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Found an image on Flikr there are some closeup shots of the insides as well. I'd never heard about these things before (coming from the UK) and this article piqued my interest.

Yes, it is an English word: here's a definition, or you can see it with your eyes.

Any cameraphone capable of sending an image via e-mail can upload to Flickr. Once you have a Flickr account, you can generate an upload-by-email address in the Flickr domain. That's how I post from my phone.

By extension, anyone who knows your upload-by-email address can post to your photostream too, so make of that what you will.

People assume I'm doing it for self-promotion, marketing, a hoax or something like that. I'm talking to you because I want it to be known that it's not a hoax. I'm just too ordinary. I'm just too unclever for that.

O RLY? Take a look at this pic, supposedly taken with the stolen camera phone, then at this one, the first result for "Chavelle" on Google Images. Looks familiar? And I'm not taking his lame excuses.

Instructions for posting to Flickr from Cameraphone: http://www.flickr.com/get_the_most.gne#cameraphone

From Nokia to Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/nokia/upload/n93/

Choose "Options" -> "Upload"

Instructions for posting to Flickr from Cameraphone: http://www.flickr.com/get_the_most.gne#cameraphone

From Nokia to Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/nokia/upload/n93/

Choose "Options" -> "Upload"

I met quite a few local people via Flickr.

Unlike the original Mindstorms being dominated by bricks and plates, Mindstorms NXT is really a Technics set with all kinds of liftarms, axles and connectors. It's much more like building robots than putting bricks together. See this photo of what's in the box, and this Flickr set (not mine).

I assume you're looking at this from an American point of view. In China, BBSs still rule, and wikis are still trying to catch on (cf blocking of Wikipedia by the government).

Invent your own cultural rationale for that one.

Here ya go!

It's small but it is about 30 mins after the doors opened. Please ignore the stuff in my teeth. I'll try to upload some more later.

For pics, I got three:

Tycho and Gabe
One half of one of the LAN rooms at PAX
Me + Frag Dolls

The entire con was a blast. Jerry and Mike were EXTREMELY polite. They got mobbed everywhere that they went and they did everything that they could to try to spend a few minutes speaking with as many people as possible. The Enforcers were incredibly cool and very helpful. If you get the chance to go next year, DO IT.

Here ya go!

It's small but it is about 30 mins after the doors opened. Please ignore the stuff in my teeth. I'll try to upload some more later.

For pics, I got three:

Tycho and Gabe
One half of one of the LAN rooms at PAX
Me + Frag Dolls

The entire con was a blast. Jerry and Mike were EXTREMELY polite. They got mobbed everywhere that they went and they did everything that they could to try to spend a few minutes speaking with as many people as possible. The Enforcers were incredibly cool and very helpful. If you get the chance to go next year, DO IT.

Here ya go!

It's small but it is about 30 mins after the doors opened. Please ignore the stuff in my teeth. I'll try to upload some more later.

For pics, I got three:

Tycho and Gabe
One half of one of the LAN rooms at PAX
Me + Frag Dolls

The entire con was a blast. Jerry and Mike were EXTREMELY polite. They got mobbed everywhere that they went and they did everything that they could to try to spend a few minutes speaking with as many people as possible. The Enforcers were incredibly cool and very helpful. If you get the chance to go next year, DO IT.

inporting geotags to the new-system is done through:

http://flickr.com/account/geo/import

so if google maps is your favourite mapping system you can still use it.

http://www.flickr.com/map/

There's more nifty info on the Flickrblog: http://blog.flickr.com/flickrblog/2006/08/great_sh ot_wher.html

Apparently Safari support is currently broken, but will be fixed shortly.

I think Slate got it right when it comes to these ads.

Slate got it wrong.

They're kinda funny, but really mean-spirited. They're "Haha...you suck!!"

Why do some people think that it's always about them?

The ads portray two machines talking to each other. It's supposed to be how a PC and a Mac's conversation would go if they were people. The "PC guy" is actually not a guy who uses a PC, instead, think about it as a guy representing a PC.

They also contain alot of stuff that's plain wrong. For instance, Windows runs fine out of the box

I'd say that most of us (if not all) who found it funny recognized the truth in those ads.

Hardware-wise: Try comparing a new PC desktop with an iMac. You'd have at least 2 big boxes for a PC and (depending on the vendor) a separate set of smaller boxes for the mouse and keyboard. iMac comes in one neat box with a handle. (that's not my picture, btw, just found it)

Software-wise: I run an IT shop and the rule of thumb has always been - do not use Windows out of the box.

First thing you do is install anti-virus software, if the PC comes with a bundled AV software then you just download the latest AV patches. It's a guarantee that between the time your PC was packaged in a factory and it was delivered to you, at least one AV patch would have already been released.

Then you remove all those ad-ons from AOL and several other OEM partners. You really don't want those bundled 3rd party OEMs in your desktop, the less "unknown software" you have in your Windows box the less likely you're going to get malware.

Then you download patches for Windows. Then you reboot. If you're lucky, you only have to this download-reboot dance step only once. Average for my staff is 3: download patch-reboot, download patch-reboot, download patch-reboot.

And... if you use MS Office. You'd have to do that download patch thing again.

hmmm... did I forget something?

Oh yeah, In the office, we'd still need to load those drivers for the printers too. At home, I still haven't found the "correct" driver for the USB modem that we use for my son's PC - it still hangs!

Boy, just writing it all down makes me feel tired. Sure, I also run Software Update on a Mac but Apple packages their updates in a lot less intrusive, and less tiring, manner.

As a aside my wife's new MacBook just worked with her HP Laserjet 2550 in the office whereas the rest of her officemates (running Windows) are having a difficult time configuring their machines (and downloading drivers) to make it work with the printer. Surprised me too.

Now you don't have to waste time getting your friends to apply text to your cloating with post-it notes:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/87457200@N00/22709103 7/

I found funny people acting one way, liberal, fighting for the rights and forgetting basics. Water for example, the greatest invention is using it from tap water, it tooks to mankind millions of years to get to this point. Now every time we need some water we use bottles water because "it is safer" whatever http://www.flickr.com/photos/17093805@N00/20380191 8/

It more about your signature that I agree http://www.flickr.com/photos/17093805@N00/21085448 1/

I understand that this is the method your husband is currently using?

http://static.flickr.com/14/89383054_29028960aa.jp g?v=0

I don't see any problems with it, that's exactly how I do it...

next microsoft patent http://www.flickr.com/photos/17093805@N00/22370701 8/

Crap! Nevermind. I found it... hint: search with google and not just slashdot's built-in search.

for others confused like me:

OMG Ponies and Pic goodness

Certainly. You can take the remains of our now dead president Tuman, who is responsible for numerous war crimes in Bosnia. Or any of the batshit insane women-bashing, church-abiding right-wingers who are sitting in the parliament after stealing other people's work for their doctoral dissertation. Or, for that matter, even our more progressive "liberal" ex-communists who simply slid into their new well-paid political careers directly from the comfy chairs of socialism. You know what? Take them all. And have a postcard from Croatia while you're at it.

Hehe... it's not a good picture, but I do have one...

Here is a little something for ya...

It's been fixed on a development branch since April.

If you don't care already, you probably never will.

It's been fixed on a development branch since April. screenshot It'll eventually be merged into trunk and get released, probably in time for Firefox 3.0.

Motorazr sshing into a gentoo server.

Except it can be really hard to type right on a small keyboard and gentoo has such amazing error messages.

Motorazr sshing into a gentoo server.

Except it can be really hard to type right on a small keyboard and gentoo has such amazing error messages.

Yeah, but Nokia 770's UI is way better. http://www.flickr.com/photos/sverma/sets/721575942 00373971/

Ceiling Cat is watching you masturbate!

Screenshot of XP running on Xen.

Here are some more links.

IBM has an intro piece which leads into a short but interesting set of pages with specifics, genealogy and original press release of the model 5150 and subsequent IBM PC offerings (including the PS/2s).

News.com also has a feature that starts with a Michael Dell interview but frankly it is rather dull.
Much better is the linked previous piece published for the 20th anniversary of the PC.

Digibarn has also a page with a feature and some movies.
They also show the cover of the original brochure for the IBM PC which had a Chaplin lookalike.Unfortunately it's just the cover but I managed to scan the internal pages from my copy and put them on Flickr.

Oh, and... happy birthday, PC! :)

No-one show them this :|

The only laptop fires I've heard about lately were Dells.

That's because Apple-apologist Slashdot rejects all stories about Apple explosions/fires. Here are just a few that are recent:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/41783769@N00/
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/laptops/apple-powerbook s-eksploderer-too-191968.php

And just for good measure, here's some melting problems:

http://www.248am.com/mark/computers/macbook-pro-ma gsafe-melt-down/
http://www.appledefects.com/?p=74

Is there any explosive which a person could drink without having a face like this after drinking it? And if not, is there anyway to drink something very yucky without getting that face?

They probably just want you to install WGA, which is required for new Windows patches... they probably saw my new motivational poster.

• The moon landing
• 9/11 (for pete sake! It was only five years ago!
• The Davinci Code

• Peak Oil and Gas Prices (This one needs the most attention right now.)
• Big Brother and soulserveilance
• Corporate backrubs for governments/New World Order/World Trade Organization
• Suppressed technology and cures. (Marajuana does not count!)
• Subliminal Advertising. (for example: "Head on! Apply Directy to the Forehead" x3)
• Extraterrestrial Life (SETI needs your help BTW! The government is cutting their funding again.)
• The Kenedey Assassination
• Where's Jimmy Hoffa?
• Protecting the Earth from ourselves. (Bibles and Bombs do not mix!)
• Occult and paranorma phenomenon

Everytime I've worked with wireless technology it's been flakey.

Well - the article was talking about Apple ;-)

The challenge is in trying to bring all these resources together to accomplish the mission. While the Seacon's 1000psi connectors are overkill (for the max depth of the pond), it's not necessary for every team to need to design and build their own wetplugs. The carbon fiber is easier than you think when you share the building with mechanical engineers and machine shops.

There is plenty of challenge as shown in the many competitions past and this one, as even with big name sponsors backing every team, the course is rarely fully completed.

The AUVSI competitions are great because teams are able to handle everything from the physical design to the electrical layout to the AI used inside. In your suggestion, who would design this 'same platform'? By cementing the platform, you're severely limiting the creativity of the design and then you just have a boring programming competition. That's just my opinion though.

The amount of money spent on building some of these robots is enormous, but considering that everything to complete a mission is done in-house, that says a lot for the team behind it. As for limits, I think you're thinking of a cost limit. This would make it even harder for teams to complete the mission. It's not like we're tweaking already known platforms (like the SAE Formula and Baja Buggy) here, we're trying to send an unmanned system into a difficult and hostile environment. Comparing it to Soapbox Derbying makes me think of: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/paping/

with nearly zero-fuss cross plattform deployment

Well, the machine I'm using at the moment is a Powerbook G4 running Linux. No flash. My machine at home is an x86_64 linux box, with... guess what? No flash.

Nice for the one or other drag-and-drop gadget or small-scale data sync but that's about it.

Yeah, I couldn't imagine any decent AJAX web applications. You're right, they're all small scale.

Please, do us a favour and stick to CD-ROMs, Flash and Lingo should have died with them

http://static.flickr.com/82/206009315_e8e3bfc0bd.j pg

This banner at WWDC currently would seem to indicate 64 bit support is coming in 10.5. I am curious as to how they've done it as well...

Dammit, photos of the badges are here: One, Two, Three.

Dammit, photos of the badges are here: One, Two, Three.

Dammit, photos of the badges are here: One, Two, Three.

The perspective of the two planets can, in theory, appear as the artist drew them. As you get further away from two objects, their relative size difference decreases. Photographers use this to their advantage all the time. Consider those pictures you may have seen of an airplane in front of a setting sun, like this one. Everyone knows that the plane's length isn't a quarter of the diameter of the sun... it's all a matter of perspective. Move the plane closer, and it appears larger compared to the sun, move it further, and it shrinks. Using a similar technique (with a big telescope used from a location in space that probably isn't on the earth) it should be possible to re-create the same picture with the real planemos. Whether or not they actually look like that (colouring, ring of gas around them) is another debate entirely.

No one of them is real, however I think this one is rather cool: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ensoph/108061392/

The eighth one down looks like some kind of hi-tech OB/GYN instrument.

I tried a similar experiment but instead I used CDs that did play Kings of Leon to see if I could get them to stop.

I tried putting them in the microwave, throwing them across the room, smashing them with my head, and then eating them.

It worked! I never had to listen to the Kings of Leon again...

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"A man is asked if he is wise or not. He replies that he is otherwise" ~Mao Zedong

I'm rather curious to see how well their approach scales. For example, what if you just dumped all the 1,853 photos of Times Square from Flickr into their interface? Scaling even more, in the future could one use this to aggregate all the photos in a particular city, or even have a Google Earth-like interface aggregating photos from all over the globe and integrating it with satellite data? There's some interesting computational problems with arise in trying to find correspondence between that many visual features.

I'm also like to see if they can deal with pictures taken at different times of day. I'm guessing it's still too difficult to actually adapt a day image to a night image, so it'd probably just end up treating photos taken at different times of day as different scenes.