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You shot me! That\’s unfair, my monitor was refreshing…

Well, in this post, Monitor Interlacing? What’s the refresh rate, kenneth? I attempted to address the concept of a Monitor\’s refresh rate…  But I noticed an odd search request: How Does Reaction time related to Vertical refresh rate For those that missed the earlier post, a Monitor\’s refresh rate is a measurement of of the number […]

How fast is a iPhone or iPhone 3GS?

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 […]

The End of Time, Part 2, still waiting…

I don\’t know.  The End of Time, Part 2 just had another clip revealed in the Alan Carr: Chatty Man, episode this morning.  But it doesn\’t show anything other than The Master, attempting to interrogate The Doctor.  So, we\’re still up in the Air.  At least we only have 24 Hours to go until it\’s […]

The sci-fi passwords Twitter doesn\’t want you to use

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 […]

YouTube – Experimental Psychology – Change Blindness

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\”.

How do I migrate my information to a new Macintosh?

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 […]

Warning: SUID file …. has been modified and will not be repaired.

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 […]