my testing times

Best Tablet Conversions from microsoft

some nice pictures

The Seven Hour Battery for my notebook..
only $400 minutes left?.... hurry hurry hurry...

yahoo

update
Forbes published this article by Arik Hesseldahl
In Search Of A Better Battery
Valence Technology demonstrated a new battery technology at the Demo 2004 conference, which concluded here Tuesday, that can not only keep a laptop running longer than a conventional battery, but can do so without the inherent risks associated with overheating and explosions.

Valence calls its technology Saphion. It too is a lithium ion-based battery, but one which is based on phosphates, which don't have the heat issues that cobalt oxides do..


The N-Charge™ System Family includes two generations of a universal, external battery for mobile devices. Both provide two to three times the battery life of an internal notebook battery and offer you the chance to be completely plug free. If you are looking for a slim, sleek external battery that slides easily under your notebook, check out the N-Charge Power System. For a lightweight, compact version that offers a modular design for complete flexibility, read more about the new N-Charge Power System..

i before e, except after c (as in "SCIENCE")

Last night my server just would not get online so all my ideas have wet socks.. which hmmmmmmm.. not unlike this story about mail:smells (WiFfery)
.."We are always looking at ways to enhance the broadband internet experience," says Chad Raube, director of internet services at Telewest Broadband. "This could bring an extra whiff of realism to the internet."

via newsscientist

geodesic dome detail ©


..rather like and have an affection for geometry in sort of non-mathematical way which can't be quite true, what am I saying?

from ^pixel in Toronto...

From We Are Morons: a quick look at the Win2k source:

Some insight into Microsoft's famous daily build process is given in private\windows\media\avi\verinfo.16\verinfo.h:



* !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
* !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
* !!!!!!!IF YOU CHANGE TABS TO SPACES, YOU WILL BE KILLED!!!!!!!
* !!!!!!!!!!!!!!DOING SO FUCKS THE BUILD PROCESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
* !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
* !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

amoung other things

Microsoft's Do Not Open Letter
By Susan Kuchinskas


Microsoft (Quote, Chart) has started sending letters to people who have already downloaded the company's Windows source code that was illicitly leaked last week, warning them that such actions are in violation of the law.

The Redmond, Wash.-based maker of the Windows operating system said it also has placed alerts on several peer-to-peer clients where such illegal sharing of the leaked source code has taken place. The alerts are designed to inform any user who conducts specific searches on these networks to locate and download the source code that such activity is illegal, the company said.

link from internetnews..

One thing I don't understand is, why is it assumed that the source code is copyrighted?

Don't you have to publish something for it to be copyrighted? As I understand it, that is a requirement, the idea being that once the copyright expires[*] the works become public domain, which to be at all useful the works need to be publicly available. To that end, it used to be necessary to file works with the copyright office, though that is no longer a requirement. But the principle still holds, doesn't it?

I'm no IP lawyer, but... shouldn't this source code fall under trade secret law instead of copyright law?

[*] Yes I know copyright doesn't expire anymore due to lawmakers repeatedly extending copyrights at the behest of the big media cartels.

Well it's like 1999 again? here goes........
via madmuse ings because I might BUT....
What Yahoo might be doing before you can Google it neil turner who argues that his RSS feed sees more or less the calender of events..

THE TRANCE is here from 'acrosstheatlantic'

WaPo registration

Steven Den Beste has a piece of software that gets him around the Washington Post's new registration system ("Register now! It's free and it's required!" it says--yeah, there's a winning slogan.)

I can't be arsed to do the software thing. So I always sign up with incorrect information. I usually choose the first option in any drop down list. (Yes, I'm a CEO doing admin support *g*) I'll put I was born in 1900 and my zip code is always 90210.

If anyone wants to piggybank on my made up info, the login is blogreader@aol.com, password blogreader.

Am I the only person who tries to sabatage the registers?

I don't think I have come across anything like this..
with maybe an exception in 'croc~thing' ..
e v e r..

Catagory: Special Platform

manfrotto has an item in it's stock-list that does this needs QuickTime4
of Chiesa della Maddalena chapel
and Dick Roadnight bought one this time last year..
Last week I acquired a 35ft (10.5m) tripod.

Make/model Manfrotto Agnoscope 1050.

Closed height 2.5m

7 section telescopic elevating centre column.

Max camera weight 10 kg = 22lb

Remote control power head.

CCTV viewfinder – replaces Hasselblad prism, and looks directly at GG… I intend to make a 5x7 version.

Control console with head control, TV monitor, frame counter, shutter release (for MD systems and electric/electronic shutters)

What would you use one for?

The Outdoor Hard Drive: Data Vault 3DX From Olixir Tech

Sooner or later, everyone will need to move data from one place to another. When you're in a hurry, there is practically no alternative to an external hard drive. Writing to DVDs simply takes time when it runs into double-digit gigs, and transferring it over the Internet is often not an option for numerous reasons.
tomshardwarestore

Compare that to
SimpleTech 8 GB Type II CompactFlash for $5,999

via Gizmodo...
SimpleTech has announced an 8GB Type II Compact Flash Card utilizing its patented IC Tower stacking technology. The card is insanely priced at $5,999.

SimpleTech's IC Tower stacking technology allows multiple NAND Flash components to be stacked together to provide increased memory and storage densities that provide enhanced capacity in its 5 mm Type II cards.

Write speed of up to 10MB/second,
SimpleTech's ProX CompactFlash cards enable images to be saved faster to the CompactFlash card and significantly reduces the wait time between digital photography shots.