Scientists fooled by a Match Box Trick
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…
Will the End of Time Part 2 Carry the show?
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 […]
All I want for Christmas, is an Alien…
Don\’t send Command-Tab, etc. in ARD and screen sharing – Mac OS X Hints
In Apple Remote Desktop 3.3, Apple changed the behavior of key commands during screen sharing. In this knowledge-base article, one of the listed \”improvements\” is this: When controlling a remote client, function keys and key combinations for actions such as Force Quit, Log Out, and the Application Switcher are now all sent to the remote […]
Why is USB slower than Firewire?
Take this quote from Macworld: When we connected the MacBook Pro to a 2TB Western Digital My Book Studio drive and copied a 1GB file to it from the internal hard drive, we found that it took 23 percent less time over FireWire 400 than over USB 2.0. Duplicating that file using FireWire 400 on […]
A brief guide to DNA Sequencing
Understanding technology shouldn\’t be limited to processors and memory. Developments in DNA sequencing are already changing the face of medicine, and the pace of technology development in the field is staggering. Read on to understand the basics of DNA sequencing. It\’s cool. That\’s it, go home. Okay, follow this link to the full article…
Nihon Uni shirts resist stabbing
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 […]
EarthMate? I just want a friend…(Emul.kext)
Sorry, couldn\’t resist the bad joke…. But what is \”EMUL.Kext\”?  It\’s in the extensions directory, and I can\’t place it… Well, the only references I can find to this is EMUL.Kext, appears to be part of the EarthMate Userland Library.  The EarthMate User Library provides access to the usb device via libusb and POSIX threads. Target […]