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- MusicBrainz Picard (exe)
- MusicBrainz Picard is a free MP3 file tagger that can identify track information by comparing an audio tracks unique digital thumbprint to the information in the MusicBrainz database. It is based on a tagging concept that is organized around album or release information for groups of tracks (and will identify...
- Tags: Tagging, Information, CodeStuff, MusicBrainz Picard
- Software downloads 2007-11-13
- The Top 20 Sci-Fi Starship Captains of All Time
- The Top 20 Sci-Fi Starship Captains of All Time, according to Kunochan.com, are as follows: Jean-Luc Picard (Star Trek: The Next Generation) James T. Kirk Star Trek Han Solo Star Wars Kathryn Janeway (Star Trek: Voyager) Malcolm Reynolds Firefly William "Husker" Adama...
- Tags: Star Trek, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2007-10-04
- Starship Enterprise sells for half-million dollars
- Found on CNN via BoingBoing: Starship Enterprise model boldly sold for $576,000"Star Fleet Capt. Jean-Luc Picard commanded it. Now some Trekkie owns it."A model of the Starship Enterprise used in the pilot and title sequences of 'Star Trek: The Next Generation' sold for $576,000 Saturday at an auction of costumes,...
- Tags: Star Trek, Starship Enterprise, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2006-10-09
- Jessica Alba Screensaver (Ten software downloads on TechRepublic that will never make it as a Right Tool for the Job)
- How do you control unauthorized software in your shop?Whether it's Elf Bowling, an unapproved IM client or even SETI@home, IT department are constantly struggling to keep unauthorized software off company machines.Does your company have an acceptable computer use policy that forbids user from installing unauthorized software?How do you enforce the...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Instant messaging, tool, Bill Detwiler - TechRepublic, job, software
- Discussion threads 2007-09-06
- WHO'S WATCHING THE WATCHER
- "Houston, We have a problem!"Ricart on the planet below hails the Enterprise, 'Ricart to Picard,.. We havea problem! ... It’s worse than we suspected, the Matocans are beginning to believein a God!'This third season fourth episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation ran in the early 1990’s and was curiously...
- Tags: Captain Picard, discrete particle, FluxIt, GeoBub, God, information theory, MrMiami, off-topic, particle, star trek, theory
- Discussion threads 2006-10-22
- Captains log - Oh man that hurts
- We've seen a lot of posts on weird news stories, but this is one that stands outhttp://tv.yahoo.com/news/ap/20060117/113754804000.htmlAmazingAs much as I liked Star Trek I don't think I would want his stone.Oh, well, at least it helped someone.I wonder what they could get...For a Klingon caught near Uranus... :^Osorry...old childhood joke.Been...
- Tags: Klingon
- Discussion threads 2006-01-18
- Call it the green Supreme Court
- Why on an IT "tech" site......do we keep getting these Democratic Party talking-point stories that have practially nothing to do with IT?The Other Side of the CoinContrary to popular news reports, there is a large body of scientific evidence that indicates global warming is not caused by human activity.If you're...
- Tags: turbinepilot, information technology, U.S. Congress
- Discussion threads 2007-04-11
- Space, the final frontier
- Space, the final frontierOk, this is a very serious post. Remember Star Trek with Scotty, Bones, Capt. Kirk and the gang? This post is all about what the best episode was. What geekier thing could one think of other than Star Trek? I personally have many favorites but I think...
- Tags: TNG, Captain Kirk, Star Trek
- Discussion threads 2006-01-28
- oh gods...
- oh gods...please put us out of our misery and bring shatner to be with you soon.the only thing he did in his career that had any entertainment value was star trek.everything else is just..bad..very very bad.have you heard any of the songs from the cd that he and leonard nimoy...
- Tags: birthday, captain kirk, entertainment, off-topic, oneamazingwriter@..., Star Trek, William Shatner
- Discussion threads 2006-03-22
- The US Navy is On Duty
- While you are home sleeping in your bed, the brave sailors of the United States Navy aboard the mighty USS Enterprise are protecting you:http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7283126964031598185Frankly, I think these guys need to be admirals..."This video is not playable in your country"So this is how you treat your allies. Well, US Navy, f*ck...
- Tags: Navy, video, Brit Neil, it's boring sailing, where's the port?, lawd can we come home yet?, us navy, BFilmFan, off-topic, sailor, Neil
- Discussion threads 2006-02-11
- Geek Trivia: A star of all Treks
- Who is the only actor with credited appearances in all five Star Trek TV series? I think we can all agree that the amount of Geek Trivia you could wring out of the Star Trek franchise is immeasurable. But for the sake of simplicity, let's start with...
- Tags: Star Trek, DS9, Jay Garmon, Next Gen, Next Gen episode, Ferengi, Geek Trivia Newsletter, TV, Computer, Trek, Voyager, ENIAC
- Technical articles 2007-02-20
- Sci-fi rant: When did Star Trek jump the shark?
- I recently came across Something Awful's list of The 22 Most Awful Moments in Science Fiction. Now, I like me some Something Awful. They bring the funny. But this list is a bit padded, and wanders off into some crazy territory that most SF fans don't care about. (Seriously, who...
- Tags: Star Trek, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2007-11-14
- Poll: Which sci-fi/fantasy presidential ticket gets your vote?
- As much as geeks love binary, there's something to be said for multiplicity of choice. Thus, as the United States girds itself up for yet another traditional two-party Presidential showdown in November, we give you a ballot box-full of fictional alternatives that--if suddenly made real--would likely wipe the floor with...
- Tags: Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2008-02-12
- Sci-fi rant: When did Star Trek jump the shark?
- nailed it as always...The franchise, in attempting to 'dumb down' to be of interest to the 'unwashed masses' lost what made it of interest to anyone at all.In addition to destroying the concept of the Borg, the concept of Q was also gutted.Q, through the franchise was the archetypical trickster...
- Tags: Locrian_Lyric, DS9, Voyager, Star Trek, franchise
- Discussion threads 2007-11-14
- Save to My Workspace button.....
- Wahey!Smorty!I have one!!!!Just wanted to say thankyouverymuchly!(now, can you just remind me why I have it, please??? The "added value" of that is escaping me at the moment!)Thanks :DGGStay tunedAll will be revealed in short order.Now look, palwho are you calling a short order?Hmm?Who told you I was only...
- Tags: D Col, D GG, Dawg, feedback, gadgetgirl, Jay, new, workspace
- Discussion threads 2005-11-15
- Ready for the next generation?
- Windows 2000 has been officially launched. Last week, Ed Bott asked readers for the best way to launch 2000's Internet Explorer on a corporate network. Read TechRepublic member dan.wendlick's answer, and find out what the Bott challenge is for this week.The Windows 2000 launch event, held on February 17 in...
- Tags: Operating systems, Ed Bott, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.
- Technical articles 2000-02-24
- Geek Trivia: The math behind the myth
- Geek Trivia: The math behind the mytharticle rootAnd the name of the minister is...For the sake of completeness, the name of the minister is Robert Schuller. Besides being a very successful televangelist and bestselling writer, he is noted for being the guy who set up an open-air church in a...
- Tags: Power, Peale, Positive Thinking, geek trivia, mathematics, Leee, career, Robert Schuller, Fermat
- Discussion threads 2006-02-21
- Geek Trivia: The math behind the myth
- Which mathematician mistakenly solved an "impossible" problem as a homework assignment, inspiring a modern urban myth? In the long and storied history of uber-level mathematics, perhaps the holiest of Holy Grails was a proof for Fermat's Last Theorem, which holds that there are no positive integers x,...
- Tags: Fermat, Jay Garmon, Andrew Wiles, Last Theorem, Geek Trivia Newsletter, TechRepublic Inc., Proof, Mathematician
- Technical articles 2006-02-21
- The Prince of Dorkness
- The Prince of Dorknessblog rootAnd so it begins...Until today, I had actively resisted the overwhelming peer pressure to join the blog phenomenon (hey, I'm a geek, and geeks don't flow with the monoculture gestalt). I never really saw the appeal of keeping a running journal of my offhand thoughts or...
- Tags: Blogging, Jay Garmon, Star Trek, TNG, blog
- Discussion threads 2005-05-16
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