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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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Prediction: Surface RT slab Fails
This one is the first prediction I’ll make for the new year. The Surface RT slab will fail in 2013. (as in period) Windows 8 on Surface Intel processors will be unstable, but the ARM RT will vanish entirely. UPDATE: … Continue reading
Posted in General IT issues, Information, Marketing, Microsoft, Windows
Tagged Microsoft, Pad, prediction, RT, Slab, Surface, Tablet, Windows 8
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The trouble with Microsoft Windows
While reading some postings about old CPU’s the subject on implementing calculations came up, and someone mentioned an issue with windows calculator. I assumed that this was an artifact from Windows 3.11 or something, but it still exists in Windows … Continue reading
Posted in General IT issues, Information, Intel, Microsoft
Tagged Accuracy, Calculators, Math, Quality Control
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The real problem with a ‘Silicon Republic’ for Ireland
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
Posted in Economy, Education, General IT issues, Information, Press, The Future
Tagged books, Computing, education
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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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Benchmarking the Raspberry-Pi
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
Posted in Education, General IT issues, Information, Intel, Linux, Maker
Tagged Arduino, Benchmarking, C, Maker, Pentium, Raspberry-Pi
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They both blink
This is my ELF Membership card (in the black box) running a 12 byte program that adds up to 255 then turns off the light, normally this would be about 1 per second, but I’ve been tweeking the speed dial … Continue reading
Posted in General IT issues, Information, Maker, Projects
Tagged 1802, Arduino, Computing, COSMAC, ELF, Maker, Membership Card
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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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My New Computer
My new computer… Now where did I put that soldering iron….
Posted in DIY server, General IT issues, Information, Maker, Work
Tagged 1802, 8 Bit Computer, Altoids, COSMAC, DIY Computers, Maker, Membership Card
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Mahon Report – to the disgrace of Irish Politicians
Mahon Report (in PDF format)
Posted in Conspiracies, corruption, Crime, Democracy, Dublin, Economy, election, government, Honesty, Information, Ireland, Irishelection, Law, Lies, Politics, Recession
Tagged Bertie, corruption, Mahon, politicans
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Android WEP/WPA useless login features
I have come to the conclusion that if Android encounters a WiFi point that does not have WEP/WPA security, but instead, uses some corney web based HTML login code or password, Android goes bonkers. Because Android is a very connected … Continue reading
Posted in Android, Broadband, General IT issues, Information, Internet, N900, telecommunications
Tagged Android, authentication, Internet, N900, WEP, WPA, WPA2
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Froyo for the CnM Touchpad II
I took the plunge and re-imaged my Cnm Touchpad II up to Froyo (Android 2.2.1) , And after the second try, it installed, after sweating bullets. And not only is it pretty, it’s faster, and I (after some efforts) now … Continue reading
Posted in Android, General IT issues, Information, Internet, lifestyle
Tagged Android, CnM Touchpad II, Froyo, Touchpad, upgrade
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We only want to produce Blockbusters
The recent Blowup about HP exiting the PC/WebOS Business reminds me of an old story about when Sony bought MGM, the movie makers. The story goes like this; executives were briefing Sony Management about how profits were generated from the … Continue reading
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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