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Let's Try This Again, Shall We?
Apr. 12th, 2021 05:55 pmNew tablet, new keyboard, old blog, old account. All working now?
A Real Vending Machine of Awesome?
Sep. 13th, 2017 11:44 amIn my dreams a few hours ago...
Somebody sent me a very technologically advanced trifle. Either Coca-Cola, or the company that builds their vending machines, created it. Somehow they found out that I liked robots, and I liked party balloons, and I was interested in the Industrial Internet of Things...so I received a robotic device to stick to the ceiling of my room. Every so often, it would activate, play one of Coca-Cola's many jingles, inflate a balloon with air, tie it off and let it loose.
Why Coca-Cola? I don't know.
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Plan To Scan? Well...
May. 20th, 2017 04:05 pmWent to a seminar from Artec 3D on Friday afternoon. I'm very impressed with their machines--but I'm so far behind on the tech that I'd have to spend loads of money to get caught up again.
So What Happened After That
Jan. 18th, 2017 02:48 pmNo sooner did I make my previous post as my brother-in-law reminded me of something that I had forgotten. As a result I was able to get my data off the old hard drive. Not all of it, but enough of it to put me back in business--and I can transfer more of it if necessary.
Now I'm wondering what programs I should get to replace the ones I "lost", as I've gone from Win10 32-bit to Win10 64-bit. Complicating matters is the fact that this computer is now old enough that I ought to plan on an upgrade sooner rather than later. I don't like this obsolescence thingy very much.
FP
Semi-Useless Fact
Jul. 21st, 2013 12:47 amWindows supports just over 3800 kanji (Japanese ideographic characters--the majority of their writing system).
From Last Night's 60 MINUTES
Jan. 14th, 2013 03:34 pmMarch of The Machines.
There was a part that meshed directly with the "firmware" portion of POI's Machine. Law offices, prosecutor and defender divisions are now commonly using analytical computers to research cases and collect evidence in the "discovery" phase. How much you want to bet that The Machine already is looking in on every single one of these systems to tell who's being investigated...and who's doing the investigating? Maybe even to recruit potential future assets?
There was a part that meshed directly with the "firmware" portion of POI's Machine. Law offices, prosecutor and defender divisions are now commonly using analytical computers to research cases and collect evidence in the "discovery" phase. How much you want to bet that The Machine already is looking in on every single one of these systems to tell who's being investigated...and who's doing the investigating? Maybe even to recruit potential future assets?
Lines Of Demarcation
Jan. 12th, 2013 12:26 pmMy divisions of labor vis-a-vis my smartphone and my desktop PC are coalescing.
SMARTPHONE duties:
*) Facebook. Even though actual posting is easier on the PC (as well as access to archives), it's easier to check the ongoing activity with the smartphone...even if the Facebook app is lacking (it works better to use Chrome).
*) YouTube. Granted, the hair trigger on the phone itself makes it tough to navigate, and for some reason the app lacks features you need (it works better to use Chrome), but I seem to save a lot of data use by playing videos over the Smartphone. It won't play everything, tho'.
*) Dropbox. I'm still learning it, and it needs a Wi-Fi source for it to be efficient, but it streamlines use of the phone's camera, and I may play around with video shooting thanks to Dropbox.
PC duties:
*) E-Mail. The smartphone app is wonky; using Chrome on the smartphone at Hotmail is tedious and needlessly limited in functionality.
*) LiveJournal. I can read my Friends' page on the mobile version, but that's about it.
*) PCH.com and all Flash-based content providers. No Flash support on Android phones whatsoever.
More to come.
FP
SMARTPHONE duties:
*) Facebook. Even though actual posting is easier on the PC (as well as access to archives), it's easier to check the ongoing activity with the smartphone...even if the Facebook app is lacking (it works better to use Chrome).
*) YouTube. Granted, the hair trigger on the phone itself makes it tough to navigate, and for some reason the app lacks features you need (it works better to use Chrome), but I seem to save a lot of data use by playing videos over the Smartphone. It won't play everything, tho'.
*) Dropbox. I'm still learning it, and it needs a Wi-Fi source for it to be efficient, but it streamlines use of the phone's camera, and I may play around with video shooting thanks to Dropbox.
PC duties:
*) E-Mail. The smartphone app is wonky; using Chrome on the smartphone at Hotmail is tedious and needlessly limited in functionality.
*) LiveJournal. I can read my Friends' page on the mobile version, but that's about it.
*) PCH.com and all Flash-based content providers. No Flash support on Android phones whatsoever.
More to come.
FP
Technology Has Just Turned Another Corner
Dec. 4th, 2012 02:18 pm
This picture postcard isn't a photograph.
Nor is it a painting.
This is a computer model. In 3D.
This Way Leads To Madness
Aug. 28th, 2012 04:22 pmhttp://www.bmh-ltd.com/midget.htm
Or BETTER THAN THE ORIGINAL II?
My research addiction led me to British Motor Heritage, which produces repro parts of British cars from the Sixties and Seventies. As my father had two MG Midgets in his driving lifetime, this has immediate appeal to me...the possibility of buying a brand new body of a classic sports car and making a 21st century iteration.
Maybe something to add to the "if I win Publishers Clearinghouse" wishlist.
(I'm "relieved" they don't have TR7/TR8 bodies in white yet. That would really bend some minds.)
FP
Or BETTER THAN THE ORIGINAL II?
My research addiction led me to British Motor Heritage, which produces repro parts of British cars from the Sixties and Seventies. As my father had two MG Midgets in his driving lifetime, this has immediate appeal to me...the possibility of buying a brand new body of a classic sports car and making a 21st century iteration.
Maybe something to add to the "if I win Publishers Clearinghouse" wishlist.
(I'm "relieved" they don't have TR7/TR8 bodies in white yet. That would really bend some minds.)
FP
Nor do I like smartphones, for that matter. But for some reason this promo (for a network I can't get!) appeals to me. *shrug*
Now I realize what I should have been studying instead of Aviation Maintenance Technology at Tennessee Tech Center of Morristown: CNC Technology. There are all sorts of openings here for qualified CNC workers.
I know I don't have experience. But I wonder how much I need to learn about the discipline and how much of that learning I can do quickly.
I know I don't have experience. But I wonder how much I need to learn about the discipline and how much of that learning I can do quickly.
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Broke My Own Heart Tonight
May. 7th, 2012 09:54 pmI was wondering where Mum's Kobo e-reader was so this morning I got Dad to find it. It turned out that he had set it on his dresser without knowing what it was.
Tonight I finally figured out what I did wrong when it came to uploading Mum's books on it. Now they work.
It would have made her so proud and happy to see her own books on its screen. But she never got the chance.
I'm going to have a lot of times like this, I think.
Tonight I finally figured out what I did wrong when it came to uploading Mum's books on it. Now they work.
It would have made her so proud and happy to see her own books on its screen. But she never got the chance.
I'm going to have a lot of times like this, I think.
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Machines And Minds
May. 5th, 2012 01:13 amRadiolab did a very good program on Artificial Intelligence; I heard it overday.
As I'm sure I said before, there is little in the way of problems that an AI could solve better than a human being as yet. Tho' I was thinking of one possibility.
Suppose a Cleverbot-variety AI were to go through your existing canon of social media output. Every face, space, tweet and blog. Every text, pic and vid. And then it would find "keys" in that content and ask you about them. Perhaps get to to think about why you say what you say. Maybe find your psychological or social "blind spots" and help you work through them.
As I'm sure I said before, there is little in the way of problems that an AI could solve better than a human being as yet. Tho' I was thinking of one possibility.
Suppose a Cleverbot-variety AI were to go through your existing canon of social media output. Every face, space, tweet and blog. Every text, pic and vid. And then it would find "keys" in that content and ask you about them. Perhaps get to to think about why you say what you say. Maybe find your psychological or social "blind spots" and help you work through them.
THIS SITE is a challenge to sports fans to build upon the 2012 Indycar baseline with your own aerodynamic package and color graphics. A little too advanced for me, but I wonder about the other artists I know.
Moonshine 2.5?
Sep. 24th, 2011 02:41 pm
I wonder if that will fit in her engine bay. Chevy's new 2.5 Liter EcoTec engine for the 2014 Malibu. More HERE!
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Tuesday's Blog...TODAY!
Jul. 29th, 2011 12:52 pm(Monday) I was walking a shopping mall in Knoxville with Mum when we came to the area where a certain internationally-known retailer of women's undergarments and related apparel was located. As we approached another woman, wearing a t-shirt with the name of one of their set of shops walked going the other direction and I had a science-fiction moment.
Remember the scene in MINORITY REPORT when Tom Cruise's character is in the clothier and the store knows him on sight? Well, I had a more insidious concept then and there. What if subliminal devices outside a store were rigged so if you looked at somebody you saw them wearing an advertisement for that store? Of course, the other person might not be aware of being in the advertising business. With THAT thought I checked and made sure I was still wearing a USF shirt!
The night after, I had a may-or-may-not-be-related dream that in my mail, I got a little pamphlet that an Artificial Intelligence had generated. What it had done was trace my entire existance that it could find in public records and over the Internet, and with that data had made a syllogistic examination of who I was. There was a lot on information that was new to me and it all made sense.
I have this weird feeling that some companies already have this capability to so microscopify a person's reality with such accuracy, but are keeping the technology a secret. Governments would not have it, or else they'd be rounding up all the world's terrorists and criminals with it at the forefront of their efforts.
Remember the scene in MINORITY REPORT when Tom Cruise's character is in the clothier and the store knows him on sight? Well, I had a more insidious concept then and there. What if subliminal devices outside a store were rigged so if you looked at somebody you saw them wearing an advertisement for that store? Of course, the other person might not be aware of being in the advertising business. With THAT thought I checked and made sure I was still wearing a USF shirt!
The night after, I had a may-or-may-not-be-related dream that in my mail, I got a little pamphlet that an Artificial Intelligence had generated. What it had done was trace my entire existance that it could find in public records and over the Internet, and with that data had made a syllogistic examination of who I was. There was a lot on information that was new to me and it all made sense.
I have this weird feeling that some companies already have this capability to so microscopify a person's reality with such accuracy, but are keeping the technology a secret. Governments would not have it, or else they'd be rounding up all the world's terrorists and criminals with it at the forefront of their efforts.
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A Test That We Will Be (Up)Graded Upon
Jul. 7th, 2011 12:52 pmToday, if all goes well, a techie from Computer King will come out to Rather Manor to inspect our new router and show us how to operate it, with the desired outcome being that Mum and I can access the internet simultaneously.
