Dang, that long title is guaranteed to screw up some formatting. But, it addresses a whole bunch of my posts very well. What got this post going was a recently released article written by Ian O’Neill for Universe Today. In it, he cites scientists who conclude:
It is highly improbable that humans will ever explore beyond [...]
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Posted in Technology on Aug 8th, 2008
So far my experience with my Iphone has been excellent. However, with every advance in technology, new perils come with it. Check out this story:
Reports state that a “kill switch” has been found in the Apple iPhone 2.0 OS, which allows Apple to basically disable any application that they please from your iPhone.
The story finishes [...]
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Posted in Technology on Jul 27th, 2008
There are definitely pros and cons to the iPhone. However, blogging from practically anywhere with spell checking is a major pro for me!
So far my only major gripe is how little concern was given to the camera. it could so easily have done so much more
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Posted in Technology, The Internet on Jul 25th, 2008
The guys over at Independent Sources are a bit undone by a bizarre lawsuit filed by Channel Intelligence. It seems the guys at Channel Intelligence have filed a lawsuit over anyone who has developed a wishlist using a database. They however, have not taken on the big boys like Ebay or Amazon. They’re smart enough [...]
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Posted in Technology on Jul 14th, 2008
( Sung to Berlin’s “Waiting on the Metro”. ) I tried to get one of these Friday:
So far, no luck. It’s not that the activation system stopped me, it’s that they sent twice as many phones to a town 1/3 the size of mine, so we ran out and they had a few to spare. [...]
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Posted in Technology on Jul 3rd, 2008
First Nancy Pelosi decided to shut down NASA because they prefer to speak English. As of now, HR 3737, funding supporting SETI, is effectively dead. With David Obey on the oversight committee, we can expect a whole lot more of science getting axed if it has nothing to do with proving global warming exists.
Thanks Phil. [...]
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Posted in Technology on Jun 13th, 2008
I have been running a poll for a while asking people what they think the future of energy is. So far, biomass is coming in dead last at 9% or so. Quite frankly, I tended to be one of those that felt like biomass was the least likely. The efforts in biomass so far have yielded [...]
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Posted in Technology on Jun 13th, 2008
Here is Volkswagon’s vision of the future:
Now, this is pretty cool. More along the lines of appearing pretty normal. Now, according to Cnet, Volkswagon is expecting a consumer version of this car in 7 to 10 years. What they are waiting on is for some semblence of a hydrogen infrastructure to be in place.
I don’t think that’s going to happen in [...]
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Posted in Technology on Jun 5th, 2008
Watch out GM, there’s a new competitor in the hybrid market:
Actually, that’s the rear of the Aptera. Pretty spacey lookin huh? Might explain some of the UFO sightings in California of late. Now, on a more serious note, this things gets something like 230 miles per gallon.
That’s the front of the Typ-1. Looks like a [...]
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Posted in Technology on Jun 3rd, 2008
A while back I did a little piece on the future of cars. Namely I was writing about the Chevy Volt. Well, actually it was more than a little while back. It was actually January 2007. Eighteen months later I see these headlines:
General Motors announced plans Tuesday to shut four truck and SUV plants that [...]
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