The iPhone is a fully fledged computer in it\’s right, but how does it compare against \”real\” computers? The Key components in the original iPhone are: ARM1176JZF with TrustZone, with a clock at perhaps 600 MHz ARM Intelligent Energy Manager 16-kbyte/16-kbyte code/data cache Vector floating point coprocessor ARM Jazelle-enabled for embedded-Java execution SIMD high performance […]
I don\’t know. Â The End of Time, Part 2 just had another clip revealed in the Alan Carr: Chatty Man, episode this morning. Â But it doesn\’t show anything other than The Master, attempting to interrogate The Doctor. Â So, we\’re still up in the Air. Â At least we only have 24 Hours to go until it\’s […]
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\”.
First, the brick & mortar Apple Stores will offer to migrate your data for free, if the new system is purchased from them, the main hassel is the wait, and bringing in the old system. Alternatively, on the new system, as soon as it is booted will offer to migrate the old computers data. All […]
Question: I was using Disk Utility to do a \”Verify Permission\” and I got the following message: Warning: SUID file \”System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/ARDAgent\” has been modified and will not be repaired. It\’s a known issue, and actually a bogus message. It has been around since Mac OS X 10.5, and while it has changed for Mac OS […]
Sometimes the more educated you are, the easier you are to fool. Â James Randi has been encouraging critical thinking for years, and his foundation continues his legacy…
Well, the End of Time Part 1 is done, and in just under a week, part 2 will be shown. Â And again, the ending of the episode was extremely poor. Russell T. Davies, yet again had overall a good episode, which tripped over it\’s own feet at the end. Â His biggest issue seems to be […]