user 0m1.720s sys 0m0.000s … Continue reading →

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It’s ALIVE, ALIVE (it blinks)

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Branedy

What can I say, it works, See here , and it’s SOOOO productive. I’s amazing that it makes me feel good that I managed to reproduce/assemble a kit of this nature. I grew up with this sort of thing, and … Continue reading →

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One day of concerted Soldering

Posted on May 22, 2012 by Branedy

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 →

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The Banking Crisis is Our Fault!

Posted on August 4, 2011 by Branedy

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 →

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Kindle as the fire of Fahrenheit 451

Posted on May 29, 2011 by Branedy

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 →

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The Woe of WiKileaks

Posted on December 4, 2010 by Branedy

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”

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Apprenticeships for the unemployed

Posted on November 26, 2010 by Branedy

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 →

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Underground War – Whistle Blowers strike back.

Posted on August 29, 2010 by Branedy

I may be the last to see this, a war, underground and undeclared, but a war. The opponents are a bit undefined but there is a clear and escalating combat in the world. I’m not talking about Terrorists, (although the … Continue reading →

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Nokia Smartphone reality check, Ka-ching!

Posted on July 23, 2010 by Branedy

All the bad news, Nokia smartphones dumb down profits Nokia releases Q2 2010 results; profits down, market share flat Nokia Q2 2010 results – profits down but smartphone sales up So lets do a reality check on the facts; Nokia … Continue reading →

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I’m truly afraid for the United States

Posted on July 21, 2010 by Branedy

I’m truly afraid for the United States, and I’ll tell you why, when Consumers are more satisfied with Fox News sites than newspapers or any other News Services for that matter, it boggles the mind. I can’t imagine, the only … Continue reading →

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More Pseudoscience in the Press

Posted on July 18, 2010 by Branedy

This video at the BBC U.S. Site that claims Technology ‘rewires’ our brains Is yet another Pseudoscience attempt to baffle with Bullshit, the viewer. It comes off all Super Tech and is really no better than claiming that “Technology destroys … Continue reading →

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Brian the Coward leader of the Lost!

Posted on November 29, 2009 by Branedy

I almost never link to Twenty Major, more because I have no comment on what he comments on, but this posting Brian Coward is probably worthy of another award. And I could not recommend it more.

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The real Question, from the big Picture.

Posted on October 29, 2009 by Branedy

A fellow Blogger at A Networked World made the connection with another blogger. And Got me thinking about The Real, Next Big Question! He states; …the talking heads all talk about this recovery, but its always a recovery “from” the … Continue reading →

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