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How Can I Find Lost Computer Files?
The dreaded lost file syndrome: You know that somewhere on your hard drive, the file you seek is happily sitting, awaiting you. But you just can't find it, and you can't even remember the name of it. Now what?
12.4.2008 at 07:13am - Comment by raggedjoe.That is true, but only while you are looking at the results. It creates a web page to show the results which is then dumped when you close the window.
- Science
Could Your Pacemaker be Hacked?
Personal information in the digital realm is always susceptible to malicious activity. Passwords can be stolen from a database, credit card numbers swiped at the point of sale; even the new American passports contain RFID chips which critics claim can be surreptitiously read. Now, even a pacemaker can be hacked from the outside.
12.1.2008 at 07:09am - Comment by raggedjoe.Not to mention a shit load of more people on the heart transplant list...
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Livescribe Pulse
In 2002 I got my first digital pen, which captured handwriting as an image file, eliminating the need for paper notes. Or so I thought. Unfortunately, my full-speed penmanship was just as illegible in electronic form. Six years later, Livescribe solved that problem. Its Pulse uses the same technology to track its location on specially printed paper, but it pairs the text with an audio recording. At a meeting, I jot only cursory notes while the pen records every sound (except the scratching of pen on paper, which it filters out).
11.26.2008 at 07:13am - Comment by raggedjoe.This is a major step forward for digital writing. I was considering getting a digital pen a while back, but decided against it. My main reasons (and what I hope developers are working on) is that I want my notes to be saved as a text file in a program like Microsoft Word or Notepad, not an image.
- Technology
Nuclear Moon Bases
When lunar astronauts flick on their televisions after a long day of prospecting, they’ll have a trashcan-size nuclear reactor to thank for their nightly dose of prime time. NASA, looking past the already daunting task of simply getting humans to the moon by 2020, recently started considering proposals for ways to power lunar habitats. Batteries and fuel cells provide only short-term solutions. Solar power would be limited where a single night lasts as long as 354 hours. So space-agency officials have started making plans to go nuclear.
11.24.2008 at 07:12am - Comment by raggedjoe.On the lasso patent, just because you can patent it, doesn't mean you can build it, let alone have it be useful. Anyway, it wouldn't work. A free-floating base would not rotate at the same speed as the moon. This leads to three options: 1) The part wrapped around the moon would be literally dragged across the surface of the moon, creating insane amounts of friction. 2) The base crashes into the moon after spinning around it. If you are having trouble visualizing this, take an analogy. Pretend the base is a yo-yo, the rope the string and the moon your finger. If you spin your wrist in a circle, then either the loop around your finger will rotate (#1), or the yo-yo will spin inwards and wrap around your finger (like a tether ball) (#2).
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