What does Twitter have against Star Wars? We’re not quite sure. But a list maintained by the social networking site of passwords you’re not allowed to use features that movie title plus many other familiar sci-fi words and phrases. The taboo terms include: batman gandalf matrix ncc1701 startrek starwars superman thx1138 In addition to the banned […]
A special case of information-selection by the human cognitive system. The brain seems to select the information worth to process, or most relevant, at every instant, in almost every context. This might produce some very specific phenomena such as what psychologists call “Change Blindness”.
Mind you, this isn’t the first time we’ve seen garb constructed to withstand vicious knife fights, and apparently a few Japanese streets are becoming just as frightening as some in London. Reportedly created to provide protection against stabbers following an “increasing number of malicious crimes that have victimized children and late-night convenience store clerks,” Nihon […]
If you notice your computer connecting to OSCEX-en.url.trendmicro.com, presumably from installing a firewall, or other security component… Â Don’t worry. That is, assuming your using a security / antivirus suite from Trend Micro. Â That server, is part of their new clound initiaitive, and used for virus pattern detection. Â So don’t block this server, or your antivirus […]
I was just asked what ActiveSync flags that the iPhone supports…  What am I a mobile phone expert?  No, not really, but I certainly know where to find the information… The iPhone Enterprise Deployment Guide is freely available from Apple ( http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/Enterprise_Deployment_Guide.pdf ) [See pages 8-10], and covers what is and isn’t supported by the […]
The simple fact is that large set of data can be used to ascertain certain things. For example, using NetFlix’s data set, the most popular movies among men over 40. But consider when that data set becomes huge… How many restrictions would be needed to find an entry that is yours? Even if it’s made […]
A rumor is spreading quite rapidly that Snow Leopard, Mac OS X 10.6, will have a built-in level of antivirus protection…. As shown here: But will it? I think at this point, I can safely say that I have not yet seen any sign of this protection in the Beta’s that I have used…. But […]
I have had a few pieces on Bomb shelters, but here’s some good pictures of the interiors… Good Magazine, has a photo gallery of the interior of a few bomb shelters running right now… And it’s quite interesting… Take a gander… Picture Show: Waiting for the End of the World | GOOD Self-preservation is something […]