Originally uploaded by michael_hughes
2007-11-19
Abbey Road Souvenir
Originally uploaded by michael_hughes
Vista worries lead IT pros to consider Linux, Mac alternatives
Survey shows IT professionals have concerns over Vista and are delaying plans to deploy the new Microsoft operating system
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/111607-vista-worries.html
http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/19/1341253
http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/infrastructure/applications/news/index.cfm?newsid=6258
Tibetan band rocks Beijing
Tian Chu rock band, the first Tibetan rock band, is formed by 6 Tibetan young people in 1999. Its natural and unique charm brings a pure and surprising whoop to the world. Its first album named Tian Chu has won the 2003' Tibet Music The Most Percussive Award.http://en.tibet.cn/news/phn/pnt/t20051005_60330.htm
http://zt.tibet.cn/english/yinyue/yinyeu_artists_list.asp?name=Tian%20Chu%20rock%20band
True Names - the novel by Vernor Vinge
"The story is a marvelous mixture of hard-science SF and sword-and-sorcery imagery. Vinge posits that in a direct neurocybernetic interface, the information would be analogized by the brain into symbols it is comfortable with. The "place" in which the Coven "meets," for example, is or seems to be a castle, guarded by a program which manifests itself as a firebreathing dragon, sitting in a magma moat, wearing an asbestos T-shirt. Fail to satisfy it, and it will "kill" you, dumping you back into the real world--a fate most Wizards seem to regard as very little better than death.http://home.comcast.net/%7Ekngjon/truename/truename.html
A "Psychological" Optical Illusion
What is above the woman's head? When scientists showed a similar sketch to people from East Africa, nearly all the participants in the experiment said she was balancing a box or metal can on her head. In a culture containing few angular visual cues, the family is seen sitting under a tree. Westerners, on the other hand, are accustomed to the corners and boxlike shapes of architecture. They are more likely to place the family indoors and to interpret the rectangle above the woman's head as a window through which shrubbery can be seen.http://www.eyes-and-vision.com/influence-of-culture-on-visual-perception.html
Star Trek Home Theater
Someone thought it would be a good idea to model their home theater after the Enterprise NCC-1701D from Star Trek ...http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/11/16/cool-stuff-star-trek-home-theater/
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