Monday Morning Tech News
Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on September 19, 2005 at 2:38:22 PM
I have just a few reviews to post this week. My family is over and I'm slowing stuff down a bit.
Block nasty cameras from taking pictures.
Intarweb makes you stoopid.
Artists tell how to avoid DRM from Sony.
Pulsar eats companion star.
Block nasty cameras from taking pictures.
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That means that someone trying for a surreptitious snapshot of, say, a product prototype or an amorous couple gets something altogether less useful--a blurry picture (or a video) of what looks like a flashlight beam, seen head on.
Intarweb makes you stoopid.
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If there is a good answer to the question, it probably starts with a contradiction: What makes us intelligent--the ability to reason and learn--is staying the same and will never fundamentally change because of technology. On the other hand, technology, from pocket calculators to the Internet, is radically changing the notion of the intelligence necessary to function in the modern world.
Artists tell how to avoid DRM from Sony.
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my heart is heavy with this whole copy-protection thing. Many PC users have posted problems that they have had importing the new songs (regular disc only, not the dual disc) into programs such as Itunes. Let me first say that as a musician AND as a music fan, I agree with the frustration that has been expressed. We were horrified when we first heard about the new copy-protection policy that is being implemented by most major labels, including Sony (ours), and immediately looked into all of our options for removing this from our new album. Unfortunately, this is the new policy for all new major releases from these record companies. It is heartbreaking to see our blood, sweat, and tears over the past 2 years blurred by the confusion and frustration surrounding this new technology. It is also unfortunate when bands such as ourselves, Foo Fighters, Coldplay, etc... (just a few of the new releases with copy protection) are the target of this criticism, when there is no possible way to avoid this new industry policy.
Pulsar eats companion star.
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A pulsar is a spinning neutron star, which itself formed from the death of a massive star. Spinning neutron stars with strong magnetic fields can radiate energy like beacons as they spin, sending signals that appear as pulses - hence their name - to stationary observers. While they have about the same mass as the sun, neutron stars are much smaller, about 12 miles wide (20 kilometers) or so wide. The Sun, for comparison, is about 865,000 miles (1.4 million kilometers) in diameter.