I was reading the comments in this article - http://allthingsd.com/20110813/heres-what-an-ipad-looked-like-in-1994-video - for me personally there almost enough “wisdom in crowds” to equal the value of the article.
Am i the only one who feels this way or do you read the comments to gather as much information as the article?
Cheers,
Dean
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Prime Minister Cameron considers blocking Twitter, Facebook, BBM after riots
lol cracked me up this morning to read this;
Cameron considers blocking Twitter, Facebook, BBM after riots
The government is to meet with Facebook, Twitter and BlackBerry manufacturer RIM to discuss the role of technology in the recent riots -- and on the agenda is the possibility of banning troublemakers from using the companies' social-media services.
Big tipper David Cameron said in Parliament today that he wants to "give the police the technology to trace people on Twitter or BBM, or close it down", Wired reports.
The home secretary, Theresa May, will meet with social-media companies to discuss this week's horrifying scenes in London, Manchester and other cities around the country. The prime minister, who popped back from his holidays to catch the tail-end of the riots, revealed the plans to Parliament today.
lol dont worry lads.......maybe the USA state department will help you out there by sending USA tax payer funded "Internet in a suitcase" that they have developed to fight oppressive regimes.
I hear these were designed to fight exactly these kind of problems.
U.S. Underwrites Internet Detour Around Censors
The Obama administration is leading a global effort to deploy “shadow” Internet and mobile phone systems that dissidents can use to undermine repressive governments that seek to silence them by censoring or shutting down telecommunications networks
The effort includes secretive projects to create independent cellphone networks inside foreign countries.
The hypocrisy makes me want to barf.
Cheers,
Dean
Cameron considers blocking Twitter, Facebook, BBM after riots
The government is to meet with Facebook, Twitter and BlackBerry manufacturer RIM to discuss the role of technology in the recent riots -- and on the agenda is the possibility of banning troublemakers from using the companies' social-media services.
Big tipper David Cameron said in Parliament today that he wants to "give the police the technology to trace people on Twitter or BBM, or close it down", Wired reports.
The home secretary, Theresa May, will meet with social-media companies to discuss this week's horrifying scenes in London, Manchester and other cities around the country. The prime minister, who popped back from his holidays to catch the tail-end of the riots, revealed the plans to Parliament today.
lol dont worry lads.......maybe the USA state department will help you out there by sending USA tax payer funded "Internet in a suitcase" that they have developed to fight oppressive regimes.
I hear these were designed to fight exactly these kind of problems.
U.S. Underwrites Internet Detour Around Censors
The Obama administration is leading a global effort to deploy “shadow” Internet and mobile phone systems that dissidents can use to undermine repressive governments that seek to silence them by censoring or shutting down telecommunications networks
The effort includes secretive projects to create independent cellphone networks inside foreign countries.
The hypocrisy makes me want to barf.
Cheers,
Dean
Friday, August 12, 2011
Wind tunnel magic
I've never seen more than a single person in a wind tunnel, this is too cool. (be sure to watch it in full screen).
thanks to Richard for the find
Cant get enough?? then check out this video the manouveres at the 3:10 mark make chills run up my spine - I'm off to Prague to try this out.
Cheers,
Dean
thanks to Richard for the find
Cant get enough?? then check out this video the manouveres at the 3:10 mark make chills run up my spine - I'm off to Prague to try this out.
Cheers,
Dean
Can Ron Paul ever be a viable candidate?
Love how Ron Paul schools Rick Santorum about Iran at the 9 minute mark about "BlowBack" (watch from 7mins for the point he's making)
Do you think Ron Paul could ever "massage" his message to get enough votes or is he speaking "too much truth"?
Do you think Ron Paul could ever "massage" his message to get enough votes or is he speaking "too much truth"?
A solution to "Twitter Spam" starts with you
You're probably seeing this message because someone said your twitter account is sending out direct message spam and they asked you to visit this page to see what to do.
Recently a new type of Twitter Spam has started where you'll receive a message like
- Found you in this funny picture lol. i2h.de/b0tb
- LMAO did you see this funny twitter update? i2h.de/b0ta
- Did you really say this about me? one of your followers sent me this tinyurl.com/42j44cw
The problem is that all these links are to a fake Twitter "phishing" site. It looks like Twitter so you enter in your name and password and it then forwards you to the real twitter page so you didnt notice anything particularly wrong.....
However what then happens in a few days is your twitter account will start sending out direct messages to your friends with more of these fake messages.......which they then click and the cycle continues......
So what can you do about it;
1/ Check your outbound direct messages
2/ Revoke access to any applications you dont recognise (account-settings-applications)
2/ Change your password (account-settings-password)
This way the spammers will no longer be able to send out spam messages using your username and password and your account wont be used to capture friends user names and passwords......
Cheers,
Dean
Recently a new type of Twitter Spam has started where you'll receive a message like
- Found you in this funny picture lol. i2h.de/b0tb
- LMAO did you see this funny twitter update? i2h.de/b0ta
- Did you really say this about me? one of your followers sent me this tinyurl.com/42j44cw
The problem is that all these links are to a fake Twitter "phishing" site. It looks like Twitter so you enter in your name and password and it then forwards you to the real twitter page so you didnt notice anything particularly wrong.....
However what then happens in a few days is your twitter account will start sending out direct messages to your friends with more of these fake messages.......which they then click and the cycle continues......
So what can you do about it;
1/ Check your outbound direct messages
2/ Revoke access to any applications you dont recognise (account-settings-applications)
2/ Change your password (account-settings-password)
This way the spammers will no longer be able to send out spam messages using your username and password and your account wont be used to capture friends user names and passwords......
Cheers,
Dean
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Niue introduce Star Wars legal tender rocking a cool idea yet again
Whats not to love about Niue?
For new readers i first dealt with them a few years ago when they were looking for a cool open source way to implement a "National mobile phone network", now check out what cool idea they've come up with......
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2011/08/tiny-pacific-island-mints-legal-star-wars-coins/
Niue is releasing Star Wars coins depicting Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader and Princess Leia, amongst other characters. And get this: the coins have boxes with sound effects, like a jet taking off for the Millennium Falcon coin.
I'm giving serious consideration that when i win Powerball next week that i'm going to leave the USA and build a megalair connected directly to the fiber and help them become the hippest country in the world as it seems they are open to innovative ideas.
Cheers,
Dean
For new readers i first dealt with them a few years ago when they were looking for a cool open source way to implement a "National mobile phone network", now check out what cool idea they've come up with......
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2011/08/tiny-pacific-island-mints-legal-star-wars-coins/
Niue is releasing Star Wars coins depicting Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader and Princess Leia, amongst other characters. And get this: the coins have boxes with sound effects, like a jet taking off for the Millennium Falcon coin.
I'm giving serious consideration that when i win Powerball next week that i'm going to leave the USA and build a megalair connected directly to the fiber and help them become the hippest country in the world as it seems they are open to innovative ideas.
Cheers,
Dean
Turnbull has a brainfart and how he can make the NBN even better
Worthwhile Twisted Wire podcast to listen to about Turnbulls magical plan to capture the NBN doubters votes for the liberals in the next election and rain candy and unicorns for all.
My Comments below;
Phil,
Sorry mate but in your wrap up the point of the NBN isn't "to save money", so there is no point to be gained in having a two tier system where the rural areas get "future proofed" (to use your words), also your proposal doesn't give blanket rights to suburban areas with open access.....basically what you are proposing would be a SNAFU.
As for Turnbull.........how do you know a politician is lying.....his lips are moving.
Mr Turnbull all i have to say to you is you could have split Telstra into a retail wholesale company and only listed the retail when the liberals had the opportunity but you didn't...so sad you lose.....
I hope the NBN contracts have whopping penalties for any events where a new government in power chooses to "rewrite" the rules post election so that it isn't economically sensible to try and change the path we have committed to.
This is definitely an instance where having a longer term stable government will be beneficial for Australia.
My Comments below;
Phil,
Sorry mate but in your wrap up the point of the NBN isn't "to save money", so there is no point to be gained in having a two tier system where the rural areas get "future proofed" (to use your words), also your proposal doesn't give blanket rights to suburban areas with open access.....basically what you are proposing would be a SNAFU.
As for Turnbull.........how do you know a politician is lying.....his lips are moving.
Mr Turnbull all i have to say to you is you could have split Telstra into a retail wholesale company and only listed the retail when the liberals had the opportunity but you didn't...so sad you lose.....
I hope the NBN contracts have whopping penalties for any events where a new government in power chooses to "rewrite" the rules post election so that it isn't economically sensible to try and change the path we have committed to.
This is definitely an instance where having a longer term stable government will be beneficial for Australia.
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
QR related searches
QR code related searches are picking up in a big way
These are just the 35 searches landing on http://www.cognation.net/QR/google_api.htm today.
There are another 27 searches today that landed on other parts of www.cognation.net/qr
Cheers,
Dean
These are just the 35 searches landing on http://www.cognation.net/QR/google_api.htm today.
There are another 27 searches today that landed on other parts of www.cognation.net/qr
Cheers,
Dean
Whats good for the goose is good for the gander
So when exactly will the USA be sending guns, weapons, support to the rioters in the UK?
The USA has supported financially and politically every other uprising over the last year, even dividing Libya into 2 trying to oust the leader.....
When will David Cameron be tried for war crimes against the young people of London for trying to suppress the rioters like they are threatening for Bashar al-Assad in Syria?
Whats good for the goose is good for the gander.......
The USA has supported financially and politically every other uprising over the last year, even dividing Libya into 2 trying to oust the leader.....
When will David Cameron be tried for war crimes against the young people of London for trying to suppress the rioters like they are threatening for Bashar al-Assad in Syria?
Whats good for the goose is good for the gander.......
BT killed Ribbit
Any thoughts on why they did this? what makes Twillio successful but another company willing to kill off a $100m+ investment in the same technology?
- http://venturebeat.com/2011/08/09/bt-kills-ribbits-web-phone-platform-sends-customers-to-the-fast-growing-twilio/
Ribbit once boasted that it was “Silicon Valley’s first phone company” because of the innovative technology it offered: It was early to develop a very easy way for Web developers to embed code into web pages that allowed users to make phone calls and send other messages while online.
- http://venturebeat.com/2011/08/09/bt-kills-ribbits-web-phone-platform-sends-customers-to-the-fast-growing-twilio/
Ribbit once boasted that it was “Silicon Valley’s first phone company” because of the innovative technology it offered: It was early to develop a very easy way for Web developers to embed code into web pages that allowed users to make phone calls and send other messages while online.
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