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Carbon nanotube-based memory may be reality by 2010 or earlier

Another use for Carbon Nanotubes besides RAMA show on building arcologies (giant habitats that qualify as mini-cities) in Japan suggested we build them out of carbon fiber. Instead of fabricating huge beams in a factory and hauling them, they suggested they be 'grown' - a machine on the end...

Tags: Nanotechnology, Dr Dij, carbon nanotube, nanotube, Carbon Fiber

Discussion threads 2007-11-19

Obama calls for a National CTO office while at Google

Wow! more govt!Maybe this office will do as well at high tech as the DHS which recently failed security according to the GAOThey can evaluate RFID chips for our foreheads!Would make the US so much more high tech and secure if everyone had one of these!I'm guessing if they...

Tags: Dr Dij, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-11-15

What futuristic technology would be most valuable to you? Add your own

sdtimes had poll on the side of a storyhttp://www.sdtimes.com/article/story-20071101-01.htmlasking which of these 4 would be most valuable to you:A) an implantable browser in your head to look things upB) RFID chip in your hand to ..C) a brain search engine, to index everything you know to find quickD) a brain...

Tags: C/C++, Backups, Spyware, adware & malware, Dr Dij

Discussion threads 2007-11-13

Poll: What was the greatest sci-fi horror film ever?

So easy!One Night in Paris, have you seen that green, alien, pigdog they call sexy?Slight ChangeI'd vote for Aliens, the second movie.One u missedAliens was one of the first movies I paid to see twice. But I still enjoy watching The Thing over and over again. Probably cause one of...

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Discussion threads 2007-10-24

DHS doesn't know Jack (B)!

Appears the Deparment of Homeland Security needs Jack Bauer! He could come and pound silly the person who originally sent out an email to 7500 people and didn't put their addresses in the BCC field. Put their head inside a running server very hot and noisy...

Tags: Dr Dij, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, e-mail, natural reaction, Bcc Field

Discussion threads 2007-10-04

Extremely Stupid MIT Student wears fake bomb into airport

news of the ODD! Happy Fridayhttp://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070921/ap_on_re_us/fake_bomb_15http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=3635225&page=1MIT has apparently lowered their standards. This ID10T wore a tshirt with an actual circuit board on the outside into an airport. And was carrying a lump of play-doh.Doh!I'm sorry if this sounds mean but maybe police should have...

Tags: SECURITY, Dr Dij, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Discussion threads 2007-09-21

Google will give you $20 million for landing on the moon

Walking on the MoonSomething Something Something.. Walking on the Moon as HOmer would go humming that songMy old VW van had 250,000 miles and it's only 225,000 to the moon; Has a place to sleep, sink with water resevoir, is filled with emergency food... Pop a few plants...

Tags: Dr Dij, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-09-19

God to be held liable for Terrorist Threats?

Ok, I couldn't resist. This was the funniest thing I've seen. On HNN this morning, a Nebraska lawmaker is suing God. Claiming should be responsible for terrorist threats made. First of all, to me God is an ideal not an actual being. It...

Tags: Dr Dij, God, God IS

Discussion threads 2007-09-18

"You are likely to be eaten by a grue" - The rap video

What is a Grue?No one has ever seen one. It lives in the darkest depths, its appetite for cave adventurers tempered only by it's fear of light. If you were dumb enuf to wander into the caves without lighting your lamp (or even remebering to pick up...

Tags: Games, Dr Dij, video, Grue, grue, Zork

Discussion threads 2007-09-14

Geek Trivia: How low can you go?

"End of the World" Sci-Fi Movie to followin fact I recall there was a sci-fi channel movie very much likek this. Don't recall name. Mad scientits did deep drilling experiment, maybe with noke and it started earthqyuakes all over.The lowest man12km deep boreholes are quite impressive. In...

Tags: Dr Dij, Classic Geek

Discussion threads 2007-08-31

Dimwitted Thieves down Internet

it appears that the recent slowdown in the internet caused by a break in Cogent backbone fiber optic cables was started by dim-witted thieves looking for copper cable. While first reported that the cable was 'shot', it turns out the replacement dark cable had been shot but they had...

Tags: Network technology, Internet, Dr Dij, cable, thieve

Discussion threads 2007-08-24

Google goes intergalactic

Awesome!When I travel to the stars, I now can have a map of "Google Epsilon Eridani" in addition to "google earth"! With all the hot spot volcanoes, methane seas, craters and alien cities all plugged in! Maybe it will turn out I'm from there.. Certain women have...

Tags: Gender and diversity, Dr Dij, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-08-23

Seven warning signs of bogus science

This is great!I saw this show about some guy who supposedly had invented something to make electrical devices more efficient. He had a big black sealed box and supposedly ran a huge fan on a tiny battery. He pitched it directly to the media. Stupid producers got...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Dr Dij

Discussion threads 2007-08-14

10 more levels and I'll be über

We've set in motion events that could lead to extinction of all life on EarWho needs a video game evil dictator to destroy life?Half the GUlf of Mexico is now officially 'dead zone', extending from LA to tip of tex and N mex; north from Yucatan and on west coast...

Tags: Games, Dr Dij, oxygen, Jellyfish

Discussion threads 2007-08-10

State of Ohio passes the buck

Sick to blame himBackups should:1) be encrypted2) probably be handled by professional service couriers3) not be given to someone who would leave them in his car (see #2)His boss should be held accountableTheir offsite backup strategy was for thejunior tape swapper to take it home with him ???I may...

Tags: Backups, Dr Dij

Discussion threads 2007-07-29

Bendable optic fiber big boost for broadband proliferation

about time, will increase fibers to the homefor years it has been on par with copper to run fiber to the bee box. However expensive connectors, and connecting processes, and fragile fibre have hampered going from the 'bee box' the last mile into the home.This should really help.Someone railed...

Tags: Network technology, TV & Home Theater, TVs, Dr Dij, broadband, fibre, fiber, bee box, Intel Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-07-25

Psychotic Apple Users

It appears that Apple users can't take the mention of possible security flaws in their product. An anonymouse security researcher posted a blog saying [s]he found a hack thru DNS into Macs. As a result, stupid psychotic Mac users posted death threats and hacked his blog!...

Tags: Desktops, Dr Dij, Apple Macintosh, security, Apple Inc., blog

Discussion threads 2007-07-19

Finally a PC for your Grandma

I've been railing for ages about how computer makers and sw apps sellers are 1) too expensive, 2) not foolproof for end users like a VCR or DVD player.This computer comes with a version of Linux (could windoze ever be considered 'foolproof' with all the malware?) and apps installed, all...

Tags: Linux, PRODUCTIVITY, Consumer electronics, DVD, Dr Dij, PC

Discussion threads 2007-07-19

Grumpy old man explains why iPhone is 'wrong'

Pretty good rundown on iPhone features, probs:http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9025763&intsrc=hm_listI guess like all new tech may be best to wait a bit till they add the missing features and work out the bugs?My only question: does it have a video camera in front pointing at user so they can video-call other iPhone users...

Tags: Dr Dij, Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2007-06-27

Ethical to hack a Stolen Credit Card online store?

I was wondering if it would be ethical to hack into and disrupt or try to destroy the database of an online stolen credit card store that is operating openly like a regular e-commerce site. It might be even cooler to change some of the digits on large...

Tags: Sales channel, Web technology, Dr Dij, online store, credit card

Discussion threads 2007-06-22